Type and hit ENTER

Commonly used tags...

Brighton Festival Brighton Fringe Brighton Pride British Sea Power Cinecity Lewes Psychedelic Festival Locally Sourced Lost & Found Love Supreme Festival Mutations Festival Nick Cave Poets Vs MCs Politics Rag'n'Bone Man Record Store Day Save Our Venues Six Of The Best Source Virgins Streets Of Brighton Street Source Tattoos The Great Escape Tru Thoughts Unsung Heroes
  • Home
  • News
  • Previews
  • Reviews
  • Features
  • Food
  • Tickets
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • Advertise
  • Home
  • News
  • Previews
  • Reviews
  • Features
  • Food
  • Tickets
  • Contact
    • Contact
    • Contribute
    • Advertise
Food

Secret Eater: Bom-Bane’s

Mar 19, 2009
-
Posted by James Kendall

Bom-Bane's

THE PLACE

If you had a café would you fill it to the brim with things that made you happy (music, art and strange goings on maybe) or would you go for a stylish minimal approach? Thankfully musician Jane Bom-Bane chose the former, packing the small Kemptown eatery with lots of little touches to make you smile. Without giving too much away (we want you to feel the joy of surprise), each table holds a secret, ours being called the Twenty-Seven Chimes Table. Let’s just say a little salt will make the meal more enjoyable even though the food doesn’t need it.

THE MEAL
We pop in for lunch where there’s a restricted menu but still plenty to choose from. Stoemp and sausages is a nice twist on bangers’n’mash, the potatoes mixed with seasonal veg, this time spinach and carrots. At £7.95 for just two sausages it seems expensive but on arrival the O’Hagan’s are as large as they are spicy, a sensation balanced by the red wine and tomato sauce. The concept of ‘Five-a-day in a bowl’ (£5.95) is an excellent one, and the Tuscan bean and vegetable stew doesn’t disappoint, feeling like your favourite homemade dish and – rare for a meal out – like our health isn’t being compromised by our taste buds. By the time we’ve shared a plate of chocowafflettes (£2.50) and had a pair of hot chocolates (a rather reasonable £1.80 each with a very nice biscuit) we’ve still only spent £20.

THE VERDICT
An absolute delight and now we’ve moved our office just round the corner, surely the new SOURCE hangout. Why? Not only is the food delicious and feels ‘real’, Bom-Bane’s is a jubilant place to be due to the passion and culture that clearly drives it. We might even drag our laptops down for the Homework Night on Wednesdays and finish the mag up there.

WERE WE SUSSED?
No one said anything, and they’re probably used to people taking photos of the strangeness, but at one point the staff were talking in the open plan kitchen and pointed over. Probably caught out but the friendliness felt genuine.

Bom-Bane’s
24 George St (01273) 606400
Tues – Sat 11.30am – 11.30pm

Mar 19, 2009
Email
James Kendall
James Kendall was the co-owner and editor of SOURCE. He’s been a music journalist since 1992 and spent over a decade travelling the globe covering dance music for DJmag. He’s interviewed a range of subjects from Bat For Lashes, Foals and James ‘LCD Soundsystem’ Murphy to Katie Price and the Sugababes. He’s a keen photographer and has work featured in The Guardian.
← PREVIOUS POST
Source Virgins: Prostitution
NEXT POST →
Gloria Cycles Interview
Mailing List

Recent Posts
  • Leon Bridges Review
    Jun 28, 2022

    The Texas based soul singer brought his hits to Brighton but also introduced a future star with his opening act.

  • Waitress Preview
    Jun 27, 2022

    Star of the show Chelsea Halfpenny talks us through the pop-infused pie-baking musical's time on the road ahead of its visit to the Theatre Royal.

  • Morrissey, Friday 14th October
    Jun 27, 2022

    Morrissey is back in Brighton with a new, as yet, unreleased album and a bulging back catalogue to round off a 9 day UK tour.

  • Difficult Art And Music’s 1st Birthday
    Jun 22, 2022

    Local label Difficult Art And Music soon celebrates a year of putting out short-run releases of sound art, academic curiosities and "stuff you need to untangle".

  • Fraulein - Hope and Ruin - Hidden Herd - Brighton Source - Time for Heroes Photography - Ashley Laurence
    Fräulein Review
    Jun 19, 2022

    Topping a four-act bill at the Hope and Ruin, two-piece Fräulein blow us away with their intoxicating blend of edgy melodies, incisive lyrics and driving rhythms.

  • The three members of the band Noisy
    Noisy Review
    Jun 8, 2022

    Worthing three-piece Noisy are back on tour, and we’re there to confirm that the band’s brand of euphoric beats is utterly moshtastic!

  • Hold Me Until The Bus Comes
    Jun 8, 2022

    In a series of paintings of trees, Brighton artist, Tony Felstead, explores the reassuringly constant role that trees play in our ever-changing city.

  • JED4_Brighton-Source_by-Mike-Tudor
    Jed Interview
    May 27, 2022

    We spoke to rapper Jed about running nights for new Brighton artists, making music and how the local hip hop scene managed to survive through lockdown.

Website developed in Brighton by Infobo
Copyright © Brighton Source 2009-2021
Secret Eater: Bom-Bane's - Brighton Source