Bam Boo Lark Lane

Went to Bam Boo on Easter Monday. I'd booked a table the night before for 1pm as the last time I went we were super lucky to get a seat so thought it was best to book a table with it being bank holiday.

Sefton Park and Lark Lane were super busy and struggled to get a parking space.

The place wasn't full when we go there. Still a few empty seats but was fully booked online with the next available times at 3:45pm and 4pm. 

It took over half an hour for the food to come and we got no updates or apology for the food taking so long. We'd finished our drinks before the food even came.

Matcha Latte with Coconut Milk

Cappuccino

Short Rib Shakshuka - Rich tomato ragu, confit tomatoes, peppers, served with toasted semolina - £15.95

The Pesky Full English is nice but I've had it twice so wanted to try something different.. The shakshuka was bland and had no seasoning. Was just rib put in some tomato sauce. The poached eggs were over cooked and crazy amount of butter on the bread.

Bam Boo Full English - 2 Butcher sausages, streaky bacon, black pud, fried egg, beans, cherry vine tomatoes, hashbrown and toasted semolina bread - £14.95

The full English also looked better last time

Raspberry Ripple Souffle Pancake - Raspberry chantilly, raspberry coulis, white chocolate sauce, fresh raspberries served with vanilla ice cream - £16.50

 

The pancakes were nice. Slowly going through the different flavours.

We asked for the bill 3 times before we eventually got it and had to ask a different member of staff who did take the optional service charge off which I would have asked for anyway.

I won't be rushing to go back any time soon after Monday.

After we went for a walk round Sefton Park and we seen the fluffiest corgi. He is exactly what I want but wasn't able to ask to pet him :(

Corgi watch in Sefton Park continues..

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The Bookbinder

Went to The Bookbinder on Lark Lane for breakfast this morning with Jo and Sarah. Very long over due catch up as I think the last time the three of us were together was at the start of the first lockdown when we went for a bike ride. Which is mad because we used to see each other every day and do stuff all the time but covid really has changed everything for everyone. I have seen them both separately but we've not really done anything properly.

We got there for 10am so it was dead just the one table with a family in there and then a few more tables while we were there both inside and outside.

When we got there was only the one girl serving then another girl turned up. Service was slow it took ages for our food to come out, we were waiting over half an hour after we ordered before it eventually came. And for some reason there was a weird mix up over our food when there shouldn't have been. 

Jo ordered the vegan breakfast with gluten free bread, then me and Sarah both ordered the avocado on toast. When the food eventually came Jo's vegan breakfast came with normal bread then they thought our avocado toast should have been gluten free and vegan but we didn't say that. So they brought Jo the gluten free bread separately. I got my avocado toast but Sarah had to wait ages for hers. I'd finished my food before Sarah's even came. Then they kept pressing the bell for service but the girls weren't serving they were too busy making drinks and it and we're sure it must have been Sarah's food because her poached eggs were well over done when she eventually got it.

I got a Matcha Latte - £3.50

Avocado Toast - Smashed avocado, poached eggs, toasted sourdough, crispy parsnips, breakfast radish vin cotto - £7.70

Jo's Full Vegan - vegan sausage, roasted mushroom, baked beans, confit tomatoes, avocado, hash brown, toasted sourdough - £10.20

This was with the normal sourdough - she got a plate of gluten free bread on the side.

Because our food took so long and the mix up they knocked 10% off our food bill which was good. It was nice in there as they have board games you can play, they do lunch, dinner and drinks later on in the day. Just the staff had no urgency which is really annoying for customers and I hate. I like a good speedy, efficient service none of this just pondering along. They just need to work on their service and it would be great.

Lark Lane was quiet but think it was still early when we left and the weather wasn't great today. Warmer than it looks but cloudy and a bit miserable for a bank holiday.

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