Restaurants, cafes and bars follow the trends as much as any high street clothes retailer. The latest fashions adorn menus around the city, I doubt there are many that don’t claim to be local, seasonal or doing the simple things well. Some food fads are a passing whim to be easily forgotten, balsamic reduction anyone? Others have gone beyond this and now command a retro chic, the likes of prawn cocktail or black forrest gateaux both seem to be making a resurgence of late. The latest fad/trend/fashion, call it what you will, appears to be the great value cheap eats, the jazzed up junk food, fancy burgers, quality pizza’s and sumptuous hot dogs. The London press and bloggers rave about MeatLiquor and Pit Cue Co, the high class burrito is never far away in the capital and Po Boy sellers adorn many a Cockney corner. The latter being a long time staple of Martin Cooper in the Deilfonseca kitchens, so this is not something we are completely new to. The quick, cheap and quality eat, is a trend driven by our economic times, and one I hope will last. So is there somewhere in Liverpool that is Bang on trend? Ludus, near the top of Bold Street could well be.
