BabaBoom

Inventive kebabs cooked over fire | Grilled meats and memorable veggie heroes | Brunch, lunch, dinner late night | Battersea Rise, Clapham Junction, London

BabaBoom | the kebab makers

Have you heard the one about the 2 ultra-runners and their skiing sidekick who had a kebab shaped dream?

Together we’ve spent over 30 years working in food - from Delhi to Johannesburg, the Alps to Tuscany, and of course London and during that time we’ve got a bit opinionated!

We love real food, big flavours, cooking over fire (we’re cub scouts at heart), outdoor adventures and doing things the right way.

We love combining Middle Eastern flavours with quality British produce & serving you generous plates of food all day long from downright delicious brunch to late night feasts.

We love to chat, so please say hello and tell us what you really think or drop us a line if you fancy a run.

http://www.bababoom.london

Bababoom | Fancy Kebab Spot in Battersea Rise

The Battersea Rise-based charcoal kebab restaurant serves up Middle Eastern flavours whilst championing local British produce, and although they do serve kebabs (the good and highly superior kind) into the wee hours of the morning, it’s anything but a greasy spoon.

Here’s what the menu holds: Kebabs You can choose from the more classic Rotisserie Lamb Shoulder with pomegranate onions or Broad Bean Falafel with Baba’s hummus, or take the more adventurous options of Saffron Orange Chicken Shish or Short Rib Andana with dates and pistachio.

The meaty option combines merguez sausage, date glazed bacon (repeat: date glazed bacon), grilled tomato, fried eggs, harissa kick and labneh for an inventive Middle Eastern take on a full English.

There’s also the Harissa Scrambled Eggs with smoked mackerel and summer greens, but for a sweet alternative, Baba’s Eggy Bread comes complete with clotted cream, honeycomb, Nutella and caramalised banana.

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I have been here a lot and love it - both the service and food is usually awesome - so it was a little sad last night to not have such a good level of service.

We had two people with food allergies and our waitress made a bit of a fuss about having to check what was in things - at one point saying "well its got lots of things in it".

And when the meat was requested with no sauce "I feel sorry for you, there is no point, the food will be so bland".

Then the same lady came over, seeming a little annoyed and saying you need to hurry up and order as the table was needed and we should have ordered our main at the same time as our starter.

We then proceeded to wait a very long time for our food - which we didnt mind as we were having a good chat.

Brunch on Saturday: BabaBoom review and sage brown butter ...

I eventually settled on the veggie kebab (£9.20): grilled mastelo cheese, za’atar tomato, chermoula aubergine, two fried eggs and avocado tahini on a flatbread.

With so many different components – the flavoursome tahini, the halloumi-esque grilled cheese, the thick slices of aubergine, perfect fried eggs – it was exciting and delicious.

The really lucky ones end up in delicious little creations like these pancakes, which are so simple to make, yet feel quite decadent and grown up when drenched in sage and butter sauce.

200g butternut squash purée (see note) 1 large egg 80ml crème fraîche 30g freshly grated parmesan cheese (optional) 180g plain (all-purpose) flour 1tsp baking powder Fine sea salt 80g unsalted butter, plus more for the pan A small bunch of fresh sage leaves Note: to make the purée, peel, seed and cube about half a medium butternut squash, then roast it in a preheated 180C oven until very tender, about 20 minutes.

Add a pinch of salt and the sage leaves and cook until the butter turns golden brown and the sage leaves are crisp, a few minutes.

Bababoom, Middle Eastern Restaurant, Battersea Rise, London

BabaBoom is a fresh Middle Eastern dining experience on Battersea Rise.

Bababoom is the passion project of three Londoners – Travis, Eve and Jono – who took on the top cocktail mind at Hawksmoor to whip up his best frozen margarita for the menu.

Mimosas, beers and fresh orange or lemonade (and filter coffee) make up the rest of the super simple drinks list.

Specials include weekend brunch with Persian eggy bread and ‘good morning kebabs’, or go for the 4-diner feasting menu and try basically everything in the kitchen for £20 a head.

A fresh taste kick to Battersea, Bababoom will also embrace new 24 hour London by serving a Baba’s Midnight Feast until 2am on weekends.

BabaBoom: Kebabs in Battersea

Inspired by restaurants such as Palomar and Berber and Q; frozen margaritas and Middle Eastern dishes are the order of the day in this vibrant, little Battersea restaurant New?

Just off the foodie hub that is Northcote Road you’ll find BabaBoom at 30 Battersea Rise, Battersea, SW11 1EE, www.bababoom.london On the Menu: Making use of charcoal cooking, BabaBoom’s menu centres around proper kebabs with a few small plates to graze on such as rose harissa labneh and broad bean crisps; a couple of sides like Dukkah fries and avocado tahini.

For something heartier try the 28- day aged short rib and Kashkaval kofta with za’atar tomato- tender, caramel meat with red onions.

There are a few larger tables, but it’s more suited for a catch up with a couple of friends and plenty of margaritas.

Final Word: Middle Eastern food has, for a while now, slowly been growing more popular in London, and BabaBoom brings an easy, fun element, proving, with the likes of Le Bab that kebabs are not just the dirty, drunk food you get on your way home.

Bababoom | Restaurants in Clapham Junction, London

There are just four ‘fillings’ – saffron and orange chicken, beef shortrib, lamb shoulder or broad bean falafel – served either over a grilled flatbread, or with their rustic take on a fattoush salad.

Flavours are equally big: full of Middle Eastern spicing and fresh, zingy herbs.

A pile of melt-in-the-mouth, slow-rotisseried lamb was served over two kinds of shredded cabbage and pepped up with red onion and parsley.

There are sweet, crisp ‘pomegranate onions’ (red onion chunks roasted in pomegranate molasses) and two ‘house sauces’: a tongue-in-cheek take on kebab house classics (‘red’ is a harissa-and-garlic-laced tomato number, ‘green’ a herby yoghurty one, with a hint of garlic).

Each comes with a flame-blistered flatbread (from a south London-based Syrian baker) and the kind of big, butch crudités that make the celery batons you serve your mates look like charity shop knick-knacks.