On a miserable Wednesday evening, my friends and I decided to have a mid-week treat at one of the most talked about restaurants in Belfast at the minute, Yugo. The restaurant is located in Wellington Street in Belfast City Centre and their Instagram notes they are the 77th best restaurant in the UK, making it the perfect spot to grab a bite to eat after work, university or just a shopping day! This was the first time visiting Yugo and we we certainly left impressed. We had previously attempted to dine in Yugo, only to find it was booked out *insert sad face* , however on a whim we contacted Yugo about 20 minutes before we were planning to arrive and luckily this time we were able to grab a spot. On arrival to Yugo, it was evident the restaurant had a great buzz about it, even on a icy cold Wednesday, we were greeted by friendly and happy staff who genuinely appeared to be enjoying their shift. We were swiftly brought to our table and given a quick overview of the menu to ensure we understood their take on asian fusion. We decided to share six dishes between the two of us which worked out to be the perfect amount. Yugo has an open style kitchen therefore you can watch the chef cook the food to order which can be quite entertaining and insightful. Our first dish was crispy pork dumplings with crispy chilli (£6), the crispy chilli element added a unique twist to the dish, mild spice but not “burn your face off” spicy. Shortly after two bao buns arrived the first one was filled with BBQ chicken thighs, tartare sauce and spring onions (£5.5) and the other one was filled with crispy cod, yuzu miso, cucumber and wasabi (£5), of the two we preferred the crispy cod as the flavour alongside the wasabi was amazing. Lastly dishes to arrive were – the glazed pork cheek, apple, kohlrabi and black garlic, the szechuan braised lamb shoulder, smoked aubergine, miso and peanut and also some crispy hand cut chips with togarashi seasoning. The pork cheek was served with a black garlic sauce which was an extremely interesting flavour combo, the addition of the fresh apple and kohlrabi worked well alongside the pork cheek. To finish (we saved the best for last!!!) was the szechuan braised lamb shoulder, the lamb shoulder was deliciously tender and without a doubt our star of the show!
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Overall we throughly enjoyed our experience at Yugo, with our total bill coming to £36 for two people, we found this to be extremely cheap for the standard of food we received, it also offered a different dinner option to the usual. We can’t wait to get back to Yugo to sample more of their dishes and some cocktails!
Another thing to note is the interiors within Yugo are very visually appealing (perfect for some gram’ pics! )
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