So there’s this underground party buzz in NYC at the mo. This amazing chef knocks up traditional soul food with a hip hop twist and books the livest acts. Naturally all the parties get packed out and people gorge on the some of the bestest food you’ve ever tasted, the live acts rip it up, people don’t get too drunk cos they’ve eaten so well and everybody goes home happy. The night’s are called Dante’s Fried Chicken, and they are coming to Cargo on Saturday 30th of August for NYC/LDN

Here’s the Menu:

Dinner Menu

DJ Reborn’s blueberry brisket (beef or vegetarian)

Organic beef brisket or tofu with spices slow cooked to perfection for 10 hours and smothered in a Louisiana Guinness BBQ sauce with blueberries.

Phil Asher’s coconut oatmeal mango shrimp with vegetarian alternative

Farm raised shrimp or tofu in a crunchy dried chilli oatmeal crust dipped in a chilli spiced mango sauce topped w/ toasted coconut, fresh mango, and chilli flakes.- served with fresh parmesan dipping sauce; vegan available -

DFC sock-it-2-me fried chicken nuggets with vegetarian alternative

This is the DFC signature recipe, which spans over three generations of women (and a couple of men) each adding ingredients. The crust boasts over 20 sumin’ ingredients, that creates a truly unique texture and flavour. The organic chicken is soaked in buttermilk and aminos. This process makes the chicken superior in juiciness and taste, also removing toxins. - served with apricot hot sauce & Jameson honey mustard

Sides

Patchwork Pirates’ apricot pecan cabbage ‘n’ veggie salad (vegan)

Fresh shredded cabbage, carrots, turnips, broccoli, beets, red onion, dried apricot, toasted pecans, tossed in a coconut leek dressing.

Blk Jks okra ‘n’ corn mac ‘n’ cheese

Mini baked macaroni pasta in a Creole spiced okra “n” corn four-cheese sauce.topped with crispy corn, leeks, and yams.

PH Level garlic string beans with drunk rice

String beans, tomatoes, parsley, carrots, & turnips sauteed in a heap of garlic, peanut oil and aminos.

Dessert

K-Space chocolate corn “n” strawberry waffles
Homemade chocolate chunk buttermilk waffles topped w/ vanilla ice cream & fresh corn “n’ strawberry maple sauce.

Each month, one of the beautiful waiting staff in the restaurant recommend their favourite dish on the menu. For the month of August, Oscar, the great bearded waiter from Mexico recommend Cargo’s refreshing Watermelon Salad…

Yo Oscar, What do you like about the watermelon salad?

Watermelon, mixed leaves, feta cheese, a nice refreshing salad especially on a warm day. Plus it has the colour of my country flag, red, white and green… So when I’m eating the salad it reminds me of back home.

What’s your favourite food to eat?

Mexcian Calbrone!! Pozole is my favourite, corn in a spicy sauce, meat, lentils, lime, chilli, salt, avocado. It’s huge and it’s hot and it’s the best thing if you’re hungover.

That’s an impressive beard… how long have been growing it?

About 3 and half months now, the trick in growing a beard is, everytime you want to cut it all of… don’t.

Wise words indeed and a wise choice of a light, cool, refreshing salad for summer. It’s such a good choice that for the next 2 weeks, we’re giving 20% of the salad to everyone who mentions ‘MEXICAN FLAG’ when ordering…

I’ve been asked to clear up the rumours. The Street Food Cafe did NOT burn down. They who run the eatery decided to follow a rather extreme cleaning method, highly recommend by the massively ego’d Chef Pierre Malbroset. They set fire to inner workings of the Street Food Cafe ON PURPOSE!! Yeah, that’s right. They wanted a real deep clean that can only be achieved through combustion… That is what southern softs called sarcasm, not a dialect that ole Les is that accustomed too, being a straight talker northern ex-stand up / ex-squaddie / ex-husband, but I’m getting my noggin round it slowly…

No, ok, there was a bit of fire, but it went out. And then from the ashes of the Street Food Cafe comes the brand spanking new CARGO RESTAURANT. That’s right, Cargo and the SFC have finally got married, and the SFC has taken the name of the Cargo by deed poll. It now votes and pays bills under the name of Cargo Restaurant, please for everyone’s sake as Snip Diggy Dag would say, ‘do not get it twisted.’

Work has been getting underway and by Monday 12th of May, the Cargo Restaurant will be open to the public, with a brand new menu, a new look and brand new name. They’ve even got a brand new bar in the new Cargo restaurant so stumbling distance is now only a couple of heavy steps away