• Added: 25th of April 2008
• Area: Bristol
• Category: Restaurants

Bristol BS8 2NH

paulm said
the Best Sausage in Bristol!
This place is great, attentive staff, wonderful surroundings and awesome food.

The Big Bang have really taken care over the menu and are eager to source local food, everything on the menu has travelled less than 20 miles (ok, bar the wine but Bristol will never be famous for its vineyards!) which is really quite a feat. The food is local and I like supporting local farmers wherever possible. Food miles isnt a fad, the less it travels to the plate, the better it tastes and who wouldnt want to support the south wests own ruddy faced farmers over some faceless corporate sausage machine somewhere far, far away...

The sausages are as you would expect, not your average supermarket bangers, they are full of flavour and very meaty. I chose Lamb and Mint, Venison and a vegetarian sausage (just to see if vegetarians will be happy!). The venison sausage was dark and rich, the lamb and mint was fresh and well balanced, the vegetarian sausage was good, but could not match its partners for taste. My partner stuck with the classic british beef and was very pleased, i pinched a bit when she wasnt looking and it was very good (one for next time!). The mash was a good texture and though flavoured, not overpowering. i chose the parmesan and chive as i thought it would best suit the three sasuages i chose!

You can pick and choose fromthemenu as you wish, what is written is a guide and they actively encourage you to choose what you want to eat, how refreshing is that in a restaurant. if you think pork, apple and cider sausages would go with horseradish mash and red wine gravy, you go for it!!!

we couldnt manage a dessert (we had crusty bread and olives whilst choosing!) but the end bill was £30 for the bread and olives, (soon to be infamous) "big bang" (three sausages, mash and veg), a regualr (two sausage and mash), a glass of wine and a pint. The beer incidentally, is either from Bath Ales or Bristols own Beer factory. Max's banter was thrown in for free...

in short, I have had sausage and mash elsewhere in Bristol, its not a difficult meal to make and serve but even so, some places still get it wrong. The Big Bang however, got it (Gloucester old) Spot on! Thats a brilliant joke, I am so proud of that!!