Cardiff's culinary equivalent of Batman and Robin have added another piece of kit to their entrepreneurial utility belt which already includes Nook, Hoof and Ember.
Ok, now I'll stop over-stretching this metaphor.
Originally teased as a street food stall back in March, recent events unfortunately kiboshed those plans and Kapow has instead launched this week as a delivery service. It's literally street food as the food is brought to your street.
Originally teased as a street food stall back in March, recent events unfortunately kiboshed those plans and Kapow has instead launched this week as a delivery service. It's literally street food as the food is brought to your street.
With a concise menu of half racks of bbq ribs (£8), full racks (£14), wedges (£3) and 'slaw (£2), each week's rib drop goes on sale on a Monday evening at 7pm with delivery the following Friday. It's a case of fastest fingers first as I got through on around my tenth attempt.
Kapow are currently delivering across Cardiff with free delivery on minimum orders of £15. The ribs are delivered cold and packaged up with clear reheating guidelines. We followed the instructions to the letter and everything turned out bang on.
A whopping full rack of ribs was an ideal quantity for two people. You could tell this was quality pork - loaded with meat, gorgeously tender of flesh, full of flavour, gristle free and with just the right amount of fat, they were coated in a sticky, warming and not too sweet barbecue glaze. All that was left when we were finished was a mound of clean bones.
Spiced skin on wedges were golden and properly crisp with a fluffy interior. Half a portion worked well for us but those with larger appetites may prefer not to share.
Creamy and crisp coleslaw had a richness-balancing acidic note which cut through the ribs nicely. I tend to prefer lighter non-creamy 'slaws but it was still very tasty.
We really really enjoyed Kapow. Their food is delicious, the instructions are easy to follow and it's good value too; our dinner for two came to only £19. I'm looking forward to trying their more innovative rib flavours when they're launched in the future. That's if I can ever get through on the phone.
Update - 17 August 2020 - Kapow now has their own website, through which you can buy your ribs and sides. They still go on sale at 7pm on Monday evenings and sell out pretty quickly.
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