CHEFFING double act Daniel Heffey and Michael Harrison took a night off from their regular gig at The Buyers Club to attend church on Saturday night.
Their offbeat sideline, the Secret Diners Club, kicked off 2016 by taking over the Nordic church in Park Lane for a night of pot luck eating.
The “club” works by keeping diners in the dark until the last minute. They are not informed of the location until the night before the dinner. A sort of gravy ravey.
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As if that wasn’t hard enough, this time information and the exact location of the event was emailed to guests in Norwegian which they then had to translate to find out exactly where they would be taking a pew.
And even when they got there they weren’t told what they were eating until the end of the night.
And the hurdy gurdy didn’t stop there: “A subtle Scandinavian theme ran throughout the menu,” it says here.
Sadly, that most quintessential of Norwegian/Liverpool dishes, blind scouse, was nowhere to be, er, seen. Swedes were also off.
Instead hungry guests were rewarded with potted shrimp on rye bread, a fish course of beer-marinated salmon and a main of honey and beer beef. For pud, a pre dessert of fennel, honey and yogurt, and blackberry and liquorice.”
Singer Katy Alex was the turn.
Michael Harrison said: “We are delighted to have held our first event of the year at the Nordic Church, the space is stunning and it was great to pop-up our restaurant there for the evening.
We’ve taken over some really unusual spaces over the past couple of years including railway stations, lock-ups and warehouses, however the Nordic Church is definitely up there as one of the most unique!”
Dates for the next Secret Diners Club event will be announced soon, follow @sdc_lpool on Twitter and Instagram to be in the know.
Fin.
