I met up with some friends in Birmingham for drinks at the Gas Street Social at The Mailbox in Birmingham. We decided to that we would stay where we were and eat at the Gas Street Social.
Though I visit Birmingham on a regular basis, pretty much going at least once a year I was a little surprised that I didn’t realise I hadn’t heard of or visited The Mailbox before. There are quite a few places to eat there. Somewhere I would probably now visit in the future. Of course Birmingham is a big place and in the main I have usually been to places around the ICC and Brindley Place.
Looking over the menu I went down the small plates route. I was quite hungry, as I had missed out on having a big lunch and it had been a long day.
I went with four small plates, these are only really big enough for one, and not entirely suitable for sharing.
The first of my dishes to appear was the achiote chicken taco.
A single soft taco filled with achiote chicken, and dressed with sauces, pickled red onions and coriander. The chicken was nice and tasty, as were the accompaniments. The taco was either stale or overcooked, but wasn’t as soft as I would have preferred.
The second small plate was the cajun fried shrimp, a soft shell taco, crispy cajun shrimp, sautéed shallots, peppers, and spicy Baja sauce.
Some good flavours in there, but the prawns were a little greasy for me.
My final taco was a cauliflower tinga taco.
This was a crispy corn tostola, blackened cauli, and black bean hummus. It was nice. This was very similar to the achiote chicken taco in both appearance and flavour. I did like the black bean hummus.
Alongside I had some loaded tater tots, which were loaded with salsa, guacamole, and cheese sauce.
Though not a huge dish, it was quite filling. I enjoyed it very much. The salsa was nice, zingy and tasty.
There was a little too much food, so much so, that I probably could have had one less taco.