"You Choose" — Blu Magic

Venue: Blu Magic at Sion Bar, 113-114 Three Shires Oak Road, Bearwood, B67 5BT; website  Choice: Theo's Three Little Pigs (£15) Chooser: Chef

We have an apology to make. Bearwood, we've neglected you. But we're going to start righting this most egregious of wrongs with an Aladdin-like whole new world's worth of Caribbean cooking. After a residency at 1000 Trades and a stint in Derby, chef Matthew Knight and his infectious laugh have got permanent pots and pans at Sion Bar, just off Bearwood High Street. Get things going with his Man Like Ellis Fire Wings (£8), which though thankfully not actually combustible, will impress on the merits of the hot pepper, sticky jerk BBQ sauce rather than any actual pyrotechnics. Easily at his most comfortable with big, multi-elemented stomach-pleasers, the saddled curry of mutton (£14) was a whole lot of yum. But Theo’s Three Little Pigs (£15) is where every, single thing on the plate came together. Add a falling apart jerked up pork belly, to tender BBQ pork ribs, to perfect pulled pork and apple bonbons and you're starting to get the idea. Wilted spinach, sweet potato mash, greens and a rightly tart apple sauce cut through the fattier parts of this most Caribbean of answers to the Great British Sunday roast. Don't actually try and get it on a Sunday though, as Matthew will be serving his most irreverent of post-church menus — Solomon Jerk Salmon anyone? Or how's about an order of The Lord Has a Pan with a side of Miracle Macaroni? Yeah, we'll be back for that menu too. Get 20% off the food at Blu Magic with this voucher. Menu