Hoo Ha Bar

I only found Hoo Ha Bar because I was heading over to Southbank bus station from the Southbank train station. It was after I had gone out to breakfast already from night duty and was trying to get home. I was lured in by the billboard which is not present in the photo because I went on the one day it was closed. I saw the wonderful menu and I vowed to come back in the future.

Pst. Its a Tuesday.

The menu had changed a few times since I've gone there but this is what it was when I went. It has a really interesting mix of food and at very, very cheap prices. The total price was $35 for three mains and a drink.

Mains +_+

Tasty drinks

Anyway, the place is absolutely gorgeous. None of the furniture matches but they are complete little sections that look absolutely beautiful. Below is a gorgeous cabinet which stores all the glasses, cutlery and water bottles.

A random cabinet

Here is their bar, which is also cute. Its counter service. You have been forewarned.

Their bar

We sat at this table below. I'm not sure how to describe the furniture and why I like it so much, very nice dark wood?

Oh so pretty

This couch is beautiful too. Really comfortable too.

Pretty pretty

This is the corner, I have no idea how to describe these chairs. The table is odd, it doesn't look like it would support many dishes but would be a lovely spot to sit and have drinks at.

What are these chairs?

I'm not sure if I like the water bottles, they are tall brown glass bottles.

They weren't chilled either ):

I ordered the peanut butter cup milkshake consisting of peanut butter, chocolate, vanilla ice cream, milk and alleged awesomeness. Its not that awesome. The peanut butter flavour isn't very strong to be honest. All I can taste is a faint chocolate, creamy milkshake. As far as they go, this was a pretty average milkshake. I wish they had left a scoop of ice cream on the top or something so it was more noticeable, also it was quite plain looking.

No awesomesauce ):

My Boyfriend has his eye on this one for a while now, a smoked salmon Bagel Boys bagel with red onion, capers and a dill creme. There is a small splatter of oil that reminds me of sperm attacking an ovum, which is a bit gross. The flavours are a classic and this was the tastiest thing we ate in Hooha Bar. I wasn't able to taste the dill in the creme, but that may be because my Boyfriend was eating it at the speed of light.

Mmmm bagel

This is their mac n cheese with gruyere, parmesan and cheddar sauce, chorizo bits and a crunchy crumb topping. There is also random rocket on top. I didn't really like this mac and cheese either to be honest, I thought the cheesy sauce would be a lot stronger in flavour with the cheeses that they used. The macaroni was well cooked. The chorizo used would've been tastier if it was a hotter chorizo, I found it to be a bit greasy and my Boyfriend mostly ate it. He remarked that it was average.

This came out sizzling

I ordered the 12 hour slow cooked pulled pork reuben with house made sauerkraut, gruyere, dijon and sourdough bread. There were also three little cornichons on the side. The pulled pork was wonderful, fatty and meltingly tender from the slow cook. The sauerkraut was pretty from the use of red cabbage but not particularly sour or crunchy, if anything it was more like a wet coleslaw. The sourdough was good as was the melted gruyere. As reubens go, this was also average.

Wooden planks ahoy!

Hoo Ha Bar
Atmosphere: 9, it is honestly one of the most beautiful cafes I've ever been in. The furniture choice is amazing, can I hire these guys to decorate my house? Its a bright lit, funky hipster dive with lots of things to look at.
Service:7, very friendly hipster waiting staff who are happy to provide an opinion on the food. They were very prompt with our orders as well as clearing the table.
Food: 5.5, all of the food is very well cooked with well thought out ingredient combinations and good quality ingredients to boot. However, while I liked the idea of what I was ordering, the reality of the dish fell short. I would go here again to try other dishes with that being said, as the food is quite cheap and the place is absolutely gorgeous.