Coco's Soul Food on Friargate, Preston review

Lancashire Post

Keen to try Preston's take on proper Cajun soul food, the Lancashire Post headed down to Coco's Soul Food on Friargate to sample their spicy offerings. Here's how it went...

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00:00 Hi everyone, my name is Jack Marshall, I'm a digital reporter with the Lancashire Post

00:04 and today we're bringing you another food review.

00:07 Now for people who have seen our previous food reviews, they'll know that we love to

00:10 go out and about in Preston and just get a flavour of really what the local restaurants,

00:14 local eateries, local street food vendors are offering the people and just to kind of

00:19 raise awareness of what kind of culinary delights are on offer in the city.

00:24 So today, basically what I was looking for was something a bit different, something which

00:28 offered the kind of cuisine which you don't normally find, which isn't kind of two-a-penny,

00:32 isn't your typical fried chicken shops, your typical kebab places or pizza or whatever

00:37 it might be.

00:38 So I decided to try out Coco's Soul Food on Frygate, which for those people who are familiar

00:43 with it will know that they serve Cajun and soul food.

00:47 Obviously soul food is famous around the world for being quite vibrant, colourful, lots of

00:53 combinations of spices, lots of kind of things like jerk chicken and fresh veg and lots of

00:59 interesting flavours, a bit different to what you'd normally get at your typical takeout

01:03 places in city centres.

01:05 So I thought what perfect chance to go down and try it out and really let readers and

01:09 viewers know what it's just like, just what it's like to kind of experience that kind

01:13 of food first hand.

01:15 And so there were a couple of things which really appealed about Coco's Soul Food.

01:18 As soon as we walked in, it was just an incredible kind of scene of colour and your typical Caribbean

01:25 murals of sun, sea, sand, that kind of stuff and Bob Marley pictures in places and it was

01:30 just all colour and vibrancy and life and that kind of whole welcoming vibe of you are

01:36 now in a place where it's famous for Cajun soul food, that kind of thing.

01:40 So that was really good first impression, it was really welcoming, it was nice and busy

01:43 as well, which is always a good sign in these kind of places to see lots of punters there

01:47 to try the food.

01:48 So that was encouraging and went up and the people who took my order and service staff

01:52 were really, really polite, they were all great.

01:55 There's also like three levels of seating, so there's plenty of space as well.

01:58 So it's a really, really attractive place.

02:00 Headed down and basically I perused the menu beforehand and obviously like I said before,

02:04 there were plenty of things like jerk chicken and a lot of really interesting typical Caribbean

02:10 flavours and so I decided to go for something called the Soul Burger.

02:13 Went for that for two reasons, one obviously we'd be in a soul food place, I thought I'll

02:16 go for the one called Soul Burger, that'd be like a classic barometer of just what the

02:21 food is going to be like and the second reason is that it was described as being like a double

02:25 beef burger with lamb on it and I love lamb, you know people who like lamb, obviously you

02:29 know it's so distinctive, so flavourful and I just thought that would be a really, really

02:33 good item from the menu to order to get a real good sense of what this whole place is

02:37 like.

02:38 So yeah, so I ordered the Soul Burger and here's how the whole experience went.

02:43 Cheers guys.

02:44 Hi guys, my name's Jack Marshall, I'm a digital reporter with the Lancashire Post.

02:47 We're just out today doing another food review, hungry, lunch time, we're heading down to

02:52 Coco's Soul Food, so yeah let's go check it out and see how it goes.

02:56 Once again finding myself on Frigate, I was looking for something a little tropical, a

03:01 little spicy, a little different to brighten up a pretty grey day, so headed into Coco's

03:05 Soul Food as you can see here, vibes were pretty good, it was nice and busy, nice and

03:10 lively and I ordered the Soul Burger as you can see here it is.

03:14 I've got to be honest, I was a little underwhelmed by this, it was just pretty basic, the cheese

03:18 was a bit plasticky, the whole selling point for me was supposed to be the lamb, it was

03:23 supposed to be something a bit different, a bit barbequey, a bit special, you know for

03:27 £8 you kind of, I think I was expecting something a bit more deluxe.

03:31 It was fine, it was nice, it was okay but nothing more to write home about than that

03:35 I'm afraid.

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