They're BBBack! You voted to bring back Biryani Bhaji Balls, so from Monday 18th - 28th February they'll be available on our specials board, alongside a personal favourite of ours, Pani Puri.

Biryani Bhaji Balls - Biryani arancini: crispy, Deep-fried balls of rice flavoured with rosewater, mint, and whole spices. Served with a rich biryani-style tomato sauce.

Pani Puri - Refreshing traditional street food. Crispy puri filled with massala and sprouting mung bean, served with tamarind, lemon, and black salt water.

Available at both Bundo venues

We're celebrating the Chinese Year of the Pig with a week of special dishes and drinks from Chinatown via Kolkata.

Sesame Gobi Toast is a vegetarian take on the takeaway classic prawn toast, and Egg-fried Pilau is a mash-up of spicy Indian pilau and egg-fried rice. They both join popular Indo-Chinese favourite Gobi Manchurian - fried cauliflower and mushrooms in a hot sweet & sour sauce - a permanent fixture on the Bundo menu.

As well as a range of food-friendly beers such as Nomad Salt & Pepper Gose, a limited edition 0% ABV Ginger-Apple sour spiced with garam masala - Five Ginger Death Punch - has been specially designed to go with the new dishes, and their classic Ginger Amaretto Sour is recommended for anybody wanting to toast the new year with something stronger.

All specials are available from Monday 4th - Sunday 8th Feb in Leeds and Manchester

Sesame Gobi Toast - Deep-fried pav topped with minced cauliflower, garlic, and ginger. Served with a sriracha-black pepper chutney.

Egg-fried Pilau - Basmati dry-fry with broken omelette, red peppers, and green onions, spiced with chilli and garam masala

Five Ginger Death Punch - 0% ABV apple and ginger sour spiced with garam masala, shaken with aquafaba for a silky froth (V)

We’ve closed our doors now for the last time in 2018, re-opening on Monday January 7th so everybody can have a well-deserved week off, and we wanted to take this opportunity to have a quick recap of the previous 12 months, and look forward to some plans for 2019.

There’s been big, personal developments for the team - co-founder Marko and his partner Toni announced they were expecting the first Bundo Baby (working title: Baby Spice), Chef Maity’s wife and son were finally able to join him in England, and Leeds & Manchester managers Chris & Chris both bought new homes, meaning Botham is officially not Yorkshire’s problem any more - good luck Manchester…

While all this has been going on, the teams have managed to take Leeds and Manchester Bundo from strength to strength, starting the year off with a complete menu overhaul, and throughout the year introducing some of our most creative and ambitious specials yet, like the Hot Hara Dog, Hara Bara Kebab Sandwiches, and Pumpkin Samosas.

 

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Bundobust Brewing Co Brew Day 🍻 You lot went through the first batch of Dhana International, our flagship Coriander Seed IPA in no time, so Harry from #bundobustlds and Dan from #bundobustmcr joined the brewers from @northernmonk to conjure up another keg run. 🌱 We’ll be pouring it at both venues in the next couple of weeks - keep an eye on the fridges for the last few cans kicking about!

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Collaboration and community is in our DNA at Bundobust, so we’re thrilled to have spent this year working with some of our favourite businesses - working on events with Adidas, Leeds Indie Food, Leeds Beer Week, and Manchester Foods & Drink Festival; setting up Bundobust Brewing Company with the help of Northern Monk; and doing some killer dish and menu collabs with the likes of Ox Club, Prashad, Pollen, Siop Shop, Whitelocks, and Tapped. It’s been a pleasure showcasing some of America’s finest breweries with takeovers from Other Half, Equilibrium, Bissell Brothers, and Finback, as well as natural wines from Wayward and Love and Labour.

And, not to blow our own trumpet, but our efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. Manchester recommended in the Michelin Guide 2019, Leeds picked up Best Street Food award at the Oliver Awards, with both are set to be featured in next year’s Lonely Planet Guides, and we’ve received notable mentions in The Guardian, The Telegraph, delicious, Olive Magazine, Conde Nast Traveller, BBC Good Food, and Waitrose Magazine. We were also thrilled to make our TV debut when the Vada Pav appeared on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch with none other than butty legend Max Halley from Max’s Sandwich Shop.

 

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So we finally signed the lease for #BundobustLiv. Our builders will be on site from next week & we hope to open early in 2019. Keep checking for updates! #toomuchspicy 🌶

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As cliche as it sounds, we couldn’t have done any of this without you - the regulars, the people who have nipped in once on a whim, the craft beer geeks, the Indian food obsessives, militant vegans, curious meat-eaters, and everybody in-between. In 2019 we’ve got even more in store for all of you: new and exciting collaborations with more of our favourite people, the launch of Bundobust Brewing Company’s core range in February, Liverpool, our third venue, opening in March, followed swiftly by Bundobust 4, our biggest project yet incorporating (among other things) a brewing facility. Bit of exclusive gossip for you there.

Happy New Year from all of the team at Bundobust, and see you soon!

We’re looking for kitchen, bar, and front of house staff in Liverpool. If you’d like to join our growing team, send a CV and covering letter to jobs@bundobust.com with the subject Liverpool Kitchen/Bar

Sprout Bhajis, Festive Beers, Christmas closures, and more...

Christmas Specials

We're ringing in the official start to the festive season this Saturday (1^st December) our Sprout Bhajis and Christmas menu. Tis the season to be spicy!

The vegan Bhajis, made from sprout with onion, and broccoli, are spiced with fennel, caraway seeds, and chilli, and served with a desi-style cranberry chutney.

We'll also be serving a vegan Festive Curry of winter vegetables in a warming cinnamon and star anise-spiced tomato and coconut curry sauce, a Cinnamon and Belgian Biscuit ice-cream from local all-natural ice-cream makers Northern Bloc, and a range of Christmas beers from the likes of Mikkeller, Anchor, Northern Monk, alongside classic Belgian winter warmers.

Bundobust bar staff have come up with their own festive cocktails - The Grinch; green chilli and coriander-spiced daiquiri, and Stollen Christmas; cognac, cherry liqueur, amaretto, cranberry, and clove creating a liquid Christmas cake.

All Christmas specials are available in Leeds and Manchester from December 1st until December 23rd.

Opening Times

We'll be open for all of your Festive get-togethers up until December 23rd, and then our teams will be taking a hard-earned break over the Christmas and New Year period, our full opening hours are:

• Christmas Eve: Closed
• Christmas Day: Closed
• Boxing Day: Closed
• Thursday 27th: 12 noon - 11pm
• Friday 28th: 12 noon - 12 midnight
• Saturday 29th: 12 noon - 12 midnight
• Sunday 30th: 12 noon - 10pm
• New Years Eve: Closed
• Tuesday 1st - Sunday 6th: Closed
• Monday 7th: Normal opening hours.

Full Christmas Menu

Sprout Bhajis (v, gf) £4.50 - Onion, broccoli, and sprout bhajis spiced with fennel, caraway seeds, and chilli. Served with a cranberry chutney.

Festive Curry (v, gf) £7.00- Winter veggies including parsnips, French beans, and swede cooked in a warming tomato and coconut sauce, spiced with cinnamon, star anise and curry leaves. Served with onion and jeera rice.

Cinnamon and Belgian biscuit ice cream (gf) £4 - Made by Northern Bloc with all-natural ingredients. Topped with pistachio and cardamom.

The Grinch £7.50 - Green chilli and coriander daiquiri with Appleton’s rum: Green, and not particularly Christmassy…

Stollen Christmas £7.50 - Liquid Christmas cake, combining Martel cognac, cherry liqueur and amaretto with cranberry, orange, and clove.