Tables Are Important
There are many things we still need to learn about street food, the idea being that each one will move us slightly closer to a business that is happy, prosperous and maintains a firm stance on the importance of tea. This weekend we were at Barefoot Festival in...
Menus and Prices
This weekend we at Barefoot Festival selling Street Food, and having just spent 4 hours writing the menu I am going to necessarily amuse you all with some exciting facts from that time, because there is simply nothing else in my head right now. Most importantly, I can...
Street Food Mark II
No matter how well the local catering goes, I think the food van is something I won't be able to give up. The interaction, the crowds and being able to give someone something so dastardly fresh that it is almost nuclear in the middle has got to be the best thing about...
Wiring Your Street Food Van – A Beginners Guide
Congratulations, you have bought your first food van and are well on the way to making your food-based fortune. All you need to do now is pop it on a street corner somewhere, cock the flap and watch as the masses swarm to your hatch and purchase food like the...
Street Food in Cuba
Certain parts of the Caribbean are renowned for their cuisine. Cuba is renowned from rum, coffee and cigars, and that pretty much explains why they didn't have time for food. I would have to regretfully inform you that even while almost all of Cuban life is conducted...
Toasties to the Rescue
When we last left the Jabberwocky the Beast was sitting forlornly in the car park at our garage, waiting to see if he would ever move again under his own steam. The prop shaft was away in Coventry undergoing surgery and we were still recovering from the wreck of...
The Food Festival Ghost Town
We knew that eventually something would go comically wrong. As with any new business there are hundreds of things which, at any given moment, could suddenly jump out and start being a nuisance. Many are covered in the epic health & safety and food hygiene guidance we...
Vintage Crockery
I don't know why people don't still do gilt edges on things. It was such a wonderful way of adding classiness without getting all Argos about it. These days with vintage crockery on the rise perhaps it will be given a new lease of life, in which case I think it should...
Tasting the Toasties
I have been talking round the subject of toasties for quite some time, and we have recently finally acquired the means to make them happen and have set about making them great. The first step, as is the tradition, is the tasting. It's been the cornerstone of...
Everything Looks Better on a Cake Stand
I am beginning to come to the conclusion that everything looks better on a cake stand. I'll leave you to contemplate that while I explain what led me to this profound realisation. Eagle-eyed readers, or more likely those in possession of pictures that did not have to...
Because Leamington Spa Needs a Space Station
Leamington is not actually our home town, but rather a place that has adopted both of us as part of a north/south compromise. But we have been here for 6 years now and the Beast has grown up here, so we couldn’t possibly pull him away from all his friends. What's more...
The Banoffee Toastie
Truly, all things have a master. In the Halls and Shrines of the Great British Toastie, that master is surely the Banoffee Toastie. I shall introduce you, and then we shall talk some more. For the Banoffee Toastie you will need: 2 slices of fresh bread per person some...