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Eat Outside the Box
The first site will be near the ' Doctor Who ' Tardis and Victorian Opera new Boscombe street food project will put some of the House in Boscombe .
A town ’ s best chefs and food startups in a box this spring . StreetCube is a collective of food entrepreneurs who will be serving up quality food from four recycled shipping containers converted into street food kitchens .
Local chefs and caterers will be able to rent cubes from as little as £ 50 a day to showcase their food and get started without the cost of a permanent restaurant .
A spokesperson for the project said : “ StreetCube offers street food traders the chance to test out new ideas , and to set themselves up in business – to have a permanent , weatherproof location from which to trade , with cheap flexible rental terms . We allow for anyone who has a passion in cooking to develop new food ideas to sell direct to their clientele and be profitable , Bridging the gap between trading from a street food gazebo or van , and opening a restaurant ”.
StreetCube is a collective and co-operative community partnership , which means the chefs involved will have a say in how the organisation is run and where produce is sourced from .
Food on offer will feature street food classics from Asia , Africa , Cuba , Mexico and Europe and they will be permitted to trade from 7am to 11pm seven days a week . Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott will open the new initiative in the Spring .
For more details go to www . streetcube . co . uk .
The days of vegans having to search the menu for their one choice are thankfully gone .
Eat Their Words
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Lose Weight For Good Tom Kerridge ( Bloomsbury , £ 22 )
Plant Higher
With more than half a million people in the UK following a plant-based diet , it ’ s never been easier to be a vegan . Or tastier . Bournemouth beachfront restaurant Urban Reef and sister hotel Urban Beach have launched new vegan menus that attracted 58,000 hits on social media in just four days .
Dishes like tandoori courgette , aubergine & red onion skewers and roasted root vegetable & chestnut pearl barley risotto are going down well with vegans and converting carnivores on sight .
Head Chef at Urban Beach Hotel , Francis Baumer said : “ I initially created the dishes to celebrate Veganuary , but because of the positive response through social media , we ’ ve decided to keep the menu for the whole of 2018 . The menu incorporates all things natural and plant-based and I have used local fresh produce throughout the dishes . People are now more conscious of what they are eating when they go out for a meal and I love creating new dishes for customers , so this is really encouraging !”
Head Chef at Urban Reef Restaurant , Wayne Joyce said : “ My menu is slightly different to Urban Beach ’ s offer … Having two different menus at the Hotel and the beachfront restaurant gives an even greater choice for all our Vegan customers and we hope they will try both .”
Both venues will also be offering vegan wines including the house red and white as well as their usual non-vegan menus . For more details go to urbanguild . co . uk .
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