by Flic Luxmoore | Thursday, March 12, 2015 | Restaurant
I never thought I’d actually get to the point where we were planning on opening a restaurant, so the next few weeks might veer off the usual subject matter of broken down vans and bad weather to cover this while I still have the energy. After that I can only...
by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, December 18, 2013 | Food Van Driving, Street Food, The Business of Catering
First, let me begin with a giant thank you. To everyone who bought a toastie, encouraged, helped and guided us through the year. We have two more events left, but this will be the last blog of 2013, as the next two Wednesdays are a little inconveniently sited. I hope...
by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, July 24, 2013 | Street Food
Last weekend we tried a new type of event: The Historical Reenactment. A field, a weekend and two thousand years of history, fought out before your eyes. I our case fought out just around the corner in the main arena, where we couldn’t quite see. Luckily the...
by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | Food Van Driving, Street Food, Street Food Theory
Every event is a little different, but most of the time they will be something like this. It starts the day before, with a deep clean of the van. Cleaning is a pretty big theme here, brace yourselves. Every surface inside the van has to be scrubbed, then antibacked,...
by Flic Luxmoore | Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | Street Food, Street Food Theory, The Business of Catering
Today we were at the Farmer’s Market in New Street again, watching the rain and serving a sudden rush of lamb toasties. It led to some thinking, some tea and a hypothesis. Our best selling toastie is the ham and cheese. When we first started toasting it...