BBQ Chicken Toastie
We haven't had a toastie experiment since January. I'm not even sure how that happened, but a fresh toastie is long overdue. As it happens, part of the fallout from the Mock Turtle was that Barny came up with a recipe for BBQ sauce. This was originally to go with the...
Street Food Soliloquy
I've been writing the blog for a while now. It started out as a documented process about us starting a street food business, but has since become a whole host of things from a self-help street food start-up guide to a recipe book and my all-purpose soap box for...
Restaurant Life
It is probably something that unites all street food traders, due to the fickle nature of our profession and the British weather: We're not really motivated by money. As far as I'm concerned, quality of life far outweighs any cash rewards. Don't get me wrong, there is...
Street Food Work Experience
There comes a time in everyone's life when you have to accept that one of you (in this case two of us) are simply not enough people for the job in hand. That no matter how good at multitasking you are, you cannot physically be in two places at once, doing three jobs...
Jabberwocky Expansion
Thanks very much for coming everyone. Before I begin, I want to reassure you that I'm not criticizing, I just need to get all the facts on the table so that I know we are doing this efficiently and the Jabberwocky Expansion is running according to plan. First point:...
Wedding Street Food
First, let me begin by saying I love a good wedding. I have been to my fair share, in pretty much every capacity, and enjoy them immensely. I'm still missing "mother of the bride/groom" and "wedding officiant", but I'm confident at least one of those could be a long...
My Feet Hurt
My feet hurt, but other than that, things are going well. I had forgotten that there is actually a lot of walking involved in running a restaurant, especially one with a cafe attached to it and a good five miles of floor space between the two. We are through our first...
Mock Turtle, Leamington Spa
Once upon a time, the Jabberwocky set out to open a restaurant and serve you food at the cosy table by the window. That was June 2011, which is a long time ago now. This week, from Thursday, the Mock Turtle will have windows to sit by and food to serve at them. Not...
The Bolt Problem
This week has been a jumble of Mock Turtle and Wocky. We had to get the kitchen over at the new place certified and clean, and all the while we are trying to get the Beast (long may he thunder) through an MOT. This is not a problem like last year, when the entire...
Opening a 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 assume...
The Jabberwocky Restaurant
Not just a plan, not just a scheme scribbled on the back of an envelope. This is a real life announcement. We have been working towards this for months, and had to keep everything under wraps until now. It's official. Coming to Leamington Spa: The Jabberwocky...
Cooking on Gas or Electric: The Showdown
When you first set out into the big wide world of street food, this is one of your big choices. We are currently going through the whole debate again for the Bedford, so here are the two different cooking methods, side by side. You can decide if cooking on gas or...