Festival Special: Vegan Food @ Port Eliot Festival 2016

Port Eliot Festival 2016 - View of the River Tiddy

What can say about the Port Eliot Festival; great weather, great scenery, great events and very importantly, great food.  Thinking I wasn't going to have very much choice for food I was overwhelmed by the choice and variety of vegan food.

Luardos

First up Luardos; hailing from the big smoke and serving up a tempting selection of authentic burritos and nachos. I happily scoffed a jam packed burrito with black beans, hot salsa, and fresh guacamole. I asked for hot and I surely got it.  Great start to the festival.

Happy Maki

Next up was this wonderful fresh vegan sushi roll from Happy Maki who hail from Hampshire.  Very tasty and healthy supper whilst wondering around by the River Tiddy

Deli Pops

The real star for me were these 'proper' ice lollies from Deli Pops, truly refreshing, fruity ice lollies. I just tried this gooseberry and elderflower ice lolly and was pining for more; almost worth a trip down to Cornwall to try some of the other delicious flavours; especially Grandma's Lemonade.

FFS

FFS or Feral Food Store really show how vegan food has progressed; infusing world flavours into simple street food that elevates the humble burger into a tasty meat free onslaught of flavours.  The burger with smoked tofu rinds, raw summer veg slaw,  and coconut yoghurt with tahini and spinkling of sumac was truly devine; loved it.  The korean barbeque style cauliflower was a salty soy sauce smack in mouth that just a delight.  I will definately be replicating this in my cooking at home.... just need to find the gochujang! 

Dosa Deli

Glad I found this food stall; Dosa Deli from London to indulge my passion for dosa.... they sold a flavoursome Mysore masala dosa wrap which consisted of a stuffed dosa with potato masala, garlic peanut and chilli crumble, and fresh red onions alongside delicious bhel puri.

Wild Food Kitchen

Lastly I found this moreish stall selling wild nettle falafel and chips with local seaweed sprinkles (very good).  Wild Food Kitchen  hail from Cornwall and you guessed it specialize in foraged food.

Lemlem Kitchen

I discovered Lem Lem Kitchen last year when I returned to my familiar haunt in London on a Saturday; Broadway Market. Street food abounds and you can pretty much find any food from any country right here in this market (well I might be exaggerating there but not too far off the mark). I used to go for the fantastic Gujurati food (another story) but last year I found Lem Lem Kitchen in the permanent pitch in Westgate Street). Alongside the Texan barbecue and the bao stall you find the perfect Eritrean food. They specialise in 'African tacos'; an enticing mix of injera (teff flour tortillas) and wheat  tortillas with spicy fillings.

Split pea timtimo

So what do you get; these great 'tacos' with a split pea spicy filling and two flavourful slaws with fennel, beetroot and carrot. This street food is fresh, zingy and probably some of the best food I have ever tasted.  I think I will be saying bye bye to fine dining food if you can get reasonably priced street food like this. I cannot sing the praises of Lemlem Kitchen enough.  Desperate to get back and try it again.

Oh, and they served these tasty fries as well - shiro fries with a spicy chickpea sauce and asmarino salsa.

Shiro fries

If you live in London or nearby hastily beat a path to Broadway Market on a Saturday and make sure you try Lemlem Kitchen. You will not be disappointed.

Lemlem Kitchen

Badrijani Nigvzit - Georgian Aubergine and Walnut Rolls

Badrijani Nigvzit - Georgian Aubergine and Walnut Rolls

Discovered this dish last year whilst enjoying the amazing aubergines from local Linscombe Farm. The recipe comes from the website 'The Georgian Table' which I followed with some variations. My walnuts were not quite a ground up as in the recipe but it appears to be the norm that the walnut and garlic mixture for the filling is a paste.  This is a very simple dish that packs a punch with the garlic and provides the all round satisfaction of the traditional but remarkable pairing of aubergine and walnuts.  This is going to be a welcome addition to my summer dinners. 

Badrijani Nigvzit - Georgian Aubergine and Walnut Rolls