Garden party a great success

Posted on 06/07/2014 by streetfood1340

Giving the beloved Deli Truck its usual power clean this morning after yesterdays garden party for the staff of a very generous boss. Most of the guests came down from London and they went crazy over the salt beef. Unusual venue for us, as the hosts had a very large back garden that couldn’t be accessed by the truck – and they had a very small and steeply climbing front drive. (see photo below) So we parked the truck right outside their front door – with guests ordering their food and walking through the house to the lovely tree lined and very spacious back garden. A great result.

The Menu for our guests most of which you saw being made in my last post

Truck on a difficult slopping site – but it’s true the deli truck can go any where you want.

Preparing for another party – with yummy salt beef

Posted on 04/07/2014 by streetfood1340

This party is being hosted by a very generous boss who is thanking his staff for a years hard work by spoiling them with a Deli Truck feast on Saturday morning. This menu has my personal favourite on it – our outrageously brilliant salt beef. We have been busy this morning making sweet almond pastry flans for our traditional strawberry tart filled with Creme Patissiere and organic strawberries. Since posting the “how to make” of one of these tarts on the 26th of May we have had endless requests from customers to have it on their menu. We make the pastry as short as we can with loads of butter and the addition of Almond Meal. Gives it a real kick. Also this morning (for tomorrows party) We will be starting the 4 hour simmer of our salt beef – for our famous salt beef sandwich. As you can see the brisket has been brined for 8 days in a selection of pickling spices and is now being simmered. The basic simmering flavours are a mirepoix (carrot, celery, onion) and crushed peppercorns, juniper berries and bay leaf. Also making the individual wild cherry and chocolate mousse puddings this morning. All good fun. Can’t wait to taste the salt beef when cooked.

Wild Cherry and chocolate mousse pudding

Pastry case for strawberry tart. loads of butter and almond meal

Simmering components

Spices for Salt Beef

Salt beef slowing simmering for 3 to 4 hours

Showbiz Party for 50 in Wimbledon

Posted on 26/05/2014 by streetfood1340

We were asked to feed fifty people for a summers day lunch in the gardens and grounds of a well know showbiz personality in Wimbledon in London. The menu was complex for the truck but it worked a treat and was a success because of organisation and premium ingredients.

A garden party menu for 50 people

Can’t say who it is but a large garden in Wimbledon is our destination. Starting at the end – dessert first – we have just finished making a gallon of two fabo home made ice creams. We use only organic milk and cream and made a fun one for the kids made up of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream layered with marshmallow and chocolate sauce. The second half gallon is made for the adult guests with a vanilla base brimming with a laughable amount of Disaronno liqueur for that lovely boozy almond flavour. Three layers of the ice cream are separated with a dark, compote of raspberries and then swirled. Kind of like the raspberry ripple we used to have as kids but with a serious kick and a little almond and berry bitterness to make it very grown up.

The party is set to kick off at 12.30 Saturday, so running out of time – more posts as the preparations continue.

Our two special home made ice creams.

For the vegetarians – we made a very slow cooked confit of peppers, onions and leeks, added with steamed broccoli and cheddar cheese to our home made tart base. V tasty

home made vegetable pie for the vegetarians (or any body else for that matter)

The host wanted the best – so we roasted 4 rib-eyes for the parties main course. I have to say this was one of the best pieces of beef I have ever ever had. We aged it for nearly 40 days, so it was super tender. This meat comes form our normal supplier, who I think is one of the best butchers in the UK. Graham Batchelor from Batchelor’s the Butchers (3rd Generation) in Sevenoaks.

Preparing the beef feb-eye before a low, slow cooking.

We kept prepping for the party on Saturday morning including finishing our strawberry tarts the traditional way with our homemade almond short crust pastry with Creme Patissiere and fresh strawberries. We also completed our hot smoked salmon entree. We cleaned four whole sides of salmon and hot smoked over apple and oak wood then served at room temperature over crispy salad leaves. great smoky flavour but cooked..

preparing strawberry tart for the party

Another favourite was our fish pie – that went down a storm

Fish pie at front of photo – jam packed with pollock, smoked haddock, salmon, prawns and mussels

Christening Party overlooking the weald of Kent for 40 adults and 15 children

Posted on 29/04/2014 by streetfood1340

We were asked to prepare a luxurious American style menu for a Christening Party in the grounds of a grand country house overlooking the Weald of Kent for 40 adults and 15 children. The host wasted smaller portions so that their guests could come back to the Deli Truck again and again if they wished to taste the whole menu – Diner style. Hot dishes like the salt beef sandwich and the sea bass sandwich were made on the spot as the guests requested. Served this way the guests received their food at it’s freshest and best. We become the Gourmet Takeaway in the garden.

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Menu for 40 adults at a Christening Party. The 15 children had a separate menu.

Brand New Menu for Next BMW Truck Feast.

Posted on 15/04/2014 by streetfood1340

Working on the menu for our next appearance at Coopers BMW motorcycles in Tunbridge Wells on the 26th of April. I have attached our menu boards for you to drool over. It’s just 11 days away and as you can see we have brought back some old favorites like our Salt Beef sandwich – but we have introduced two new dishes including our Steak Sandwich. This is amazing as we use a large rib-eye steak grilled, and served up in a Baguette with salad, a confit of onion and our special homemade Russian dressing. This is taste- tastic. We are also introducing our meat ball sub this month. This is a half baguette stuffed with four beef meatballs surrounded by a rich tomato sauce and topped with Italian or Swiss cheese. This really is a cheesy, beefy sandwich of pleasure. We will also be serving freshly brewed Fairtrade colombian coffee this time round as so many of you asked for coffee last month. So I hope to see you all at Coopers BMW on Saturday the 26th from 1100 to 1600.

Our steak Sandwich Menu board for our next Gourmet food outing at BMW Tunbrige wells

Our Famous Salt Beef

OUr famous Meat BAll Sub, in a rich and thick tomato sauce and a good strong Italian cheese

Our meat ball sub – one of the best

Posted on 03/04/2014 by streetfood1340

Our famous meat ball sub. This is juicy, cheesy and meaty all in one

Looking forward to our next month of parties and corporate events. But once again thanks to all our friends and clients who made our day at BMW last Saturday such a success. The next open day at BMW will be help on the 26th of April. This time though I would love you all to give me some feed-back on the menu. Any ideas welcome. At this stage we are thinking of doing a Deli Classic a “Meat Ball Sub”. Our prime beef will be mixed with ricotta cheese, oregano and minced onion to make the balls light and fluffy and full of flavour. We then drown them in our home made tomato sauce – very thick – tomatoes reduced down with basil, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. The tomato-y balls are then squeezed into a baguette and topped with Italian cheese. (at this stage provolone) This is a sticky yummy classic. And of course our hugely popular Salt Beef will return.

Our menu boards for BMW promo tour in T’bridge Wells

Posted on 28/03/2014 by streetfood1340

WE hope to see you at BMW Tunbridge Wells on the 26th of April. We decided to keep our prices low and our yummy-ness factor high for the BMW promotion. This is what we had to offer.

Our Famous Salt Beef

Our steak Sandwich Menu board for our next Gourmet food outing at BMW Tunbrige wells

OUr home made Pulled Pork has always been one of our best sellers. WE smoke this ourselves for 8 hours over oak and apple wood

OUr famous Meat BAll Sub, in a rich and thick tomato sauce and a good strong Italian cheese

Our beef burgers are the talk of “flavour town”

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