Who is Cooking

When it comes to burgers Jamie Himlin-Ladd goes for the Cookhouse Burger from the Cornish Cookhouse (now The Cookhouse Street Food) at the beachfront on Hayling Island.(Too late they have moved on).

“What an absolute joy to turn up for a swim in the sea & see this absolute beauty of a truck in the car park. After a quick swim I ventured back & was given a warm welcome by two super friendly ladies. The food was divine, I had the salt beef brisket bagel & my friend loved her vegan option, it is a must try. An absolute gem of a find & looking forward to returning again very soon to work my way through the menu.”

Street food as it is meant to be eaten

Visitors to Portchester Castle will inevitably bump into Claude.

 

Not your standard same old, same old. This vintage mobile Seahorse Coffee Bar is deliberately different.

 

Offering locally roasted coffee, home baked cakes, savouries, waffles and their delicious crab sandwiches.

 

But what is really special is the passion and enthusiasm of everyone involved. Providing a service that is different. A genuine committment to local, to their customers, to the community and if you happen to have forgotten your wallet there is a token board which everyone is welcome to use to redeem a suspended coffee that has been paid forward.

Topped up with fuel at the Applegreen filling station on Hayling. Then forded the water course on the road to the parking site behind the ESSO garage on the Billy trail, for a couple of Billy Burgers.

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Find Hunger Busters, Wednesday to Sunday weather permitting, where the road ends at the Marine Beach car park on the beachfront in Selsey.

For full on burgers, hot dogs and very generous baps. The menu offers a good selection of hot trailer food cooked to keep their clients coming back for more.

The village has a long history of fishing, still has its own fleet and a stroll along the narrow promenade, together with some of the best street food to be found in Chichester, is one of those rare and simple pleasures.

They also do a breakfast on the go.

As well as well as a piping hot jacket potato and cheese.

How do you see the world?
Is it perfect? Of course not.
Can we fix all the problems? Of course not.
Can we make a difference? Of course we can.

Doesn’t matter how small the achievement we believe in making a difference to people’s lives, it may be in a very small way, but that’s the core of what we do, we want to make a difference and that is our purpose.

It’s important to appreciate food, it’s such a fundamental aspect of all our lives, we believe that cooking and eating together can be a very beneficial experience and helps form bonds in a community. We also believe that good food should be healthy and above all tasty!

It is difficult to say much more that that.

Whilst looking, I happened to stumble over the Community Oven and it is difficult to say much more that that. I tire very quickly of sleek professionally fitted coffee shops, restaurants and farm shops. Gravitating rather to greasey food trucks specialising in high carb junk foods liberally doused with fried onions, spicy sauces and accompanied by a sticky drink.

Honest, unapologetic and unpretentious.

But not all of the time. Occasionally one does stumble over someone else hell bent on doing different.

IF YOU go down to the woods today, you won’t find any old roadside café.

Frustrated with the dining choice available at the roadside, caterer Mark Jones came up with an idea that would entertain all the family.

His café based on the design of a fairytale gingerbread house is hidden in a copse on farmland behind the layby on the A35 at Stinsford near Dorchester – and it’s already creating a stir.

Theatrical designer and artist Phil Coombs, who works for Mr Jones’s Whole Hog event catering company, spent almost two months making the unusual exterior.

He used a range of materials including wood, fibreglass, polystyrene and expandable foam to create a fairytale-like scene featuring liquorice sweets, candy canes, a nougat layered roof and even a witch sticking out of the chimney. Mr Jones said: “It’s certainly turning heads. Everyone who comes here wants to photograph it.”

He added: “It’s something the kids will remember from their journey when they’re on holiday.”

The gingerbread house is actually a shipping container previously used by the Ministry of Defence as a field kitchen.

Mr Jones bought it to replace a catering trailer which used to be at the site.

He said: “We used to take the trailer backwards and forwards every day on to the farm and after about a year I decided to get something else because it was so much hassle and a lot of mud was being created in the winter.

“I discovered the container on the internet.

“It’s ideal because it’s totally hygienic and very secure.

“We thought about turning it into a log cabin at first before deciding on the gingerbread house idea.

“We’re in a clearing in the woods so it’s a perfect setting.”

Mr Jones explained how he cleared the site of fly-tipped rubbish and created a picnic area before starting the catering venture, known as the Farm Stop, last year.

He uses local suppliers to source his bread, meat, eggs, honey and ice-cream.

No polystyrene is used and only Fairtrade coffee and tea are served.

Mr Jones said: “The roadside café is a thing of the past and nowadays there isn’t a lot of choice for people on the road.”

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For the past fourteen years Yummez Burger Bar has been flipping burgers on the Petersfield Rd

 

In a lay by on the right hand side of the road just before Midhurst. Fast food, done right.

 

Supported by regular customers looking for a quick bite on the move. They offer a standard menu of breakfast baps, burgers, toasties and hot dogs. Along with cool drinks and a selection of snacks

Open until four o’clock and you can phone ahead to arrange to collect your order on the way past.

Two jacket potatoes was definitely too much. But I couldn’t decide between The Mexcian and the BBQ Pulled Pork toppings. So, I ordered both.

Mr Jack Potato was a very small, fast food takeaway tucked away on the Oving Rd, behind the Four Chestnuts. Serving some of the more imaginative street food options to be found in Chichester.

That was before it closed.

Original, imaginative and authentic is a difficult one but I have been watching Station Spuds in Bognor with interest.
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On Friday nights only

Authentic Texas style smoked barbecue food at Olivers Smokehouse in Horndean

Burnt End Bite – Close Up.
One cube, one skewer, total flavour bomb.

A simple menu which includes smoked pulled pork, chicken, hot sausage links, pork belly burnt ends and….Loaded skin on fies, loaded mac and cheese and a selection of toppings.

Found The Taco Box tucked away in a quiet side street in East Wittering. Have been looking out for them for a while now.

I tend to get my Tacos confused with Quesadillas and didn’t realise that Ninos is not another variation of the same.

Burritos however, I do know and burrito filled with crispy pork belly roasted in onions, garlic and paprika, is irresitable.