Walbrook & Avon is open for business

Photo by Geminder

Good news: we are pleased to announce that we will be holding the next Walbrook & Avon from 4pm on Sunday 9th May at the one and only F. Cooke on Broadway Market, Hackney.

Tickets priced at £25 per person and are now on sale. We will be continuing our sunny San Sebastián inspired theme by starting proceedings with Walbrook & Avon’s take on Pintxos (the Basques' tapas) served at the counter, before diners are seated for the main course and dessert. As usual the £25 will include two alcoholic beverages.

Places are limited and to ensure fairness we operate on a first pay, first served basis.

If you would like to sample the delights of Walbrook & Avon on Sunday 9th May then please drop us an email at walbrookandavon@googlemail.com and we will get back to you with further details and payment info.

We look forward to seeing you on the 9th May.

Polly & Paul
Cook Food, Serve Love

The Best W&A Yet

Sunday 28th March saw us pop-up for the third time, and it was our best outing yet. Celebrating the official start of British Summer Time we served a selection of starters from the marble-topped counter, pintxos style. The more relaxed, convivial start to the meal went down well and will definitely be repeated.

As ever we must thank Lucy for her wonderful graphics and calm, collected service. Jake again provided great music and lots of hard work. Rachel was our washer-upper supreme helping out with anything that needed doing, she was so good we'll be asking her to help again.

We'll probably be back in late April or early May, until then here are some photos of a very fun day. Thank you to everyone who was there, hopefully we will be feeding you again soon.

Paul & Polly

Walbrook & Avon

Thanks to Julia Dwyer for the photos.

SOLD OUT - Sunday 28th March

Photo by Jeremy Brooks

We are very surprised to have to announce that the next Walbrook & Avon event on Sunday 28th March has sold out within just five days of tickets going on sale. In addition to the 35 covers that that have been sold (pending payment) we also have a reserve list in place.

We are planning to pop-up again in April and May so if you missed out this time be sure to keep an eye on the blog, Facebook or Twitter to make sure you're there at one of the next events.

Walbrook & Avon
The pop-up restaurant where we cook food, serve love

Walbrook & Avon - celebrate the official start of British Summer Time in style

Photo by Joseph Robertson

Following the success of our last event we are pleased to announce that we will be holding the next Walbrook & Avon from 14.30 on Sunday 28th March at F. Cooke on Broadway Market, Hackney.



Tickets, priced at £25 per person, are now on sale for our slightly revised Walbrook & Avon dinning experience. To help celebrate the end of an especially long and bitter winter Walbrook & Avon will be providing some San Sebastián inspired treats. We will start proceedings with Walbrook & Avon’s take on Pintxos (the Basques' tapas) served at the counter, before diners are seated for the main course and desert. As usual the £25 will include two alcoholic beverages.

Places are limited and to ensure fairness we operate on a first pay, first served basis.

If you would like to sample the delights of Walbrook & Avon on Sunday 28th March then please drop us an email at walbrookandavon@googlemail.com and we will get back to you with further details and payment info. 



We look forward to seeing you on the 28th.



Polly & Paul

Cook Food, Serve Love

Walbrook & Avon - Sunday 14th February

Walbrook & Avon popped-up again on Sunday with 32 guests enjoying five courses, lots of wine and great music. We can safely say it was another success with everyone leaving in good cheer with lots of nice things to say about the food and festivities.

We would like to thank everyone who was at Walbrook & Avon on Sunday. It was a pleasure to cook for you all. We would also like to give very special thanks to our glamorous assistants who worked very hard and helped create a great atmosphere; Lucy who is responsible for all our wonderful graphic design and is also our ever-calm and graceful waitress. Jake (The Otley Express) who is responsible for the great music, steady wine-pouring and cheery hard work. And Beth and Cat who washed up and cleared tables and generally got stuck into any work that needed doing with broad smiles and a sense of humour. Thank you all.

We are currently working on the details of the next Walbrook & Avon event and we will release the date and ticket information at the beginning of March. Hopefully, we will see lots more new faces at the next Walbrook & Avon.

Paul & Polly. x

More photos here.

Walbrook & Avon Chilli Jam Recipe

We spent this afternoon making savoury chilli jam for next week's pop-up. We've made a dozen or so jars of wonderfully dark, mildly spiced chilli jam that we will serve next week and also have for sale. If you are not lucky enough to be dining with us next week here is how you can make your own.

Ingredients

250g red peppers, deseeded and roughly chopped A good handful of bird's eye chillies, deseeded and chopped

1kg jam sugar

600ml cider vinegar

4 x 250ml sealable jars

Makes about a litre

1. Without stirring, dissolve the sugar in the vinegar over a low heat
2. Deseed and chop the red peppers and chillies
3. Blitz the peppers and chillies in a food processor
4. Once the sugar has dissolved add the chilli and pepper mix to the sugar and vinegar and bring to the boil
5. Let it simmer for about an hour or so
6. It is done when a spoonful on to a plate stays fairly still when the plate is tilted
7. Pour into sterilised jars and firmly tighten to lids
8. Enjoy with cheese, salads, salami, ham, cold meats and more

It will last a couple of months, although in our experience you will not be able to resist it's charms for that long.

Sold Out

Photo by Jeremy Brooks

We are very pleased to announce that the next Walbrook & Avon event on Sunday 14th February has sold out. We are planning to pop-up again in March and April so if you missed out this time be sure to keep an eye on the blog, Facebook or Twitter to make sure you're there at one of the next events.

Walbrook & Avon
The pop-up restaurant where we cook food, serve love