To mirror the food vanishing fast at the opening party of the E17 Art Trail 2014, the Closing Party food and drink disappeared even quicker!
Having
rushed around a gazillion venues on the final day trying to take everything in,
my reward was to race to the Closing Party and be greeted with lonely crumbs
and empty bottles lining the abandoned trestle tables. It looked a sorry scene.
Alas, as Laura, Artillery driving force said, “they descended like a plague of
locusts!”
I actually
bore witness to this as the final treasured platter of savoury goats’ cheese
and caramelised onion cheesecakes fought their way in. As soon as word got out,
the magnetic pull was too much and they were once again surrounded. I heard
such golden quotes as “do you have catnip in these?”, “can I have another
cheeky one… or three” and the cries of dismay as a few accidentally were
knocked to the ground in the frenzy! I was glad to have grabbed one for myself!
Having never tasted a savoury cheesecake before, the use of digestive biscuits
gave a nod towards the traditional bites. Rich and cheesy, they were definitely
popular!
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| Bestowed Kitchen with those savoury bites |
Feeling a
little down and out, searching my way through the empty specially created
bottles of ale to find any sample left, a kind party goer took pity on me and
poured a sample for me of her amber nectar into a cup so I could sample it.
The
E17 “Art Trail Ale” was specially created by Left Bank Brewery, a brand new
venture by Simon Poffney. Now, I’m not an ale expert by any means, but the fact
that only a short time into the party and it had all vanished I would take to
be a very good sign for Simon.
To take my
mind off my disappointed tummy, I admired the funky art display of pallets
broken down into interesting objects such as chairs, tablets, wine glass
holders.
To make up
for not having savoured the tempting treats on offer, I decided to find out a
bit more about the men who created them:
The drink
was created by Simon Poffney from Left Bank Brewery, who told me:
“It was
great to have the chance to brew a beer for the Arts Trail. We went for
something strong with a lot of body to reflect the depth of the programme.
“The Left Bank Brewery is one of the projects of the Fermentarium at the
Blackhorse workshop. Going back to the roots of brewing in ancient Sumeria and
Egypt beer and bread were intertwined as they are here. We have only a 100
litre brew length at present but that gives us the freedom to experiment. We
are keen to create beers unencumbered by style rules and look forward to
presenting them over the coming months.”
Simon
assures me they will be setting up a website soon so you can follow their
progress.
The food was
provided by local enthusiasts Bestowed Kitchen. In an interview with Jeremy Wood
he lets us know of how he got into food and what makes his food special and
flying off the platters.
Jeremy says “Bestowed Kitchen is a new food business based in
Walthamstow with a desire to share our passion of good food with others. We
pride ourselves on quality with everything handmade (bar the bread),
even down to the mustard.”
Where possible they use local suppliers including: Bread from a
Tottenham based bakery Flourish /http://www.flourishbakery.com
and vegetables from Walthamstow based veg shop Veg Hut - https://www.facebook.com/VeghutE17.
He says “I am a lifelong lover of food. Food is pretty much an obsession
for me. I decided that I could no longer ignore this passion and decided to
follow it and share it with others. This year an opportunity came up to
launch a stall locally in Walthamstow and following this it has led me to help
coordinate the organisation of this new market in Walthamstow Village (https://twitter.com/beulahroad).
Since launch it has had a positive start and looks set to grow and become
established. In a very short space of time lots of opportunities have
materialised and it looks like 2014 will be busy!”
He has also been working with the Kitchen at the critically acclaimed
cafe-deli in Muswell Hill, Chris Kitch (http://www.chriskitch.com/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/23/chriskitch-restaurant-review-jay-rayner) and
with Camden’s pop up Brew Bar.
Bestowed Kitchen
has confirmed they will be involved with the Walthamstow Garden Party &
Summer Appetite Festival on the Sunday. If the previous party was anything to
go by, get there early to tuck in.
See what
else is happening on Sunday here: http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?id=16303&pg=5745
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