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Meet the chefs feature at the Old House on Division Street. Pictured is Rikki Wilson Okrasa - Head chef. Picture: Chris Etchells
And now, popular Sheffield pub, The Old House, has not only gone vegan, but absolutely everything they offer on their plant-based menu – from vegan cheese to faux chicken to vegan bread – is made from scratch on the premises.
Head chef Rikki Wilson-Okrasa described how he wanted to offer something completely unique.
“If people can see we’ve made the vegan meats ourselves but haven’t made, say the vegan cheese or the vegan bread, we’d just be like every other place,” explained Rikki.
Smalls balls, big subject: falafel s popularity surge in Sydney and Melbourne
Larissa Dubecki
Photo: Christopher Pearce
It s the Middle Eastern street food that has become a breakout culinary star over the past 12 months. While falafel wasn t exactly labouring in obscurity pre-pandemic, its comfort-food factor – plus new restaurants focused on the deep-fried balls – have helped propel its popularity into a new stratosphere around the country.
When Sydney s Merivale hospitality empire muscles in on the falafel scene you know there s something in the air. Jimmy s Falafel has been a hit since opening in Merivale s Ivy precinct on George Street in May, with staff clad in T-shirts proclaiming, The future is falafel and serving a product