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Vegan shawarma weekend

Shawarma..yes, its shawarma without meat. Our next weekend takeaway pop up at Harken coffee 338 Powell street. 27 & 28 March, 11:30-4:30. Pre-order basis.

Our House made shawarma and pickles(Blueberry flower pickling liquid), romaine, tomato, avocadoes, fluffy elegant pita from Super baba on Main street.

You can order online.

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Super slow cooked celeriac is the mock shredded meat.It took two days to process.

Wrap it up with flour dough - mixed some glutamine-rich flavours.

Wrap it up with flour dough - mixed some glutamine-rich flavours.

They look like giant meat balls?

They look like giant meat balls?

Slice, then braise, then some more process.

Slice, then braise, then some more process.

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Nettles

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These are for my weekend pop up at Harken coffee.

Farm and forest chirashi Bento box with miso soup.

Nettles are for the mochi in the miso soup.

We boiled, and mashed, then knead into mochi dough.

For more details of bento box, visit Mæst Market.

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Nettles are truly a gift from spring. Lots of nutritions.

 
 
 
 
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Spring harvest

Harvested some spring wilds. Butterbur, mustard leaves, miners lettuce, stingy nettles.

Spring is busy, exiting time for harvesting and preserve the edible plants.

So finalized the menu for this weekend’s take aways pop up at Harken coffee.

Important: We have to apologize about that we announced as we will be available for dine-ins, however Harken isn’t able to do 100% dining for food service now & this event is basically take out. Still you can enjoy coffee & food in the room but it will be self service basis.

Walk-in purchase is available but the numbers are limited, highly recommend to make pre-orders.

Anyways back to subject. Harvests. Introducing how to cook butterbur in traditional Japanese way.

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This plant has a hole inside of the stem. Some says it can be a straw?

This plant has a hole inside of the stem. Some says it can be a straw?

 
Clean the leaves and extra parts, salt.

Clean the leaves and extra parts, salt.

After salted, boil whole stems and peel the skin little by little.

After salted, boil whole stems and peel the skin little by little.

Voilà.

Voilà.

 
 
 
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