Here’s a Devizes foodie top secret I’m about to spill the chickpeas about; Anya of that delicious kitchen in the Shambles, Soupchick is launching a falafel stall a little bit closer to the main Shambles’ gate, by the community fridge; twist my arm why don’t you!
Inspired by Peter Vaughn’s popular falafel stand at The Bistro, a past divine smelling regular feature at Devizes carnival, Falafel Out Loud will open on carnival day this coming Saturday. Thereafter, over September, it will open on Mondays. “We don’t really have a falafel stall in town,” Anya explained, “although I don’t think there’ll be a demand for it everyday, but once a week if everybody knows it’ll be here on a Monday, they can come.”
Well, they do now. Thanks for the scoop, Anya, I only popped in for a bowl of soup! And in that here’s the thing, it was just a bowl of tomato soup with fennel and chilli, served with a seeded roll; how does she make tomato soup with fennel and chilli so absolutely scrumptious I had to check my surroundings, see if I could get away with licking my bowl?!
Given this, I’m only imagining what heavenly delights her falafels will offer. Because me, right, I love a cholesterol-hugging cheeseburger as much as the next carnivore, but those little Middle Eastern herby balls of spiced chickpeas are tasty enough to turn Colonel Sanders into a vegan, and I swear by them at big festivals like Glasto where I wouldn’t trust the meat vendors. So, I might catch you down there, and we’ll become fanatical falafel friends?!
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