Ever-changing dinning hall set to open

EVER-CHANGING DINING HALL SET TO OPEN IN BEDMINSTER

Ahead of its three year anniversary in October, KASK on North Street in Bedminster has announced the launch of a restaurant to celebrate Bristol’s first class offering of street food. Inviting a different market trader into the KITCHEN every few weeks, guests can look forward to drinks menus paired with Malaysian, Mexican, Persian, Asian, South African, American and vegan cuisine - all before 2022 is out. Also the new home to The Mazi Project, a CIC challenging food poverty in Bristol, KITCHEN BY KASK will act as a community kitchen on weekdays. Launching the concept on the weekend of Friday 9 and Saturday 10 September will be Fat Rice – famed for its moreish Malaysian comfort food. With a menu never seen before at markets in the city, tables are already sold out for the evenings of both dates, so KITCHEN BY FAT RICE will also open for lunch on Saturday 10, with spots available to book at kitchenbykask.co.uk.

Expect authentic Malaysian pork belly and braised shiitake mushrooms, all washed down with a wine flight, beers and a one-off cocktail designed to enhance the traditional spiced flavours of the cuisine. Fat Rice will be followed by KuKu, a Persian-inspired pop-up celebrating the mark left on food culture from the movement of people and ingredients along the Silk Roads.

Another not-to-be-missed addition to the pop-up roster is Big Nath’s BBQ, which will be bringing its iconic and wholesome smoked and slow-cooked meaty BBQ flavours to North Street just in time for the city’s Americans to celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday 24 November ’til Sunday 4 December. Taking place on the weekends of 16 and 23 September - including a unique Sunday brunch - guests coming along should expect Persian small plates and Balkan brunches – all with a focus on the traditional Eurasian spirit of sharing.

Next up will be a three week residency with the taco kings Basement 17 Tacos (every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 6 and 23 October). Always a sell out when they’ve brought their authentic Mexican flavours to KASK, this is a chance to get your taco fix for three weeks in a row. There may also be a jalapeño rose on offer… Doubling up as a private event space for hire, the team at KITCHEN BY KASK will also be offering up exclusive use of the venue for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries as well as workshops, book clubs, community events and product launches. Following the recent surge in wedding and birthday requests the team have received at KASK, they feel it’s a great use of the new space to offer private hire - both during the day as well as at night - from the very start. Later in the year, Asian-inspired fried chicken legends, Peckers, will be doing their thing on Thursday 27 October until Saturday 5 November. Taking fan favourite food up a notch with only the best free range chicken, local artisan buns and homemade sauces and pickles, this won’t be Peckers as customers have seen it before – with newfor-KITCHEN sides and vegan options. Cementing the new restaurant’s offering as ever-eclectic, the fire cooked flavours of Ubuntu and vegan comfort food aficionados, Kabala Kitchen, will also be appearing in the KITCHEN before the end of the year. Charlie Taylor, co-owner of KITCHEN BY KASK, said: “It’s been a tough few years for the hospitality sector - especially for street food traders, given that markets were closed for an extended period during the pandemic – so we wanted to provide a space that these genuinely unbelievable chefs could serve their food in a restaurant setting with a curated drinks list. Our customers at KASK are always telling us they wish we had a “proper kitchen” to serve hot food as well as our cheese and charcuterie plates, so here it is…a proper KITCHEN. “We’ve loved being on North Street for the last three years and to be bringing something new to the area by creating an ever-changing dining concept is incredibly exciting and a whole new challenge. We opened KASK just before the pandemic and are now opening KITCHEN BY KASK in a less than favourable economic situation, so clearly we don’t take the easy route! But by focussing on creating a great experience for our customers to complement the food from some of Bristol’s best street-food chefs, we’re confident the neighbourhood will embrace it.” Melanie Vaxevanakis, founder and managing director of The Mazi Project, said: “We are so excited to have a place we can call home for The MAZI Project and one in a neighbourhood I have called home for nearly five years now. Sharing it with KASK and being part of their collaborative model is super exciting and will hopefully build our network of Bristol’s amazing food scene to help empower disadvantaged young people and make tasty and sustainable food accessible for all! Izzy Osborne, Founder of Peckers, said: I’m thrilled to be a part of the initial line up at KITCHEN. It’s such a fab opportunity for myself and fellow street food vendors to trial fresh dishes, reach new audiences, and invigorate our menus with drink pairings.” Book a table for all of the 2022 pop-ups and keep up to date with all the goings on at KITCHEN BY KASK at kitchenbykask.co.uk or Follow along on Instagram at @kitchenbykask