Greedy Basset’s Kitchen

You may have noticed we’re really excited by Amazing Graze, the street food, arts, music and entertainment fest coming soon to Leeds (5-6th April) We’ve been matching bloggers with food producers so without further ado here’s Rebecca Benn aka @ReallyNiceFood

The one thing that I love about living here in Yorkshire is the fact that you are never more than an hour or so away from some of the best coastlines in England in my opinion. On a day off when the weather in good, there’s nothing better than going down to the beach for a bite to eat whilst breathing in the fresh sea air.

The seaside has always been synonymous with fish and chips but with the street food movement taking to the coasts there is now more variety for visitors. If you’re ever in Saltburn and you go along the prom, you will find Dave and Emily serving up the best catch of the day along with some other gems from their tent.

The aim at the Greedy Bassets Kitchen is simple. To showcase the best of Yorkshire produce by letting the flavours do the talking and not over complicating the food.

Their menu is a good mix of fish and meat with dishes such as, oak roasted Staithes salmon, BBQ chicken, fiery noodles and fresh local crab meat. On the coast, the top seller at the moment is the pan seared Whitby haddock bap with a fresh spring slaw, lime mayo and a homemade hot sauce.

All the produce used at Greedy Bassets is sourced locally. The fish comes from boats that land only in Whitby, Staithes or Scarborough and even the bread is from a local baker in the area.

Dave’s inspiration for Greedy Bassets came from going round the coastal regions and seeing similar stalls selling fresh produce. Knowing that this would be equally popular up north, Greedy Bassets was born.

“People are far more food educated now,” states Dave. “They want to know where their food is from so if you can put a name of a farm and show that you have some knowledge of how the food was produced, people appreciate it. “We’re not just going down to the cash and carry but actively looking for the right producers all the time.”

 The name, Greedy Bassets came to Dave as he has two Basset Hounds. As a hunting dog they are particularly greedy. The name has worked out really well for its memorability and the fact that it is prone to the odd slip up with people confusing Basset for another word beginning with ‘B’ (I’ll let you work that one out).

 The Initials, GB form part of the business logo and will be in the future used as the Greedy Bassets Kitchen’s own stamp of approval. Not just based at the coast, Greedy Bassets has been serving up food across the region.

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