Food and drink

Streat Saigon: Mothers Day Specials
Treat your mother to a delicious local meal this Saturday. Date: Saturday14March Time: 6pm-10pm Location: Cafe of Good Hope, Hither Green Lane SE13 Saigon Streat run a hugely popular restaurant pop-up at the Cafe of Good Hope every Saturday. Say thanks to your mum with 3 Courses for £12 – Book a table & guarantee a special night. Tel: 07894 388 409 Twitter: @SaigonStreat

Celebrate with Saigon Streat this Saturday.!
Join the Saigon Streat team Vietnamese New Year celebrations this weekend! Date: Saturday 21 February Time: 6-10pm Location: Cafe of Good Hope, Hither Green Lane. And they have a menu of delicious new specials- Happy TET!

Breakfast recipes: Fresh Fruit and Veg Juices
Happy New Year All! Following our theme for this month, on Breakfasts, here is the second of the drinks I recommend for starting the day, in a cleansing way. Fresh Juices Not simply for summer, seasonal juices can help to boost the immune system, balance energy and support skin healing by stimulating the lymphatic system. …

New Year, new You! Smooth(ie) Operator; healthy breakfast drinks
Smoothies A fresh blended drink maintains its total fibre content and is, as such more filling. Ingredients Use a selection of fresh fruit eg bananas, pear; the fewer ‘bits’ the better. Ie use fresh orange juice, over orange segments, because of the pith (unless using a high-powered blender eg. Vita-Mix. Vary the ingredients, add herbal root powders …

Profile: Rox Burger ‘So thankful’ for the warm welcome!
Fabrizio & Marcela, Rox Burger – Handmade Hamburgers, Lee Green. We’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you for all the good things that your review said about us! 2014 was a good year! We have nothing to complain about in 2014! Our first 5 months of business were amazing, we had a really …

Spruce Up Your Sprouts with Lee Greens!
Lee Greens is a new local veg box scheme. They have a great recipe in case you’re looking for ways to spruce up your Christmas sprout. Merry Christmas from the team at Lee Greens! Sticky Sprouts! Ingredients (serves 8): Method: 2 tbsp olive oil 10 shallots, sliced Pinch of caster sugar 100g raisins 4 tbsp …

Hither Green Wine Club: Winter Red Wines
Date: Wednesday 19 November Time: 7.00pm Location: You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Facebook: Hitcher Green Wine Club

Autumnal Foraging and recipe for Strengthening Winter Immunity
I haven’t been able to find and identify many wild fungi this year, other than Shaggy Parasols. If you have done, please let us know and post up on here! However, these Arbutus – Strawberry Bush fruit were collected from my own front garden tree and that of another local tree, where the owner had …

Hither Green Winners- Time Out London Awards!
TIME OUT LONDON AWARDS: The votes have been counted and verified and the Time Out Eating and Drinking Awards are out for 2014. Huge congratulations to fantastic Hither Green/ Lee businesses which have swept the the Lewisham Categories! #Woohoo! The Winners! You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Best Shop The Lord Northbrook, Best Pub The Cafe of …

New larger menu for Hither Green pop Up restaurant
The team behind the weekly Saigon Streat pop-up residency at the CAfe of Good Hope have expanded their menu. After a summer travelling in South-East Asia they have some cracking new dishes in their repertoire. Please reserve your table to avoid disappointment! 07894 388 409. 6-10pm Fri @theplumtreecafe & Sat @JimmyMizenCafes pic.twitter.com/mPPRn3Kwy4 — Saigon …