WHAT FOOD

[bonsai13a]

Hi all, what food do you feel is missing from Rockness if anything? A mate is planning trading and is wondering what to offer? was thinking about Curries, macaroni, and some sweet treats. ?

what does everyone think?

[theampersanddevil]

I know that last year was really crap for vegi food, so a place that did a vegi curry would be good. More than one would be awesome. There is a highland macaroni place, i don't like it but i seem to be in the minority.

Not sure about meaty stuff cos I don't eat it.

[bonsai13a]

He was thinking a couple of veggie options, and also veggies sausages as well as an option at breakfast time.

[Eh Ah Ken]

Something thats cheaper than the other stands would be great.

[Gothenburg83]

I was standing at the football today and was thinking that a stand with these cups of bovril would be brilliant! could also do soup, teas, coffees etc I suppose! pastries as well would be good sausage rolls pies etc! anything over £2 for a bovril and you will safely not get my business

maybe good if it was cold, not so good if it is 25 degrees

Edited February 4, 2012 by Gothenburg83

[bonsai13a]

He does want to keep prices down he says he could sleep at night if he was charging £5 for a burger! what are the prices like normally are they really high? really dont want to be ripping people off and was thinking a decent sized bowl of curry with pitta breads about £4

[Gothenburg83]

£4 would be pretty reasonable! you can get noodles at RN for £7 which is fucking nuts

[bonsai13a]

£7!! holy crap thats pricey!! want to stay away from burgers/hotdogs etc and stick to decent home cooked food, so nice homemade curries, we thought would be something nice and hopefully not to many others doing that!

[Gothenburg83]

Not my cup of tea, but I'm sure there would be a demand! there are a few very good home made food stands that have been reasonably priced. but did see a few have reasonable prices on Friday, Saturday morning then thought bugger this we are under charging then have pumped up the price by another £2! I was arsed with that, but at the end of the day its a business and you need to make as much money as possible!

But I would say curries is a good idea and £4 would be reasonable! depending on costs of produce, man hours, cost of plot etc! no point going and making bugger all

[Eh Ah Ken]

If your doing Curry and pitta bread for £4 then I wont bring any food with me.

Everytime I eat it will be at your stand.

My names Colin. Remember this face. Your going to see it loads.

[Eh Ah Ken]

but then I guess the guys supervising the toilets will end up knowing me pretty well too.

[bonsai13a]

Cheers guys, great to get a bit of feedback, not a definate that we you get a pitch we have to apply and they decide if we are suitable or not! hopefully we will get in!!

[Gothenburg83]

Cheers guys, great to get a bit of feedback, not a definate that we you get a pitch we have to apply and they decide if we are suitable or not! hopefully we will get in!!

[Eh Ah Ken]

....a non spicy option

[bonsai13a]

We will have hot options and not so hot options! Veggie options as well as chicken and beef

[Gothenburg83]

Now that's just silly.

[Eh Ah Ken]

I hate spicy

[Gothenburg83]

THEN STAY AWAY FROM MY CURRY TENT!!!!!

[Eh Ah Ken]

HAHAHAHA

[rexclark]

I was standing at the football today and was thinking that a stand with these cups of bovril would be brilliant! could also do soup, teas, coffees etc I suppose! pastries as well would be good sausage rolls pies etc! anything over £2 for a bovril and you will safely not get my business

maybe good if it was cold, not so good if it is 25 degrees

[theampersanddevil]

Gothenburg is right don't make up your prices before you work out how much its going to cost you.

Once you factor in pitch, diesel, staff, ingredients, condiments, paper cups, napkins, paper plates and all the other gumf you might find that £4 is a bit cheap.

Getting a good plot is valuable, at a festival I go to every year that holds around 2000 people, there was a thai food guy who served the greatest thai ommlette and toast for something like £1.50. his food was awesome and he was the cheapest on site, in the end he had to resort to selling cans and tea around the campsite on monday morning (and you can't do that at rockness) to make some real dough.

Don't want to put you off, just want to give you an idea of what to expect.

At the end of the day I hate the sight of a burger van. So will encourage anything that isn't one of them, especially one that charges £2 for a can of Irn Bru and £2 for a roll and tattie scone (one slice of tattie scone)

[bonsai13a]

We have not fixed prices yet, just going on what we have already been told about site fees etc, there is a lot to take into account and not guarantee we will even get a pitch! Hopefully though!!

[Gingo]

Dont know how this would work with the the curry but at TITP the busiest queues were the toastie vans especially in the morning, not sure if Rockness already has something like this but if not that certainly would attract a good few customers

[punkincowcat]

Please do a few vegetarian options.. there isn't much choice at Rockness for vegetarians. There was a nice wee vegetarian/vegan stall the year before last but I failed to find it last year (probably most to do with intoxication) but to be honest they did not really have much of a choice and the amount of food you got for your money was pretty poor..

I will definitely be visiting your stall if you are going to be selling a vege curry and pita for £4!

Good luck

[Billyloveshats]

Perhaps we were in a parallel universe during last years event. I seem to remember eating great vegetarian food all weekend at the veggi van opposite arcadia. As a strict vegetarian the worst thing you can have is vegetarian options from a meat van. My advice is to stick to one or the other.