WastED is coming to teach London that even the ugliest of vegetables can make delicious dishes.
Prepare to feel extra guilty about binning that sweet potato just because it looked like Donald Trump! WastED, the New York-based pop-up that uses ingredients that are normally thrown away to create delicious dishes, are setting up shop in London's Selfridges for one month this February.
Jumping on the huge anti-waste wave in this country, the pop-up is bringing a unique menu of small, sharing plates constructed of wasted ingredients. This can be anything from skate cartilage, which is practical but sounds like a skateboarding injury, to the self-esteem-crippling ‘ugly’ vegetables, like cover crop sprouts.
Each £15 dish can be washed down by a traditional cocktail created by Iain Griffiths, one of the master mixologists behind Mr Lyan. The rooftop restaurant will channel an English garden aesthetic that will also highlight the stories of the British and European farmers and producers who are supplying the ingredients.
WastED will be on Selfridges' rooftop in Oxford Street from 24th February to 2nd April 2017 and open from 12pm to 2:30pm & 6pm to 10pm Tuesday to Saturday. On Sunday the hours are 3pm until 5pm.
