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Tsukemono switches from street food to pop-up to delivery
Tsukemono started life as a street food stall serving up Japanese food, before moving on to a series of pop-ups at the Robin Hood and Volunteer Tavern pubs.
Founders Iris Hable and Adam Hartshorne had been on the hunt for a permanent home for their popular business, but plans were put on hold with the coronavirus pandemic.
When lockdown hit in March, Tsukemono began offering food for delivery across Bristol, with a new online ordering system now up and running.
Customers can order favourites such as Japanese fried chicken, donburi rice bowls and kimchi fried rice scotch egg.
Tsukemono founders Adam Hartshorne and Iris Hable – photo by Naomi Jane Photography
“We were absolutely overwhelmed with the support and amazing feedback we received from our customers throughout lockdown,” Iris said.
“Bristol has got such a fiercely independent spirit and whilst we knew we had to pivot our business, we didn’t want to have to give a huge portion of the money we made to corporate giants such as Deliveroo, so we set about figuring out a way we could manage deliveries ourselves, and it really made us think about how we wanted to operate going forward.
“We loved being able to bring our food to both loyal customers and those trying us for the first time so creating an online system for people to be able to order easily and more regularly made perfect sense, and we can’t wait to bring Tsukemono to even more people in the city!”
Customers can now order favourites such as Japanese fried chicken, donburi rice bowls and kimchi fried rice scotch egg – photo by Naomi Jane Photography
As well as launching their new website and online ordering system, Tsukemono will be continuing their pop-ups at the Robin Hood on St Michael’s Hill, as well as a second residency at the Volunteer Tavern, which will start at the St Jude’s pub in October.
Main photo by Naomi Jane Photography
Read more: My Bristol Favourites: Iris Hable
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