The humble pig is at the heart of Yorkshire’s newest farm shop and café, which has opened its doors in Howden Anna’s Happy Kitchen has taken up residence in the old Coastways Café on Thorpe Road and offers all manner of pigrelated meals and fresh produce with both take-out and eat-in menus. Many of our readers will no doubt be familiar with Anna’s Happy Trotters, the range of sausages, bacon and burgers that comes from the Longthorp family farm nearby. The Longthorps have farmed for four generations, and are committed to the welfare of their animals, and all products are Red Tractor Assured and Freedom Foods Accredited. Some of the Longthorps’ pigs are 100% free range from start to finish – between just 1 and 2 per cent of pigs are produced this way in the UK. While her brother Jonathan has focused on running the farm, Anna Longthorp has dedicated herself to the Anna’s Happy Trotters brand, and now the opening of the Happy Kitchen is the realisation of a long-held dream. Anna is passionate about provenance and feels it is important that people understand and appreciate
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where food comes from. Every pork item sold in the café and over the meat counter comes directly from freerange pigs born and bred on the family farm. A mouth-watering selection of bacon, ham, gammon, sausage rolls, ribs and pork pies are on offer at the meat counter. There are eight different varieties of sausage including caramelised onion, gluten free and of course the good old breakfast sausage. And now that summer seems to be well and truly under way, the butchery team are busy making up tasty BBQ packs for sale at the meat counter, which are packed with free-range pork delights and are well priced at £10. In the café, breakfast is served until 11.30am and ranges from simple classics such as a toasted teacake with Yorkshire condiments to the must-try ‘Whole Hog’ breakfast featuring the bacon and sausage ‘special’ of the day. The lunch menu features sausage, ribs, pie and burger of the day and includes everything from ‘light oinks’ such as Pork Caesar Salad to main dishes such as Roast Pork Yorkshire Pudding Wrap and the classic Gammon Steak. Children are also catered for with the Piglets Menu, with all dishes priced under a fiver.
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