York Christmas Market: The most popular things to eat this year - and how much they cost
From trending spice bags to loaded hot chocolates, build your own crumble and pasta cooked in a flaming parmesan wheel - here’s what’s popular at York Christmas Market.
Normally, queuing for food would put people off, but at Christmas Markets with a range of street food vendors to choose from, a queue is a sign that the stall is a must-try or, at the very least, it is trending online.
We went to York Market on a busy weekend to see who people were queuing around the block for.
The Irish Spice Bag
This new and extremely popular concept by Miller’s Fish and Chips had hundreds of people queuing to taste their salt and pepper chicken and chips (£12.50).
Miller’s is a family-run business based in York that uses locally sourced potatoes and produce to create this trending takeaway. They also sell salt and pepper chips (£8) or plain chips (£5).
Scandi Sausages
This stall has been a popular addition to York Christmas Market for the past decade.
Run by Shambles Kitchen’s Simon Long, the stall pays homage to the city’s Viking heritage.
The large bratwurst sausages served in fresh bread are also reasonably priced (£6.99).
Crumbles
Co-owner of the Shambles Kitchen Marsha Long launched Crumbles three years ago.
With a range of build your own crumble with custard toppings this continues to be a crowd pleaser.
They offer seasonal specials such as sticky toffee crumble and your traditional crumble such as rhubarb or apple crumble. They also have vegan options too.
Plain crumble with custard costs (£5.50) and with toppings (£6.99).
Lucia Restaurants
Pasta freshly cooked and served out of a flaming parmesan wheel. These three year old parmesan wheels are specially shipped to Lucia Restaurants for their stall at York’s Christmas Market.
You can get truffle oil, pancetta or bolognese with your pasta (£12.50 for cheese wheel pasta plus £3 for any toppings).
Cut & Craft
Their menu features flat iron steak and chips with bone marrow gravy or peppercorn sauce (£15), pulled beef and chips (£13), or truffle and Parmesan chips (£8).
These mouth watering high end adaptations led to long queues.