Cafe launches worlds first vegan Irn Bru sandwich
A cafe has just unveiled the worlds first vegan sandwich made with Irn Bru.
The sandwich is served on toasted sourdough with rocket, cheese and pickles. It comes topped with a barbecue sauce made from pulled jackfruit and mushrooms, roasted in Irn Bru.
The sandwich also comes with side-salad, air-fried chips or mac and cheese.
It was launched by the Serenity Now Cafe, in Glasgow, who are selling it for £6.50.
Amelia Sulhunt, 35, head chef, said: We take a lot of inspiration from American vegan cuisine, and its not unusual to see soft drinks like Coca-Cola or Dr.Pepper being used in those dishes, so we started thinking about how we could put a Scottish spin on that, which inevitably led us to Irn Bru.
It might sound a little strange at first, but Irn Bru is one of those soft drinks that has a very distinctive taste, so if you combine it with the right flavours, theres a lot of possibilities there.
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Suffice to say, after we roasted our first batch, we were impressed enough to want to add it to the menu.
Barry Nicolson, Serenity Now Cafe manager, hopes their customers will enjoy it.
He added: We hope theyll love it.
We made a small trial batch a few weeks ago and had it on as a special, and the response was great – we sold out of it pretty quickly.
Weve been open for about a year now, so we wanted to change things up a bit and keep the menu interesting for our customers.
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Its one of four new sandwiches well be adding to the menu.
Though the sandwich sounds unique, and one to try if youre into weird and wonderful things, it is rather calorific at 835 calories.
But, it comes as part of the cafes coming winter menu – and Christmas is for indulging, right?
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