After a year’s hiatus, the Hove Food Trail is back for 2025, even bigger and better. Set up by Cin Cin owner David Toscano and city councillor Chris Henry to take food lovers on a gastronomic tour of some of Hove’s finest dining destinations, the very first event took place in 2023. And this year, they’ve teamed up with Restaurants Brighton.
So how does it work? Essentially, you snap up a pass for £15 and that gets you access to buy one or more of the exclusive specials – more on those soon – available at the 12 fantastic participating Hove restaurants (Cin Cin, Wild Flor, Fourth and Church, Fatto A Mano, Oeuf, Coconut Island, Chilli Restaurant Hove, Market, Shoreline Coffee + Kitchen, Little Fish Market and Ginger Pig).
To make sure you don’t miss out, it’s best to book a slot with each eatery, although some walk-ins will be available.
To give you a wee taster of what to expect, we’ve left the details of the 2023 edition below. Keep checking back here and the Hove Food Trail insta to get all the updates as the restaurants’ specials are announced.
Thursday 10th – Saturday 12th July
Various locations in Hove
hovefood.co.uk
HOVE FOOD TRAIL 2023
We got a sneak preview of the first four on the trail (if you’re coming from Brighton) last week and here’s what we had – they were all happy to make adjustments to create veggie versions, too:
Cin Cin
Lobster arancino with a parsley and garlic emulsion, served with a limoncello spritz; £15
Fatto a Mano
Calzoncino fritto (deep-fried mini calzone filled with fennel sausage, Neapolitan broccoli, mozzarella, smoked provola and fresh chilli), served with a negroni sbagliato; £15
Wild Flor
‘Beer & kebab’ BBQ mushroom brochette with house sourdough, served with a Picon bière; £15
Fourth and Church
And our favourite of the night: Roasted aubergine, labneh cheese, cultured blueberries, green harissa, black sesame, served with a manzanilla and mint spritz; £15
And here’s what’s on offer at the other restaurants:
Nostos
Greek gemista, with traditional Greek-stuffed vegetables filled with rice and herbs, then baked with potatoes and tomato sauce; £15
Slam Tacos
Surf ‘n’ Turf tacos, hot smoked Adobo trout with pickled wakame, crispy skin and bones and Toyomansi (soy sauce) cream cheese and barbequed chuck with dripping crumb, chilli vinegar onion rings and pastrami mayo; £10
Fika
Brioche French toast, cardamom butter, lingonberry jam, blueberry, streaked smoky bacon, cinnamon sugar and toasted almond, served with an iced or hot drink of your choice; £12.50
Carne
Tasting plate of tartare with confit yolk, BBQ beef doughnut, 50-day dry-aged sirloin, served with a glass of Albourne Pinot Noir red or white; £14
Ginger Pig
Crispy pig’s head, sauce gribiche and bread and butter pickles, served with a 100ml glass of Eins Zwei Dry Riesling; £12 (no need to book here; only available on Thursday and Friday)
Rockwater
Rockwater burger with cucumber salsa, served with a spritz with Chandon sparkling wine and orange peel liqueur; £13
So whether you eat your way east to west, west to east or screw map convention and dive straight in in the middle, we wish you happy feasting! See you on the trail – we’ll be the ones with our trousers unbuttoned.
Thursday 6th – Saturday 8th July
Various locations in Hove
hovefoodtrail.com
