Big Apple Hot Dogs (UK hot dogs, 2010-present)

Big Apple Hot Dogs are based in the United Kingdom, and were established in 2010. Hot dogs are sold at a hot dog cart, or through the website. Big Apple Hot Dogs are New York-style hot dogs.
 
     
Big Apple Hot Dogs
About Us
“The dogs are the best in Britain, no question.” Giles Coren, in The Times
   
FROM STREET FOOD, TO DOWNING STREET, TO YOU…!
Big Apple Hot Dogs (#BAHD) was launched in 2010, for just £2k, as a New York-style hot dog cart on Old Street, in London’s Shoreditch.
 
Before long, we had won a British Street Food award, been the cover of an International magazine, helped establish Street Feast, traded at festivals and major sporting events all around the UK and even the UAE, had rave reviews in The Times, catered for Tom Cruise, become a supplier to Heston Blumenthal, and been invited to Number 10 Downing Street! (o:
 
We then started concentrating on wholesaling our amazing sausages to discerning hospitality companies of all sizes in the UK and beyond. We now ship entire pallets to customers far and wide, and we still haven’t accepted any offers of investment or borrowed any money.
   
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“Sausages That Make You Smile!” Made in Gt.Britain, with LOVE. Packs & kits of the very best dawgs, delivered next day nationwide, via our new online shop! (o:
Shopping & RetailThe United Kingdomshop.bigapplehotdogs.comJoined August 2010
 
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I’m launching (well, dipping my toe in the water) next week offering the most delicious, snappiest hot dogs in London.
3:56 PM · Aug 22, 2010
 
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My US-style hot dog cart arrived yesterday, practised on it a little today - have decided NEVER to burn myself on it….
7:12 PM · Aug 23, 2010
   
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Big Apple Hot Dogs
By Matthew Grant
April 15, 2011 in United Kingdom & Ireland: Dining
I came to find out about Abiye and his Hot Dog stand via Dario Ceccini after a very drunken lunch at his restaurant Solo Ciccia in Panzano. I’ve no idea how, but after Dario poured me yet another grappa, several beyond what should be drunk on a Sunday afternoon, Dario and Kim mentioned somebody selling sausages in the Old Street region of London. I was passed a small gift to take to back to Abiye and I promised, in light of Dario’s generosity (you’ve never seen a butcher hand out so much free wine and food to everybody passing), that I would deliver the gift.
 
It was only when I got home and exchanged a couple of emails with Abiye that I discovered that what Dario had recommended was actually a hot dog stand. I often bemoan the lack of quality food carts in the UK, the usual suspects are the hot dogs stands in the West End that are “outed” on TV every few years for their appalling hygiene standards. Big Apple Hot Dogs at 239 Old Street most definitely doesn’t fall into this bracket. I tried a Big Apple Dog, a polish sausage made by Abiye’s friend, it had been double smoked but didn’t overpower. It had that satisfying pop of the skin (natural casings) and a decent fat content making a great juicy sausage, simply dressed with a few onions and a choice of mustards, sauerkraut , ketchup etc. There were other varieties of sausage available as well including a Frankfurter which I need to try next time. To give you some idea of the standard a leading steak restaurant is working with Abiye and his friend to develop a sausage specially for them.
   
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4 August 2011, The Independent (London, UK), “They’ve never been hotter” by Sophie Morris, Viewspaper, pg. 20, col. 3:
Big Apple Hot Dogs
Inspired by the hotdogs stands found on every corner of New York, Big Apple Hot Dogs in London offers halal meat and locally baked buns. Hotdogs from (pound—ed.) 2.50. http://www.bigapplehotdogs.com
   
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29 October 2012, Evening Standard (London, UK), “the london best—Hot dogs,” pg. 31, col. 4:
1. Big Apple Hot Dogs
Juicy sausages made with minimum 94 per cent meat, and a decent helping of friend onions underneath. Our current favourite is the fennel-flavoured sausage available outside Whole Foods Market Kensington. (pound—ed.) 4.99
     
Metro (UK)
National Hot Dog Day: Where to get your hot dog fix in London
Qin Xie
Published Jul 19, 2017, 12:01am
|Updated Dec 12, 2019, 12:33pm
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Big Apple Hot Dogs are the all-American hot dog in London.
 
Like the New York-style hot dogs, these BAHD boys (sorrynotsorry) are served simply with onions, pickles and assorted condiments, so all you need to do is to choose the size and style of sausage you want.
 
Oh yes, and apart from their two locations in London and at countless events around the country, you can also try them at home as they now ship their sausages.
 
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Street Food Stories Big Apple Hot Dogs
Big Apple Hot Dogs
Apr 16, 2020
I have just rediscovered this video that was made many years back, by the lovely Karen Lobban.
It seems so long ago!
Can anybody spot a famous face in the film?
Not including the Hot Dog King of England, of course…! (o;