Mushrooms back on the menu at Baka
Baka will have a variety of mushroom themed baked goods on offer from garlic mushroom focaccia to our fan favourite mixed mushroom soup. As well as our mushroom specials our usual fresh baked sourdough bread, savoury pasties, French pastries and cakes will also be available.
Opening times for Fungi Town weekend:
Fri 2 Oct - 8am-2pm
Sat 3 Oct - 8am-2pm
Sun 4 Oct - 9am-2pm
Food in Hay Castle Café
Visit the popular Hay Castle Café and enjoy some mushroom-themed dishes
Shepherds Parlour’s Great Mushroom Menu
Shepherds is joining Fungi Town with a special menu celebrating the variety of seasonal mushrooms. Alongside its popular grilled sandwiches, home-baked cakes, scones and savoury bakes, look out for wild mushroom, thyme and shallot tart, chestnut mushroom pinwheels, a roasted Portobello mushroom melt and a shiitake, Taleggio and parsley pesto toastie. And for something warming, try the special Fungi Town hot chocolate, made with dark chocolate, organic oat milk and Lion’s Mane powder.
Shepherd’s Parlour, 9 High Town, Hay, HR3 5AE
Japanese Mushroom Lunch
Mushrooms are woven into Japan’s food culture, valued for their rich flavours, textures and umami. Enjoy a Japanese lunch by Kazuko of Belmont House, featuring four carefully prepared mushroom dishes, accompanied by traditional shiitake mushroom tea.
12pm until 6pm
£25 per person
email belmonthouse@btinternet.com
07983 523989
99p films - A Night of Short Mushroom Documentaries
We're so excited to bring our unique social cinema formula to Fungi Town this October. As 99p Films, we've got an evening of breath-work, documentaries, group discussions and a feast coming right up! Roll-up to our pop-up cinema for films about mushrooms; stay for the stroganoff.
We're excited to partner with the Culturing Dish, a network of researchers, cultivators, educators and artists across England and Ireland. Openly sharing knowledge of all things related to fungi; members from the culturing dish will be there on the night to answer any questions with expertise.
Tickets CLICK HERE
Cook on the Wild Side
Marlow Renton demonstrates some amazing mushroom recipes from the new Wild Food UK Forager’s Cookbook.
Can I Eat It?
Hear Marlow Renton of Wild Food UK describe and introduce wild edible fungi and answer your questions.
Fermentation - Kombucha Workshop
Join local writer and yeast expert Simon Poffley from The Fermentarium for a deep dive into the fizzy, flavoursome world of yeast-based drinks. Learn about the cultural journey of kombucha from Tibet to California, wrap your taste-buds around different yeast-derived items, and create your own kombucha.
Tickets £25 from Hay Castle website
Pickling and Preserving Workshop
Join local author and forager Liz Knight from Forage Fine Foods on a masterclass to help you preserve and pickle seasonal food - including mushrooms!
Booking: Email tim@clan-cic.org
Operatic Garlic Mushroom at Leaf Kitchen
Opera singer and chef Haydn serves up home made garlic mushroom soup from Leaf Kitchen on Lion Street.
Baka Bakery
Baka Bakery will be featuring special mushroom fayre over the weekend of Fungi Town. You can find them on Facebook
Saturday Market
Hay’s popular Saturday market will have plenty of treats in store for fungi lovers, from handmade foraging baskets by Sarah Adby, to specialty fungi from Marches Mushrooms, and don’t forget all the delicious yeast products, such as cheeses from Monkland Cheesmakers and 100% Hay, organic wine from Blackmountain Vineyard, and award-winning cider from Artistraw Cider.
