Crispy fish tacos
Battered North Sea haddock, mango salsa, guacamole, sriracha mayo, shaved lettuce, toasted flour tortilla.
Every Friday
Pop-up food truck · Aberdeen beach
Street food
on the beach.
A chef-run food truck on Aberdeen beach esplanade. A new menu most weekends, fish tacos on Fridays, and once it's gone, it's gone.
Pop-up no.28
Every pop-up is its own menu: fish tacos one weekend, roujiamo the next, French dips sliced from 10kg of roast sirloin the week after.
Portions are cooked for the day. Once they're gone, they're gone, so the earlier you get down to the beach, the more of the board you'll see.
Fish taco FridaysBattered North Sea haddock, every Friday evening the truck is open.
Plant-based tooMost menus have dishes marked (vg), from the mac n' cheese smash burger to katsu cauliflower fries.
From the Roots chefFive years and 4.9★ from 165 Google reviews as Roots, the beach's plant-based truck. Now with meat and fish on the board too.
Recent menus
From the hatch
A taste of recent pop-ups. The board changes most weekends, so check Instagram for what's on this week.
Mac n' cheese smash burger VG
Beyond Meat smash patty, Roots signature mac n' cheese, more cheese, maple jalapeño mustard mayo, toasted brioche bun.
Pop-up No.26
French dip sandwich
Medium rare roast sirloin sliced thin and piled high on the Bread Maker's ciabatta, caramelised brown butter onions, Swiss cheese, horseradish and herb mayo, braising liquor dipping pot.
Pop-up No.26
Steak frites
7oz hanger steak cooked medium rare, whisky peppercorn sauce, seasoned skin-on fries, chives.
All summer
Italian roast pork sandwich
Slow roast pork shoulder, brown apple butter, garlic broccolini, Swiss cheese, sweet and hot pickled peppers, herb sauce.
Pop-up No.20
Smash burger
7oz smash patty, brown butter onions, double American cheese, crack sauce 2.0, bread and butter pickles, shaved lettuce.
Pop-ups No.24–25
Also on recent boards: brisket birria tacos · pork belly katsu loaded fries · katsu cauliflower loaded fries (vg) · Korean fried aubergine burger (vg) · bang bang cauliflower wings (vg) · Beyond chilli cheese loaded fries (vg) · truffle fries (vg) · Cajun fries · salted fries
Every Friday evening
Fish taco
Fridays.
The one that comes back every week. Down at the beach on Friday evenings when the truck is open.
Battered North Sea haddock
Mango salsa · guacamole
Sriracha mayo · shaved lettuce
Toasted flour tortilla
The truck
A chef's kitchen
on the esplanade.
UP•ROOTED is run by a chef. Briskets are braised, pork shoulders roasted and sirloin carved for each pop-up, and new dishes appear because the chef wanted to try them.
Grab a stool at the counter or take it down to the sand.
Fresh fish from Blue Flag SeafoodsCiabatta from @the_bread_makerBeyond Meat patties
Meet the chef
Nick Coetzer.
Nick started out cooking five-course plant-based pop-up dinners at venues like Foodstory, which sold out. In 2018 he spotted a little green food truck that had sat closed on Aberdeen beach for a long time, left his card in the door, and Roots was born.
Roots spent five years on the beach as one of the north-east's best-loved vegan trucks, with 4.9★ from 165 Google reviews. Taste of Grampian called him the "North-east's favourite vegan chef".
UP•ROOTED is the next chapter: the same chef and the same beach, with a bigger flavour range. Brisket, steak and North Sea fish now sit alongside the plant-based dishes Roots was known for, on menus that change with every pop-up.
2018Roots opens on Aberdeen beach
5 years4.9★ · 165 Google reviews
NowUP•ROOTED: 28 pop-ups and counting
Away from the truck
Private chef & chef consultant.
From sold-out five-course dinners to five years running one of the beach's busiest trucks, Nick cooks for private tables and advises food businesses on menus and kitchens. Send a message on Instagram to talk it through.
Message on Instagram- Private chefNick cooking for your own table: plant-based, meat or both.
- Chef consultantA chef's eye on your menu, dishes or kitchen.
Find us
Down at the beach.
- Where
- Aberdeen beach esplanade, Aberdeen
- When
- Usually Friday to Sunday. Times change with each pop-up and are posted on Instagram first.
- Last pop-up (No.28)
- Friday & Saturday 11am–7pm · Sunday 11am–3pm or until sold out
📍 Aberdeen beach esplanade · Get directions
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