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The Courier
06-06-2025
- The Courier
Spice up your summer with speedy shawarma as 'authentic' food truck visits Fife
Upon arriving at Fife's Craigtoun Country Park, I find it hard to believe that a food truck serving authentic shawarma is only a few hundred metres away. Thanks to the chilly air, and a zealous medieval re-enactment that's taking place in the field next to me, I seem more likely to stumble across the Holy Grail than well-made Middle Eastern food. And yet, the latter is what Troff on The Go – a food truck that is now enjoying its third year of operating – is said to offer. 'I chose shawarma as the concept because it was different. No one else was doing it,' Will Blake, the man behind Troff on The Go, says. 'During my days in the Middle East, that's what we used to eat a lot of.' Will spent 20 years working in in the Sultanate of Oman, specialising in marketing and sales for various hotels. Upon returning to Scotland, he worked in catering for five years before opening a bistro-cafe, The Troff, in Leven. It was in 2021 that he began thinking about opening a food truck. Will says: 'I wanted to expand and do something more mobile. Street food was becoming really big. 'I bought a horsebox, completely ripped it back to its shell and spent six months doing it up.' And thus, Troff on The Go was born. 'We can serve a shawarma in less than a minute,' Will says. 'The key is in the prep. 'When you go to these events it's all about speed.' Then he duly proves his point, serving up a chicken shawarma before the knights in the field next to me can pour themselves another cup of mead. But the food isn't just about efficiency. 'What differentiates us is that it's not your standard kebab shawarma,' Will says. 'Ours is very authentic.' Admittedly I have never been to Oman and therefore can't attest to the validity of Will's statement. What I can say is that if they don't have chicken shawarma like this in Oman, they're missing out. Numerous ingredients are stuffed inside the flatbread, including jalapenos, red cabbage and a mountain of chicken. Impressively, Will finds a way to make this combination work. Each ingredient complements the others. Thanks to being marinated overnight, the chicken itself is moist and full of flavour. While soft, the flatbread keeps its structure and never becomes soggy. At £10, this shawarma offers good value for money. But those who don't eat meat will be relieved to learn that they can enjoy the same dish with one difference – falafel takes the place of chicken. Whether meat or vegetarian, the food truck's shawarmas come with a choice of three homemade sauces – sweet hot sauce, garlic mayo or yoghurt and mint. The hot sauce runs a little too sweet for my taste, but the heat it provides is a welcome addition to the shawarma. And those who like the sound of the shawarma will have many opportunities to try it over the coming months. During summer, Troff on The Go food truck will be serving up shawarma across Fife, Tayside and beyond, including Silverburn Street Food Festival in Leven on Saturday June 28 and Saturday August 30. The food truck will also be in St Monans during July and St Andrews in August. 'We've gone from just doing the chicken shawarma to getting a bit more creative. Now we cater to vegetarians, people who are gluten-free, dairy-free, vegans,' Will says. The current menu also includes falafel salad (£5), chicken salad (£7) and loaded fries that can be topped with either (you guessed it) chicken or falafel (£10). On occasion, Will serves smash burgers and morning rolls. Of course, I try everything – barring the smash burgers and morning rolls, which Will isn't offering on the day I visit. While similar, each dish has its own high points. The chicken-topped salad offers an array of moreish textures. I quickly demolish it. Thanks to the large pieces of falafel, the vegetarian salad is even more satisfying. The chips are of a standard fast-food style. By themselves, they wouldn't set the world alight. However, when topped with the sauces and chicken, the chips are transformed. In this dish, the hot sauce's sweetness is welcome. Acting like a fiery ketchup, it breathes life into the fried pieces of potato. Will's daughter is currently studying nutrition at university. As a result, he has a good understanding of his food's nutritional values and is keen to share the information. He tells me the chicken shawarma contains just 471 calories and an impressive 42g of protein. While Troff on The Go's food might not promise eternal youth, its rare combination of positive nutritional profiles and great flavours mean it is a holy grail of another kind. And to think it was right under the knights' noses all day long. Address: Customers can keep fully up to date with Troff on The Go's movements by visiting their Instagram. Email: willblake1@ Website: Price: £42 for one chicken shawarma, one falafel shawarma, one chicken loaded fries, one falafel salad and one chicken salad. Accessible: Yes Dog-friendly: Yes Scores: Food: 4/5 Service: 5/5 Surrounding: 4/5
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Summer events, city workers, pool openings, Memorial Day
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The sun is shining again, let's get a check on the latest in news and weather with KELOLAND On The Go. Seasonal events have returned to Sioux Falls for the summer. Seasonal events return to downtown Sioux Falls While you may think it's the mayor or city councilors who keep a city running, you are missing a large group of people. You may not see them, but you'd notice if they're gone Swimmers will have to wait until the end of this week to visit one of the City of Sioux Falls outdoor pools and aquatic centers. Sioux Falls outdoor pools to open May 30th The best rain chances will stay in the far southwest today, but those rain chances will start to move slowly east on Memorial Day. More showers ahead for KELOLAND; Warmer weather late this week Several organizations are hosting Memorial Day events across South Dakota tomorrow. LIST: Memorial Day events in South Dakota For the latest in news and weather, use the KELOLAND News app. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Hamilton Spectator
17-05-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Burlington's Grant Fraser changed the role of the golf professional
You would be hard-pressed to walk into any golf pro shop in Ontario that has PGA of Canada staff and not find one who was either taught by Grant Fraser or at least took a course he had a hand in developing. Fraser, a Burlington resident, was inducted into the Ontario Golf Hall of Fame last week for the role he played in changing the role of the golf professional. Joining Fraser in the hall are builders Charles Blair (C.B.) Macdonald and Archie Berube, along with golfer Alena Sharp of Hamilton. Photographer Doug Ball won the Lorne Rubenstein Award, presented to a member of the media for their contributions to golf in the province. Sharp, who plays on the LPGA Tour, was unable to attend the ceremony and will be inducted later this summer. Fraser founded the first professional golf management program in Ontario at Humber College and started the Golf Management Institute of Canada, now at the McMaster University Centre for Continuing Education. He also taught at Niagara College's golf management program. 'Golf professionals 25 or 30 years ago, a lot of them were pretty good players who went through an apprenticeship program working in the shop and learned the business that way,' says Fraser. 'Today, the playing side isn't nearly as important as it used to be and the focus has become the business of golf. 'Now, golf professionals have to learn how to read financial statements, put together a marketing plan, understand the governance of a club, learn about food and beverage, and have to be able to talk to the course superintendent about grass.' He who sees the need should do the deed — it's an old proverb, but Fraser lived it. By 1993, Fraser had left his job in banking and was teaching part-time at Humber College. But he really wanted to get into golf in some fashion. He called the PGA of Canada, the CPGA at the time, and they recommended he enrol in one of two professional golf management programs that had just started up in Alberta. Fraser asked why he couldn't go to one in Ontario. When they explained it was because there wasn't one in Ontario, Fraser knew what had to be done. He set up a meeting with Humber president Dr. Robert Gordon — who, as luck would have it, was an avid golfer — and pitched the idea of the school having the first professional golf management program in the province. Fraser was given the go-ahead several meetings later. 'I had a business background, so I knew what a business curriculum would look like and it was a matter of incorporating golf into it,' said Fraser. 'I talked to the guys who were running the two programs in Alberta and they were great. They invited me out and they shared their curriculum with me.' The process of getting it up and running took about a year. In September 1995, Humber's golf management program welcomed its first 54 students. 'And the program took off,' says Fraser. 'Within three or four years, we had 150 students.' Fraser ran the program for six years before leaving to foster another idea: The Golf Management Institute of Canada. The online program — which works with the PGA of Canada, as well as golf course owners, superintendents and club managers — launched in 2000 and is still going. And, after a 20-year partnership with Niagara College, the institute is now based at McMaster. Long before he became the executive director of the PGA of Canada, Kevin Thistle ran the bustling 36-hole Angus Glen Golf Club. 'Back then I wondered, wouldn't it have been nice to go to a golf management program and learn accounting and marketing,' he says. 'And when those programs started, I would hire as many of Grant's students as I could because they were getting educated about the business of golf.' In addition to his teaching, Fraser has covered golf and taken photographs for a number of magazines. He's a past-president and current board member of the Golf Journalists Association of Canada. Macdonald has been in the World Golf Hall of Fame since 2007, but hasn't been recognized in the country of his birth until this year. Macdonald was born in 1855 in Niagara Falls, Ont., in the same Lundy's Lane house in which his mother, a member of the Mohawk First Nation, was also born. His father was American, and the family moved to Chicago. Eventually, Macdonald was sent to the University of St. Andrews in Scotland where he discovered golf. He met and played with Scottish pro 'Young' Tom Morris, and worked in the pro shop of Morris's father, 'Old' Tom. Macdonald later returned to the U.S. and in time designed the country's first 18-hole course, the Chicago Golf Club. He was a successful stockbroker, but was enamoured with growing the game, which was still in its infancy in North America. Macdonald helped found the United States Golf Association and was a strong enough player that he won the first official U.S. amateur championship in 1895. That same year, he won the Niagara-on-the-Lake Golf Club's first international championship. Macdonald is perhaps best known in the U.S. as the father of golf course architecture. During his life, he studied the great golf holes in Great Britain and Europe and included them in every course he designed. Virtually every golf course architect in the U.S. or Canada has copied this format. Whole-in-one: Aces in the area include two at Burlington Springs: Matthew Misa on the 183-yard 17th hole with a six iron and Connor Way on the 151-yard eighth hole with a nine iron … Rick Morrison aced the 155-yard seventh hole at Twenty Valley with an eight iron … There were four singletons at Willow Valley: Aron Reppington on the 122-yard 17th hole with a 54-degree wedge, Len McDougall on the 148-yard 13th hole with a seven iron, Xabier Ross on the 105-yard 15th hole with a pitching wedge, and Dinh Doan on the same hole from 122-yards with a nine iron.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
House fire, Noem's $50M jet, Norway's independence day
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – It's a chilly Saturday, let's get a check on the latest in news and weather with KELOLAND On The Go. Sioux Falls Fire Rescue is investigating an early morning house fire that sent a person to the hospital. 2 hurt in Sioux Falls house fire Consultants have released a report on the future of corrections in South Dakota that comes with a price tag totaling more than $2 billion dollars. Recommendations for SD DOC could cost $2.1 billion The 8 men arrested by ICE agents in Madison earlier this week are described as being confused and concerned. 'Reality check' for Madison men suspected of being in country illegally The Department of Homeland Security wants to spend 50-million dollars to buy a new jet for Secretary Kristi Noem. DHS wants $50M jet for Noem, Coast Guard Rain amounts for the first half of next week will range from one to two inches or more for many in KELOLAND. Frost/Freeze tonight; Rain returns Monday Today is Syttende Mai, a celebration of Norway's Independence Day. Gjallarhorn has become a fan favorite at Augie hockey games This is the final day of Embe's Spring 'Refresh Your Closet' sale. The clothing sale to help with rising prices For the latest in news and weather, use the KELOLAND News app. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
