Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

New French-inspired takeaway selling crepes and mussels opens in Aberdeen

French-inspired takeaway
Crepe Desire has opened on Belmont Street

A new French-inspired takeaway has opened in the heart of Aberdeen.

Focused on using fresh quality ingredients, Crepe Desire, located on Belmont Street, offers gourmet-style street food.

The new food business was set up by Jack Deacon, who has a background in hotel and restaurant management, and his business partner and chef Christian Duncan who previously worked at Aberdeen Ardoe House Hotel and Maryculter House.

Jack said: “We’ve been trying to get the business up and running for about eight months now.

“Originally, we were going to start out as a crepe shop – offering French-style desserts.

“And we’ll still be doing that, but we’ll also sell seafood.

“We have a lobster brioche, oysters and other fresh seafood dishes on the menu.”

Tasty vegan loaded fries

The new takeaway also caters to vegan and vegetarian foodies.

“We’ve tried to make about 40% of our menu vegan to expand the market,” said Jack.

“In addition, we’ll offer burgers, loaded fries and nice ice creams and we’ll constantly do seasonal specials as well.”

The duo is committed to sourcing ingredients “as locally as possible”.

Jack said: “All our meat is locally sourced from Aberdeenshire, but our freshest seafood is from Shetland.”

When looking for the perfect unit for their takeaway, the pair were surprised to find out the 17 Belmont Street unit has been empty for a number of months.

Crepe Desire also offers mouth-watering burgers

Jack said: “I’ve lived in Aberdeen for about a year now, so I have seen Belmont Street when the pubs were open and it was really busy.

“Belmont Street just seemed like the right place.

“As soon as we looked at the building, we couldn’t have figured out why it was empty for so long because it’s in such a prime location.

“Locals are going to walk past Crepe Desire, whereas if we were on a side street, we’d more likely get missed.

“I think it’s pretty hard to fail on Belmont Street if you’re offering a good quality service and food.”

The owners currently employ one member of staff part-time and have their own delivery driver.

The duo behind the French-inspired takeaway is also going to partner with delivery platforms Just Eat and Deliveroo to be able to offer their mouth-watering food to a wider customer base.

This article originally appeared on the Evening Express website. For more information, read about our new combined website.