I remember seeing Andy Bates on British TV a few years back while I was in Europe on vacation. He had his own cooking show and while I don’t remember exactly what he made, I remembered his name when I saw he recently landed in Miami and is cooking here now. This past weekend Andy was cooking at his popup restaurant, The Avenue, located this time at the Midtown Garden Center (@midtowngardencenter on Instagram) at NE 2nd Avenue and 26th Street, in Edgewater. His menu, while not extensive was all English – scotch eggs, fish and chips, chips with curry sauce, ploughman’s salad and banoffee pie for dessert. The scotch eggs were perfect; he has two varieties, one made with sausage and a more veggie version made with falafel. If you don’t know what scotch eggs are, they are perfectly done hard cooked eggs with a coating of sausage or falafel cooked until the outside is nice and crispy. I only tried the sausage version and it was delicious – crispy outside, cooked sausage and nicely done egg. The fish and chips was also perfectly done – fresh flaky cod with a thin crispy layer of beer batter all nicely deep fried. I also had the chips with a great creamy curry sauce with lots of fresh cilantro on top. Andy has been in the Miami area awhile now and has been cooking via his pop-up at a variety of locations, primarily in the Wynwood area. He has set up shop at The Miami Flea (@maimiflea on Instagram), J. Wakefield Brewery (@jwakefieldbeer), the O Miami Poetry Festival (@omaimifestival) at the North Miami Bandshell (2northmiamibandshell) and the new Omni Park (@omniparkmiami). I understand Andy is looking for his own shop to cookin a more permanent setting. I hope he finds it soon and expands his menu to include more great English food. Next time I find him cooking somewhere, I am going to try the banoffee, a gooey pie of bananas and dulce de leche and something I have not tried before – millionaire shortbread, a three a layer treat of shortbread, chocolate and dulce de leche. You can follow Andy on line at The Avenue Miami, as well as on Instagram and Twiter at @andybateschef and @theavenuemiami, and on Facebook, at The Avenue – British Diner.