For many street food traders, the goal is to one day open a bricks and mortar permanent restaurant space. That’s what Sinead Campbell & Lee Johnson were aiming for with their Filipino-inspired BBQ Dreamz when they appeared on BBC Two’s My Million Pound Menu. They were looking for investment to transform what makes their KERB-based truck so special into a home that is a little less mobile.

Back down in London, having won over the show’s investors in Manchester, they’ve teamed up with burger giants MEATliquor to run what was set to be initially 3 weeks of Sunday pop-ups in their King’s Cross restaurant. Due to demand, this has now extended to 6 Sundays which have almost all sold out (just a handful of single spaces left at the time of writing).

Why so popular? It might have something to do with the fact it’s so delicious.

The 11 ‘course’ tasting menu (only £28pp) is divine and a real eye-opener into how interesting and varied Filipino food is.

You start with a tray of some of the star attractions that wowed on My Million Pound Menu: 24 hr sous vide Lechon Kawali (crispy fried pork belly), adobo glazed cauliflower, and grilled satay duck heart skewers (don’t be put off by the idea of eating heart, it melts in your mouth). All as insanely tasty in real life as they sound. The first tray also featured sticky adobo chicken wings and the most incredible secret star of the plate, a papaya noodle salad that was so fresh, fragrant and light that it perfectly complemented the deep rich, crispy and sticky meaty flavours around it.

First 5 courses done, bring on the next tray.

Beef tapa (garlic cured beef with a perfectly fried egg on top), chicken adobo stew (in the most amazing rich sauce that tasted like the best roast dinner gravy you’ve ever had), sesame green beans, asian roots salad with daikon, kohlrabi and carrot, steamed rice, and one of my favourites: grilled aubergine satay curry with pineapple. The sharpness of the pineapple working surprisingly well with the nutty spice in the curry sauce.

That’s not all though, to finish things off there were a couple of deliciously crispy and warming cinnamon turon (banana and cinnamon spring rolls).

But just like the spring rolls I’m now stuffed. 11 different Filipino dishes, all of which I’d love to have again (once I’m a little less full).

I’m so excited about the future of BBQ Dreamz. The experience these pop-ups will give them, combined with their recent investment and TV exposure, can only be a great start in this competitive industry. Not only that but they’ve found a delicious niche with their food that will tickle your tastebuds and get people talking.

Grab yourself one of the last seats for the BBQ Dreamz pop-up run at MEATliquor King’s Cross and keep your eyes peeled for what comes next for Sinead and Lee.