Coming soonOld Bus Depot Markets, Kingston

Boatload

Roasted.
Split.
Loaded.

Potato & veg boats. Meat & veg fillings.
Loaded with the good stuff. Coming to Kingston.

Food inspiration: baked sweet potato boats filled with chickpeas, vegetables and fresh herbs
Food inspiration: a steaming potato, meat-and-bean filling, fresh herbs and finished sweet potato boats. Stock footage, not Boatload’s kitchen or final dishes. Our first menu is still taking shape.
The Boatload story

Food inspiration pictured. First menu coming soon.

The base deserves
a starring role.

A burger has its bun. We’re starting with a potato or vegetable that brings its own flavour to the meal.

Roast it, split it and make room for the filling. The soft centre catches the sauce; the skin helps hold it together. You get the base and the filling in the same forkful, with plenty of room for the extras.

Meat, beans, cheese, something crunchy, something saucy. That’s the beauty of a boat: there’s room to make it your kind of lunch.

Food inspiration: roasted sweet potato boats filled with chickpeas, vegetables and dressingFood inspiration: a roasted eggplant boat with a meat filling
Food inspiration. Our first menu is taking shape.

British comfort.
Room for more.

We take our cue from the British jacket potato: baked in its skin, split open and filled generously. Simple, satisfying comfort food.

But that idea doesn’t have to stop with the spud. Sweet potato and roasted veg make boats of their own, with room for meat fillings, veg fillings, crunchy toppings and sauce.

A little credit for the humble spud.

Plain potatoes contribute carbohydrate, fibre, potassium and vitamin C to the diet. Keeping the skin on retains more fibre. How they’re cooked and what goes on top shape the finished meal.

Read the NHS guide to potatoes (opens in a new tab)
Illustrative stock photograph of skin-on baked potatoes in a cast-iron skillet
A humble beginning, before the fillings. Stock photograph.

Meet your next
market lunch.

Roasted potato and vegetable boats, loaded with meat or veg fillings and generous toppings.

We’re cooking up our first menu. These are some of the ideas inspiring us.

Food inspiration: baked potatoes topped with bacon, cheddar, sour cream and chives

Loaded spuds

Bacon, cheddar & sour cream. A classic worth exploring.

Food inspiration: roasted sweet potato halves filled with spiced chickpeas, dressing and herbs

Sweet potato boats

Spiced chickpeas, herbs & dressing. Big flavour, a sweeter base.

Food inspiration: roasted eggplant filled with meat and tomato

Stuffed eggplant

A roasted veg boat with a hearty meat filling. More room for the good stuff.

Stock photos show food inspiration, not finished Boatload dishes. Fillings and toppings are still being decided. Sign up for the first menu.

Food inspiration: potato halves filled with cheese and bacon, topped with spring onion
Half-boat inspiration. Final fillings to come.

Big appetite
or a little bite?

Half boats will be available if you fancy something smaller.

Same loaded idea. A little less boat.

Something we
were missing
in Canberra.

We felt Canberra’s foodie scene had a space waiting for this: a proper loaded potato or veg boat, warm and generous, with the filling at its heart.

So we’re bringing Boatload to Old Bus Depot Markets in Kingston. A British comfort-food influence, a wider world of fillings, and a Canberra beginning.

Come hungry. Help us write the first chapter.

The grassy shore of Lake Burley Griffin, with Black Mountain and Telstra Tower across the water in Canberra
Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra. A city with an appetite.

See you
in Kingston.

Coming soon to Old Bus Depot Markets.
Sign up for our launch date and first menu.

Join the launch list
Coming soon.

Old Bus
Depot Markets

21 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston ACT

Market hours: 9:30am–2:30pm

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