sanjana idnani, bbc news.duo the hairy bikers, alongside his best mate dave myers, who sadly passed away earlier this year. now si is adapting to life without dave and has decided to open his first restaurant in sunderland, with some local specialities. jim scott has been taking a look around. they were a pair to be reckoned with and toured the country making great food, but now one half of the hairy bikers, si king, is opening the door on his next step, turning this former stable block in sunderland into his first eatery. it is great. we're standing we'll be serving, and sunderland has its own legacy and heritage. why wouldn't we want to be involved in that energy? it's fantastic. it may not look like much now, but these walls will be knocked through to make way for what si king says will be a local pie shop. things that your granny would make. lots of flat rib broth and pease pudding. it's almost eight months since the other half of the hairy bikers, dave meyers, died, so it's only right there would be a spe