As I stood at the butcher’s counter waiting for my goat meat to be diced, I could sense the man next to me staring intensely. A tap on my shoulder came next and I turned to face a big smile and twinkling eyes. “You are buying goat...
Topics: afang soup, dried crayfish, Fish, goat stew, Nigerian food, Nigerian soup, okazi, okazi soup, Peckham, Soups, Stews, ukazi soup, Vegetables

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Peckham’s Rye Lane is a right higgle piggle of shops. Traders pile on top of one another; get your mobile phone unlocked while you wait for the butcher to dice your goat meat. There are towers of unusual vegetables, mountains of scotch bonnet...
Topics: Buljol, Buljol Recipe, Fish, Gluten-free, Peckham, Peckham Food, Peckham Rye, Salt Fish Buljol Recipe

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When I found myself in Whitechapel one weekday lunchtime, it seemed only right to nip into Tayyabs for a pile of sizzling meat. Unfortunately, I  ran out of time and ended up reluctantly skulking to my appointment, tummy grumbling loudly, cursing the...
Topics: needoo grill, needoo grill review, Restaurant Reviews, tayyabs

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Too cold for ice cream? Never! I’d rather crank up the heating and jumper myself up to Michelin Man level than stop eating the cold stuff during winter months. After a moderately successful attempt at curbing my previous (and frankly quite...
Topics: Desserts, earl grey ice cream, earl grey ice cream recipe, Ice Cream

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Sometimes there is only one thing capable of cheering me up and that is an afternoon of uninterrupted cooking. Since I twigged that I can have a go at making Sichuan food at home (duh), rarely a week has passed when I’ve not been drawn to its hot,..
Topics: Sichuan

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