Archive for January, 2009
The Canadian Meal: The Maple Leaf
There’s one thing that embarrasses me a bit about being Canadian, aside from our prime minister and our pathetic film and television industries. Canadian food—or the lack of it. Toronto is a carnival of exotic cuisines, but for a taste of the uniquely Canadian, what can you get besides Timbits, butter tarts and the masses [...]
The Jamaican meal: Bamboula
Brixton, my neighbourhood, is the centre of London’s Caribbean community (the Notting Hill Carnival notwithstanding). So where better to sample Caribbean cuisine for a 202 Meals outing?
Bamboula is a small, basic and busy restaurant right in the centre of town. The décor and music are perhaps a little predictable, but that does not detract [...]Mission update: Jamaican and Canadian meals on the way
We’re back from our sleepy extended Christmas holiday, and will be posting accounts of our Jamaican and Canadian meals in the coming days. (Matt’s Christmas present haul included The London Cookbook by Jenny Linford, a book we’ll definitely be consulting a lot this year. It’s a collection of recipes and stories gathered from a hodgepodge [...]
