Pomegranate molasses, sumac, rose water, whole figs in syrup, za'atar: Comptoir Libanais is our answer to sourcing Middle Eastern spices across London. This casual eatery serves up canteen-style home cooking from a menu of oh so healthy and appetising dips, mezze, tagines and wraps. We love the version of harissa that comes in a 135g tube and of course Tony Kitous's cookbooks of contemporary Lebanese and North African cuisine. Try the Wigmore location for its selection of goods at 65 Street, London, W1U 1JT, Tel: 020 7935 1110.
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Crystal Palace Food Market is built on the power of community. One of its founders, Karen Jones talks to us about how this Transition Town initiative of an organic food market is promoting belonging, well-being and local, sustainable food in south-east London.
Crystal Palace Food Market is more than a local market. It’s as much about who we are as what we eat. Set up and run by volunteers, this weekly organic food and community market is based on the principles of supporting local producers, small sustainable farmers and local growing projects. Much of the market’s success is due to the vision, passion and energy of of its co-founders and managers, Karen Jones, who first proposed the idea of this local food market at a Transition Town AGM in 2012, and New Zealander, Laura Marchant-Short. You can read the rest of the interview here. Like most Melbourians, I discovered Vietnamese food in the small family-run restaurants of Victoria Street. Known as Little Saigon, it is one of the city’s most popular cheap eat destinations. Crowded and vibrant, a brash mixing of identities and cultures, it’s where you’ll find some of the best and authentic Asian food in Melbourne.
Melbourne is a city celebrated for its food and this street typifies our attitude to it, who we are as a people and how we like to eat. Ours is a city of migrants – over 160 ethnicities, and our food at its best is a wondrous fusion of these cuisines. What you experience in Victoria Street is very much the migrant experience – that cultural nostalgia and longing for the place of one’s birth and the reality of one’s new home. You see it everywhere from the imported goods, the older women wearing their Nón Lá (traditional palm-leaf conical hats), to the language spoken in the restaurants and on the street – Vietnamese. During the day, grandparents do the daily shop with grandchildren in hand and in the family-run restaurants, the older women sit and banter while making rice-paper rolls. At night, it is a food destination especially between Lennox and Church Streets, where the street is a buzz with crowds, looking at menus, following the recommendations of the city’s food reviewers and food guides. You can read the rest of the article at Food&_. |
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