Pre-order online until TUE Jun 29, 10pm
Pick up on WED Jun 30, 6-7:30pm
In Nigeria, finger foods are referred to as small chops, and all different kinds can be found in the profusion of street stalls and market vendors. Chef Victor from Afrobeat Kitchen has put together a selection of delicious African-inspired snacks perfect for a Canada Day picnic.
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Meat Picnic Basket for 2
Sticky Suya wings (1lb)
Chicken wings tossed in suya, a spicy Nigerian peanut-based seasoning.
Scotch Eggs (2)
Not-quite-hard boiled egg encased in turmeric chicken sausage, breaded and fried, served on a bed of salad greens
Green Bean & Potato Salad
Topped with a jammy egg and a spicy peanut-ginger-lime dressing
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Vegan Picnic Basket for 2
Curried Lentil & Potato Samosas (6)
Crispy fried pastry pockets stuffed with mild curried veg
Stuffed Tatashe Pepper
Grilled Nigerian red peppers stuffed with guava membrillo, cassava cheez + toasted pinenuts
Green Bean & Potato Salad
Topped with grilled peppers & eggplant, and a spicy peanut-ginger-lime dressing
Both picnic baskets come with:
Shishito
Small, thin-skinned green peppers, pan-seared and dusted with tart hibiscus & spicy cayenne
Ata Din Din Pepper Sauce
Rich, homemade hot sauce of slow-cooked chillies, sweet peppers, onions, thyme, ginger & garlic
Boli
Roasted sweet & savoury plantains topped with a peanut & chilli crumble
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Chicken, Vegan or 1/2+1/2 (avail. for 4 only)
Nigerian Small Chops Dinner for 2 $48 • for 4 $90
ORDERING FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED. PICK UP IS WED 6-7:30PM AT THE DEPANNEUR.
Afrobeat Kitchen is Nigerian Chef Victor Uguweke’s exciting New African Eats pop-up food project, a mash-up of authentic recipes, ingredients from the motherland, diaspora dishes and global ideas. Drawing from experiences at his family’s restaurants in Lagos to gastropub kitchens in the UK, he offers a contemporary spin on African cooking with an emphasis on seasonal and local ingredients. Through music and food he is sharing his ‘faaji’ (the pleasure from having a good time) with Toronto. Connect with him @afrobeatkitchen
