Good Stuff and lots of it! Here’s my latest list of top things to see, sip or savour. This time round I’d like to share with you some especially spicy recs that I came across at the recent launch of World of Zing, the UK’s first “Contemporary Food & Drink Emporium, bringing together produce from some of the UK’s most exciting flavour experts!” More info at worldofzing.com.
South African chef Grant Hawthorne’s Mozambican style peri peri sauces and rubs impressed my palate, particularly the stuff on the fierier end of Grant flavoursome spectrum. I loved the delayed heat effect of his hottest sauce.
Purveyor of South Asian street food, Horn OK Please, does a mean bhel puri made with tomato, potato, green and tamarind chutney, fresh coriander, red onions and a pomegranate garnish. It’s worth seeking out. Find HOP vending at Borough Market Monday to Wednesday (Monday to Saturday every alternate week) and the Real Food Fest at Southbank every Friday to Sunday.
Number One Sauce won my vote for some of the tastiest hot sauces I’ve come across in a long time. That this habanero pepper sauce is farmer friendly (peppers are sourced direct from and made onsite by a collective of Mayan farmers in the Yucatan organised by a local nun to help the community “live off the land more effectively”) just adds to the feel good factor of enjoying this “no-nonsense hot sauce that hits hard in all the right places.”
Shiok-ingly good Malaysian “with a twist” treats! I went back for seconds of Sambal Shiok’s spicy peanut sauce (and I’m now wishing I’d taken a jar of it home with me).
Fire! Look for this mobile Korean Kitchen at Leather Lane Market Monday to Thursday for lunch and at Street Food Union on Rupert Street in Soho on Fridays.
Products from all these brands are available online at worldofzing.com.
