For my combo from the Sabor Piri-Piri booth at the North Park Thursday farmers market, I chose Black Eyed Peas and Kale along with Broccoli Sweet Potato Curry. Both were cooked with coconut milk, onion, and tomato with spices, but the sweet potato dish also had peanut in it, either peanut butter or blended peanuts because it flavored and slightly thickened the sauce without offering any crunch. While the peas and the potato were very soft, the kale and the broccoli were toothsome. I got a little piri-piri sauce on the side to spice the dishes up even more than they were. While the piri-piri chicken is undoubtedly more famous, these vegetarian offerings were just delicious. I could taste every ingredient that I was eating.
Location: Sabor Piri-Piri Kitchen Booth, North Park Thursday Farmers Market, 30th Street & University Avenue, San Diego, California. Date: July 22, 2021.
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Like all hot peppers, this one originated in the Americas, but it was introduced into Mozambique by the Portuguese from where it spread to all Portuguese territories. A number of weeks ago, I was at my friend's house in San Diego, and a van parked outside advertising Mozambique Infused Cuisine and especially their locally produced brand of Piri-Piri Sauce, which they called Mozambiques famous hot sauce. I went onto their web site and found that they have a booth at the North Park Thursday Market. I'm back at my friend's house for a couple weeks, and tonight I walked to North Park and found the Sabor Piri-Piri Kitchen booth and ordered the Spicy Piri-Piri Chicken Stew. They had some other enticing dishes, like black eyed peas with kale, but it was the piri-piri I had come for. The stew consisted of tender chunks of chicken with green bell pepper in a light, fresh, and spicy tomato sauce. I was given some extra piri-piri sauce so I was able to taste it straight: it was quite spicy and somewhat sour. The stew was served with basmati rice. I could only take my food to go, so I joined some other people sitting on the curb of a nearby street which is where I photographed and ate the food. Now Mozambique can join the list of countries on my food blog.
Location: Sabor Piri-Piri Kitchen Booth, North Park Thursday Market, 30th St. & North Park Way, San Diego, California. Date: July 15, 2021. |
AuthorChef Roland has been a legal resident of seven countries and has travelled in over thirty, documenting food along the way. He currently resides in the desert in Southern California. Categories
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