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Recipe: Summer Skewers

Here's an easy BBQ recipe for Summer Skewers.


Cut into cubes, desired veggies (like zucchini,eggplant, onions and mushrooms), fruits (like pineapples and/or watermelons).  Optional:  tofu and/or shrimp (marinated in soy sauce, chilli sauce, black bean sauce)


Skew the cubes onto skewers and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper and BBQ.



Enjoy with a nice cold beer (such as  London Pride) on a hot summers day.

tags: BBQ, Barbecue, Black pepper, Foodhogger, Home, Pineapple, Skewer, Soy sauce, bbq skewers, olive oil, pineapple skewers, recipe skewers
categories: BBQ, Beer, Recipe, Spicy, Vegetarian
Monday 05.23.11
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 9
 

Ackee Tree

Location:

170 Spadina Ave. Toronto

www.ackeetree.com/

I've not eaten a full meal at Ackee Tree.

The Jerk fries that I ordered were quite sadly limp and lacking in any real Jerk flavour, however, that said, my friends who ordered the chicken roti and BBQ chicken meals were more or less satisfied with their meals.

Here, the said orders:

Not so fresh Jerk Fries

Boneless Curry Chicken Roti [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="384" caption="Boneless Curry Chicken Roti $11.99 "][/caption]1.99

BBQ Chicken [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="512" caption="BBQ Chicken $10.95"][/caption]0.95

I was fully pleased with my Old Jamaican Ginger Beer...especially when the first sip exploded with some tang! through my nasal cavity.

Always a fan of ginger beer..with sometang.

Old Jamaican Ginger Beer

I've not written off Ackee Tree, I can't do that based only on fries...

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tags: BBQ, Jerk, Roti, Toronto, ackee tree, boneless curry chicken roti, chicken roti, fries, jerk chicken, jerk fries
categories: BBQ, Jerk, Toronto, fries
Monday 11.23.09
Posted by Smita Jacob
 

Frugal Fare #3: Back Alley Woodfire BBQ & Grill

Location:
188 Augusta Avenue, Toronto (Kensington Market)

Cost: Lunch specials (Mon - Fri only) $5.99 -8.99



Beside Back Alley Woodfire BBQ & Grill is a fancy place called Amadeus; you can't tell from the exterior but inside, the cream-coloured walls, dark wood and cloth napkins don't exactly call out "lunch specials!" and certainly not "lunch specials under $10!!". No.

We felt like Portuguese food, but not $25 Portuguese seafood. For dinner maybe but not for a hurried lunch date. And where the chicken at? Next door, apparently. So, Back Alley it was to be.

The rustic interior and giant woodfire ovens made for a cosy atmosphere and the wallet-friendly menu wasn't too shabby, either. The lunch specials are a good deal - which makes this #3 in Foodhogger's Frugal Fare in the city.





We got the quarter chicken breast and the shrimps in a herbed lemon sauce...each including a salad, which was fairly good and arrived promptly to the table.



Granted the portions aren't massive, and the sides a bit bland - especially the rice with gravy drizzled over it, but there were 5 jumbo shrimps (in the shell) which weren't altogether terrible.



The chicken breast looked a tad mightier in size, but a bit fatty for my liking and lacking in any true flavour.



Not an entirely satisfying meal - I think I really really wanted some hearty Portuguese BBQ instead, like churrasqueira-style chicken from Bairrada Churrasqueira Grill on College St....mmm..yummeh - but it's probably our own fault for not ordering something that would benefit better from a smouldering wood oven. Something like ribs?

Definitely worth another try.

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tags: BBQ, Back Alley, Chicken, Kensington, Ovens, Ribs, Shrimps, Toronto, Wood fire, Woodfire ovens, frugal fare, grill
categories: BBQ, Frugal Fare, Lunch, Toronto
Wednesday 04.29.09
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 5