Mr. Seacoast Eats (a.okay.a. Eric Levi Levin) typically posts thought-provoking questions on his Seacoast Eats Facebook group page for us all to weigh in on. Previous pithy questions embrace “What’s your favourite condiment?” (Hellman’s Mayo for me) and “Would you go to an old-fashioned drive-in restaurant?” (Sure) or “Cool meals on a sizzling day. What’s your alternative?” (Caprese salad). All nice enjoyable.
I really like seeing the solutions, particularly when the query is about native eating places like “Who has celebrated their birthday in a neighborhood restaurant this yr? The place did you go?” However one latest submit was extra thought-provoking than most for me.
“Fill within the clean with one thing meals/beverage associated. Seacoast _______ Competition!”
The solutions ran from the acquainted (and in some instances already present) like Seafood, Strawberry, Meals Truck, Chili and Chowder to the very particular like Candy Corn, Cereal and Kumquat. Different concepts are Grilled Cheese, Scorching Canine and Garlic. All nice concepts.
Me? I chimed in with “World Delicacies Competition – to have fun all of the great individuals who have introduced the meals from their cultures to the Seacoast. Indian, Greek, Mexican, Lebanese, Thai, Indonesian, Laotian, Cambodian, Nepalese, Chinese language, Japanese, Jamaican … so many!” Readers, I’m proud to say that I bought 4 “likes” and three “hearts” for that.
Though one other suggestion – a Gin Competition was interesting, too. Let’s have each in a single.
As I added increasingly more nations to my submit, I considered all of the great cultures represented in Seacoast eating places and the way once I moved to Exeter 20 years in the past, there weren’t almost as many. I bear in mind when Durbar Sq. moved into Portsmouth. “A Nepalese restaurant proper downtown?!” They’re thriving.
Simply as I used to be fantasizing about getting somebody to prepare a World Delicacies Competition, two great festivals popped up on my social media feed and into my emails.
Somersworth Indonesian Mini Competition
On Saturday, Aug. 21, from 1 to six p.m., the Somersworth Indonesian Mini Competition will happen at 156 High St., Somersworth. The pageant is free. A press launch reads:
“Have a good time the Indonesian Independence day with Indonesian Group Join as they host the eighth annual of Somersworth Indonesian MINI Competition. The pageant is within the car parking zone of the situation for the primary part of the group’s Little Indonesia Cultural Heart Venture. Get pleasure from crafts, souvenirs, vogue, merchandise and leisure all through the day with conventional dances, music, video games and naturally, the very best Indonesian delicacies on the town. The occasion will comply with CDC pointers in protecting everybody to remain secure and wholesome. Please put on your masks and follow social distancing.
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For extra data, go to Indonesian Community Connect on Fb at @icc_indonesianconnect.
BIPOC Fest: A Celebration of Meals, Tradition and Group
On Sunday, Sept. 26 beginning at midday, the BIPOC Fest: A Celebration of Meals, Tradition and Group will happen on the Vida Cantina car parking zone, 2446 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth. Admission is a $10 advised donation that may profit taking part non-profits.
Vida Cantina Chef David Vargas is bringing collectively a number of the area’s finest BIPOC restaurateurs and cooks. The restaurant’s Fb submit in regards to the pageant says, “So long as black and brown individuals are marginalized, ignored or blocked from the identical rights and privileges loved by white residents, our democracy can not succeed. By bringing individuals collectively below one sky, we hope this occasion will provoke and perpetuate dialog in regards to the vital threads of fairness and social justice that holds the material of our neighborhood collectively. BIPOC Fest will join us via meals and can spotlight the various cultures that make up the Seacoast.”
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It says attendees will get pleasure from meals, drink, meet the leaders behind some nice non-profits, hear visitor audio system, dance to reside music and rather more.
Competition eating places to attempt anytime
Collaborating eating places embrace (and the place they’re headquartered so if can’t make it on today, you’ll be able to go discover and help BIPOC eating places within the space):
Rose’s Spring Rolls from the Kittery Meals Truck Pod (rosesspringrolls.com)
La Casita on the Kittery Circle with Cuban and Puerto Rican meals (lacasitaonthecircle.com)
One Love Delicacies, Jamaican and Caribbean meals within the meals courtroom at Fox Run Mall (onelovecuisinellc.com)
809 Style, Dominican meals additionally discovered within the Fox Run Mall (www.facebook.com/809taste)
Vida Cantina, Trendy Mexican Delicacies (vidacantinanh.com)
Ansanm, latest High Chef competitor and Greenleaf chef Chris Viaud’s Haitian delicacies in Gilford (ansanmnh.com/)
Jook a Hen Joint in Dover, the “alter ego” of The Sassy Biscuit Co. (jookchickenjoint.com)
Tulsi Indian Delicacies in downtown Kittery. (tulsiindianrestaurant.com/)
Lin’s Little Kitchen from Linda Theth serving dishes from southeast Asia together with Laos and Cambodia in Newburyport (linslittlekitchen.com)
You’ll even have the chance to fulfill and communicate with representatives from these organizations:
Indigenous New Hampshire, indigenousnh.com/: “A grassroots motion of neighborhood members of various cultural backgrounds, working to re-frame NH’s heritage via a decolonial lens.”
Black Heritage Path of NH, blackheritagetrailnh.org/: A corporation devoted to telling the little identified tales of Blacks in New Hampshire. Mission: The Black Heritage Path of New Hampshire promotes consciousness and appreciation of African American historical past and life with the intention to construct extra inclusive communities at present.
Occupy NH Seacoast, facebook.com/OccupyNHSeacoast/: An area group working to advertise social and financial equality worldwide.
BLM Seacoast, https://blmseacoast.com/: “Our goal is to dismantle anti-Blackness, combat towards racial injustices and police brutality within the Seacoast of NH, MA, ME.”
Indonesian Community Connect in Somersworth.
NH Minority Enterprise Coalition
Seacoast African American Tradition Heart, saacc-nh.org: The mission for this group based in 2000 is to “have fun the lives and achievements of Black individuals with emphasis on the distinctive story of African People within the Seacoast area, and to infuse all individuals, particularly younger individuals, with information of and appreciation for the historical past and tradition all of us share.”
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Rachel Forrest is a former restaurant proprietor, reviewer and Seacoast resident, who now lives in Austin, Texas and Belize. She will be reached at rforrest@gannett.com.
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