Home-delivered Afghan-Guyanese fusion barbecue is exactly what we all need right now
Cue Point At Home. Deliveries nationwide (cue-point.co.uk). Main dishes from £14 to £55, sides and jars of condiments £4-£6, dessert £14
A Saturday lunchtime and my kitchen smells distinctly of wood smoke, of the autumnal crackle of smouldering log. It’s comforting. It suggests something intensely encouraging is going on in here. It’s also odd because the only thing actually going on in here right now is the heating of vac-packed bags of food in a large pan of water. Those bags are part of a delivery from Cue Point, which describes itself as a “British Afghan smoked BBQ company”. Clearly no amount of pressure-sealing will stop some of the tang of burning tree from clinging to the product. Blimey. Imagine the smell of the clothes worn by the people who made this food. I salute both their forbearance and their washing machines.
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