Uncle John's Bakery
Bakery · South Tottenham ·
Ghanaian bakery: sweet bread, chin chin, meat pies
Ghanaian bakery: sweet bread, chin chin, meat pies
"Everyone deserves to have a bakery as good as Uncle John’s on their road. Technically, this Ghanaian bakery in South Tottenham is on everybody’s road now, thanks to the internet and their nationwide delivery. Aside from their majestic sweet bread and addictive servings of chin chin, their sweet bads, miniature fried coconut doughnuts, are our favourite thing here. After months of dedicated practice, our preferred method of eating them is by steadily picking off the sweet, crispy outside, and then rolling the soft, doughy innards into a squidgy little ball while lying horizontally. We like to call this behaviour ‘self-care’." - heidi lauth beasley, rianne shlebak
"Uncle John’s is a family-run bakery that has been serving supremely moreish Ghanaian goods since 1995 and we have it on good authority that it’s physically impossible to stop eating their coconut chin chin. We have tried, we have failed, and we have declared it to be the perfect snack—sweet, fried to perfection, a crispy little one-hander that can be consumed while walking, reading, texting, and living. And that’s the point of Uncle John’s Bakery—it’s an extended family member who is always ready, from morning to night, to add a little sugar-dusted sweet bad or subtle meat pie spice to your day. No fuss, no seating, just their signature traffic-stopping yellow packaging that provokes a Pavlovian response from Tottenham locals. Get those subtly sweet dough balls, the herby, slightly warming meat pie, and a Ghanaian Fanta, and you’re set for a meal that will be just as good on your way to work as it is trudging your way home through the rain. photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch Pause Unmute Food Rundown Bofrot Hypnotically chewy. Although they might deceptively look like any old bun, they’ve got a subtle sweet flavour that means they’re genuinely lovely eaten sans topping. photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch Coconut Chin Chin A perfect example of Uncle John’s recipe for success: fried, crunchy, with just enough coconut to anaesthetise your London blues. photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch Sweet Bread The Uncle John’s pièce de résistance that has such star quality, it’s stocked in a bunch of supermarkets across the nation. So soft, so fluffy, and sold by the loaf, so get one to go and enjoy with a wholesome cup of tea. Meat Pie There is something about the shine of Uncle John’s pies that makes us feel alive. We’ve eaten their pies in bed, on the tube (not remotely sorry), and because we are powerless in the face of a good crust, right before a trip to the dentist. The meat pie is the best of the lot and something about the carrots and herby mince gives it a really hearty quality. Best eaten hot. Don’t dawdle. photo credit: Aleksandra Boruch" - Heidi Lauth Beasley
"We’ve never heard anyone say ‘why did you get me three loaves of delicious bread, carrot cake, and cinnamon rolls?’, and that just goes to show that your mum, like anyone, would appreciate a custom box filled with things like sweet bread, twister bread, bofrot, and coconut cinnabon. And this Ghanaian bakery is delivering boxes of baked goods. You can either pick Uncle John’s Bakery Signature Box or add whatever you want to a custom box. Just make sure you’re around for when it arrives, because you’re going to want some too." - rianne shlebak
"The Ghanaian bakery in Seven Sisters has a tonne of goodies available to order on their website. There are chicken, vegetable, fish, and meat pies plus, of course, a whole range of sweet stuff, like coconut cake and mini doughnuts." - jake missing
"Uncle John’s is one of London’s best bakeries and their classic Ghanaian snacks are not only wildly tasty but super affordable. But one thing you should know is that it’s physically impossible to stop eating Uncle John’s coconut chin chin. If you think we’re joking, you should see how many bags of this sweet, crunchy snack we go through every single day." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak