Uncle John's Bakery

Uncle John’s Bakery has been serving Ghanaian specialities to Tottenham for over 30 years. Set up in 1995 by John and Emelia Mensah, the family-run bakery is famous for its soft and brilliantly bouncy sweet bread, but also has a host of other tricks up its sleeve. There are bags of savoury chin chin snacks with cracked black pepper and warm bofrot doughnuts (try the addictive coconut version with a crunchy, deep-fried outer layer), as well as hot pies which are individually heated up for customers. Our favourite is the fish pie, where flakey and toothsome butter shortcrust pastry is stuffed with sardines, onions, tomatoes and Ghanaian spices. The ideal lunch to-go. As well as committed regulars who’ve been coming since the bakery opened, a recent visitor to Uncle John’s was John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana.