Cantine Toca Toca

Take a look at what’s cooking this April at ONYX Lab! 🍽 ✨ This month’s exciting lineup will feature a sausage making workshop with @opulencemtl , culinary lab sessions with @cantinetoca , and a fried fish escovitch cooking workshop with @ellejays_ ! Registration links will be posted on the respective chef’s pages, so keep an eye out for our signal boosts for these FREE workshops! All workshops will take place at @poubelle.magnifique on 1221 rue Crescent. This month marks the conclusion of our project with @fdnblkcomm . We are deeply thankful for their generous support, which has been essential in making these workshops possible and allowing us to share valuable culinary skills and experiences with our community. Stay tuned for some exciting news and to see what’s next for ONYX Lab Teaching Kitchen & Black Culture Commons! #DESTA #ONYXLab #BlackIdeasGrant #FundedbyFFBC

Hey people! We are back again with another Sabi! Sabi! culinary lab series for Spring at @poubelle.magnifique ! March 17th and April 14th are already full SO I added extra dates on March 18th and April 15th! RSVP your spot (link in bio) before it’s too late! Mantenha, Evy 🫶🏿🌱

Hey people! Happy New Year! Here are the first Sabi! Sabi! sessions of the year 🎉 See you on January 20th and February 3rd for new discoveries. Can you figure out what techniques and/or ingredients we are going to discover? 🌱Link in bio to grab your spot _ Bonjour tout le monde! Bonne année! Sabi! Sabi! est de retour pour ses premières sessions de l’année! 🎉Rendez-vous le 20 Janvier et le 3 Février pour de nouvelles aventures. Peux-tu deviner quelles techniques et/ou ingrédients nous allons explorer? 🌱Lien en bio pour réserver ta place

Hey people! Sabi! Sabi! continua for the last culinary labs of 2025. These ones will be special Christmas editions where we dive into R&D, one of my specialities in food engineering, by creating non-alcoholic drinks using West African food staples. As always, the spots are free but limited. The session on December 9th is already sold out but there are still spots available for December 16th! Culinary labs made possible by Onyx Lab (@blackgastronomics & @destabyn ) See you and happy holiday season ❄️ Evy 🌱

Hello people!! Sabi! Sabi! continua 🤌🏿 Mark your calendars! Two more sessions coming up on November 18 & November 25, each one exploring food science through new eyes and simple techniques. Free spots, but limited places (see link in bio). Come through! ✨ Workshops made possible by Onyx Lab @blackgastronomics  & @destabyn . - Hello tout le monde !! Sabi! Sabi! continua 🤌🏿 Deux nouvelles sessions arrivent le 18 novembre et le 25 novembre, chacune explorant la science des aliments avec un nouveau regard et des techniques simples. Entrée gratuite mais places limitées (lien en bio). Venez faire un tour ! ✨ Ateliers rendus possibles grâce à Onyx Lab @blackgastronomics & @destabyn

Hey djintis!! Here is a teaser of the ingredients/techniques that will be explored the next two weeks for Sabi! Sabi! Can you guess what are going to use and how will we use it? 👀 These workshops are made possible thanks to Onyx Lab (@blackgastronomics @destabyn ) 🌱 ______ Hey djintis !! Voici un petit teaser des ingrédients ou techniques qui seront explorés lors des deux prochaines sessions de Sabi! Sabi! À votre avis, qu’est-ce qu’on va utiliser ? Et comment ? 👀 Ces ateliers sont rendus possibles grâce à Onyx Lab (@blackgastronomics @destabyn ) 🌱

*description in French following* What if one ingredient could carry a whole universe of stories? Introducing Sabi! Sabi!, a weekday culinary lab by Cantine Toca, where taste meets memory, play, and curiosity. Each free session explores one West African ingredient or technique in 3 edible forms: → one savoury bite → one sweet treat → one drinkable twist ✨ Free registration 📍1221 Crescent, Montreal 📆 September 30th & October 7th 🕕 Starting at 6 PM Spots are limited (RSVP now via link in bio!) Because sabi means tasty. And sabi means knowing. At Sabi! Sabi!, we do both. — Et si un seul ingrédient pouvait raconter tout un univers d’histoires? Bienvenue à Sabi! Sabi!, un labo culinaire en semaine signé Cantine Toca, où goût, mémoire, jeu et curiosité s’entrelacent. Chaque séance gratuite explore un ingrédient ou une technique d’Afrique de l’Ouest sous 3 formes gourmandes : → une bouchée salée → une douceur sucrée → une gorgée à boire ✨ Entrée gratuite 📍1221 Crescent, Montréal 📆 Le 30 septembre et le 7 Octobre 🕕 À partir de 18h Places limitées (lien pour inscription en bio!) Parce que sabi veut dire savoureux. Et sabi veut dire savoir. Ici, on fait les deux.

✨☀️A time was had at Rooted Joy’s inaugural event, Black Joy Mini Retreat: Ode to Our Roots! 🌻🌿 It was a pleasure to rethink how we connect with past traditions, dance, music and foods. ☀️✨ We had a great time learning the connection of the Nyabhingi movement from its East African roots all the way to traditional Jamaican 🇯🇲 dances from Must Be Faby @mustbe_faby 🪘 We spoke of how the African Diaspora intentionally creates culture, tradition and community while eating the most amazing Moqueca, Badjiki, Abarà and more. So grateful for Cantine Toca’s @cantinetoca explanation of how West African 🌍 foods travelled all the way to Brazil 🇧🇷 and other parts of South America. 🍲 Thank you all so much for showing up for yourselves and your community! ✊🏾⚡️ Check out the infographic, and the experience poll in the bio 🔗 Until the next event 🤗☀️ Follow our partners for more events like this: Dance Facilitator 💃🏽: @mustbe_faby Caterer 🥗: @cantinetoca Organizer/Facilitator👩🏾‍💼: @_auk5 Outreach Coordination: @petitp0tdebeurre Host: @rooted.joy_ Sponsors: @bmhcmtl @volunteercanada Space: @ccgvarts

Hey people! The newsletter is back via email, IG and WhatsApp channel! I hope you liked it and saw the little surprises on it! Salut tout le monde! L’infolettre est de retour via courriel, chaîne IG et WhatsApp! J’espère que vous l’aviez apprécié et avez vu les surprises affichées dessus!

Meet Ode to Joy's Caterer Cantine Toca Toca @Cantinetoca is named after the famous minibuses found in Guinea Bissau. It is also known as "taxi-brousse" in Francophone Africa or "chiva" in Colombia. As a Black vegan, my idea behind Cantine Toca Toca is to offer plant-based alternatives & innovations inspired from West African cuisine. Evy Mendes is a self-taught chef with a background in chemical engineering. She created « Cantine Toca Toca » after a conversation with friends about finding vegan options in West African food. In the kitchen, she’s mixing both her experiences in food engineering and inspirations from her childhood to create authentic meals. 🌿Join @cantinetoca and our facilitators at Black Joy Mini Retreat: Ode to Our Roots - June 22nd! ☀️ Tickets are going soon so register now. Link in bio 🔗 #BlackMentalHealth #BlackMentalHealthMatters #blackjoymatters #blackjoyisresistance #BlackJoy #RootedJoy #BMHCmtl

Black Joy Mini-Retreats are an affordable 4-hour wellness retreat dedicated to Black self-care, Black healing, and Black empowerment. ☀️ Through a partnership between Rooted Joy and Black Mental Health Connections Montreal, Black Joy Mini-Retreats offer a safe(r) space for members of the Black community to navigate their mental, physical and emotional health and cope with everyday stressors in their lives through different activities and healing modalities.Topics that are relevant to the Black community will be explored in an intimate setting. A judgment-free zone, Black Joy Mini-Retreats are a space to heal, reflect, and grow.🌿 Launching the Rooted Joy initiative, Ode to Our Roots will start with MustBeFaby’s dance workshop blending ancestral dances with contemporary culture and while sharing the relevance of ancestral practices to healing, mental wellbeing, and community building. The activities reconnects participants with aspects of African heritage, and practices that enrich self identity, promote self esteem, and joy! Afterwards we will discuss how understanding ancestral roots and identity impacts mental health, self-image and ultimately self-esteem. This BMHC-facilitated conversation will center honouring ancestral and sacred practices of the African Diaspora in terms of accessing holistic care, managing intergenerational gifts/traumas and healing in pursuit of Black joy. Space is limited, and registration is required, so sign up today! Link in bio 🔗

@nikitachigoho you are the winner of the giveaway for Mantenha next week!! Thank you for everyone’s participation and see you next week for the pop-up! Mantenha 🌱 Evy