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Lilac Fest 2025—You showed UP, Calgary! 💜⁠
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We had the best time sharing good vibes and even better bites at one of the city’s most iconic street festivals. From plantain chips to pepper sauce, Vitamalt to Shirley biscuits—we brought the heat, the flavour, and the joy to 4th Street! 🔥🍲✨️⁠
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Check out the videos to relive the highlights from our booth, and thank you to everyone who stopped by, stocked up, and showed love. We’re always proud to bring a taste of home to YYC. 🌍️💛⁠
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📦️ Missed us at the fest? No worries—everything you see is available at www.arinka.ca⁠
📍And if you’re in Calgary, order before 12:30 PM MT for same-day delivery!⁠
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#Arinka #LilacFestival2025 #CalgaryEats #AfricanGroceries #CaribbeanGroceries #YYCFoodies #ShopBlackOwned #EatWell by @arinkaservices

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a year ago

Did you know that #YYC local orders placed before 1PM MST, qualifies for same day delivery? by @arinkaservices

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2 years ago

Sold out. 🌿

Every seat at the table for Spice: Breadfruit is spoken for — and we’re so grateful. To everyone who said yes to an evening of breadfruit, Barbados, and the kind of story you can taste: thank you for trusting us with it.

If you missed a seat this time, the waitlist is open — link in bio. Cancellations happen, and we’ll reach out in the order you join.

This is only the beginning.

With immaculate vibes, Nuola. by @arinkaservices

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12 days ago

The wait is over.

Spice Dinner Series returns for Edition III: Breadfruit.

Roasted over coals or fried golden breadfruit has fed the islands for generations, carried across oceans and rooted in Caribbean soil. On October 17, we’re giving it the table it deserves.

Five courses by Chef Jae-Anthony (@chef_jaeanthony) of Top Chef Canada and @tingz_hospitality.
Drinks by Barbados’ own Shane McClean (@sirshanemcclean), in partnership with @mountgayrumbdos.
Brought to life by Nuola with our friends at @arinkaservices and @thebtmi.

An indulgent evening with breadfruit as you’ve never seen it: elevated and served with ceremony. Seats are limited, and once they’re gone, they’re gone.

🗓 Saturday, October 17
📍 FinePrint, Downtown Calgary
🕓 Doors 4pm · Dinner 5pm
🎟 $175 · Tickets at the link in bio

Come hungry. Leave full, and already counting down to the next one. by @arinkaservices

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a month ago

Long weekend plans? Cold drinks, crunchy snacks, and a little something sweet? Absolutely.

Whether you’re firing up the grill, heading to a backyard hangout, or simply planning to eat well all weekend, we’ve got the African + Caribbean flavours to help you stock up properly.

Because a long weekend without good food is just… extra days. 😂

🚗 Calgary same-day delivery cutoff:
Place your order by 12:30 PM on Friday, September 4 for same-day delivery in Calgary.

Stock the fridge. Load the snack table. Bring the flavour. 🌶️🥤🍖

Shop your long weekend essentials at Arinka.ca.

#ArinkaEats #LongWeekend #CalgaryFood #AfricanGroceries #CaribbeanGroceries by @arinkaservices

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a month ago

As far as we’re concerned, the market is where you find the heart of a place.

Here’s a Saturday in Roseau, on one of our trips home. A bounty of provisions still dusty from the ground, carrots pulled that morning, fish straight off the boat — weighed on a scale older than us, still jumping in the bag on the walk back.🐟

Then up the road: hand-painted calabashes, woven baskets, Pointe Baptiste chocolate made from cocoa grown right there in Calibishie.

Caribbean heritage isn’t just a category on a website, it’s in the makers and producers, it’s in the walk up the hill back home.
We live this culture, we don’t just sell it 🇩🇲

Roseau Market Dominica Bouyon taken in Roseau, Dominica by @arinkaservices

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a month ago

Small leaf. Massive impact. 🌿

Across many Caribbean kitchens, thyme is one of those ingredients that quietly does the most.

It brings warmth to soups, depth to stews, brightness to marinades, and that unmistakable savoury aroma that lets everyone in the house know something good is happening.

From green seasoning to jerk marinades, curries to rice dishes, thyme is part of the flavour foundation, never just an afterthought.

Fresh or dried, a little thyme can take a dish from good to “who made this?” in no time.

What is your favourite dish to cook with thyme?

Find herbs, seasonings, sauces, and more Caribbean kitchen essentials at Arinka. 🌿

#ArinkaEats #CaribbeanFood #CaribbeanCooking #GreenSeasoning #CaribbeanGroceries by @arinkaservices

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2 months ago

Africa is home to countless cuisines, ingredients, and cooking traditions, so consider this carousel a delicious introduction, not the full menu. 🌍✨

From smoky suya and fragrant jollof rice to comforting egusi, tangy injera, sweet-spiced kelewele, and soul-warming pepper soup, every dish carries its own story, flavour, and sense of home.

Whether you are trying something new for the first time or reconnecting with a favourite from childhood, there is always more to discover around the table.

Which one are you trying first? 👇

Find African spices, pantry staples, snacks, and ingredients at Arinka.

#ArinkaEats #JollofRice #Suya #PepperSoup #Injera by @arinkaservices

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2 months ago

Weekend flavour plans, decided for you. 🌶️✨

Pause or screenshot this reel to discover which seasoning you’re cooking with this weekend.

Will it be bold and smoky? Bright and herby? Rich, warming, and full of spice? Whatever lands on your screen, take it as your sign to make something delicious.

Comment what you got, and what you’re making with it. 👇

#ArinkaEats #WeekendCooking #SeasoningInspiration #CaribbeanFood #AfricanFood by @arinkaservices

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2 months ago

Make this comforting one-pot goat pelau with us. 🤎🍲

We started with goat meat marinated overnight in green seasoning, browning, and beef bouillon for deep, rich flavour. Then it went into the Dutch pot to brown before slowly simmering until tender.

From there, in went the pigeon peas, parboiled rice, coconut milk, aromatics, and just enough extra water to keep it beautifully saucy. A little ketchup is optional, but highly encouraged by some of us. 😉

Finish with a few knobs of butter or margarine and fresh green seasoning to wake up all those gorgeous aromatics, then scoop yourself a bowl and enjoy.

What should we cook together next?

#ArinkaEats #GoatPelau #CaribbeanCooking #OnePotMeal #ComfortFood by @arinkaservices

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2 months ago

Summer grilling checklist:

✅ Something sizzling on the grill
✅ Good friends nearby
✅ A table full of sides
✅ Arinka flavours doing the heavy lifting 🌶️🔥

Because the best BBQs are never just about the food. They are about the laughter, the music, the “just one more plate” moments, and those bold flavours everyone keeps asking about.

Stock your pantry, fire up the grill, and make this summer taste unforgettable. 🌴

What is always on your summer grilling menu?

#ArinkaEats #BBQSeason #CaribbeanFlavours #AfricanFood #SummerFood by @arinkaservices

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2 months ago

Caribbean food does not do bland. Ever. 🌴✨

The flavour comes from layers: fresh herbs, bold seasoning, time-tested marinades, slow-simmered dishes, and generations of cultural influence woven into every pot.

It is the thyme bubbling in the stew. The green seasoning soaking into the meat. The Scotch bonnet adding its little warning label. The spices, the stories, the “just taste it one more time” moments.

Caribbean cuisine is beautifully diverse, but one thing always shines through: food made with depth, care, and serious flavour.

Which Caribbean dish has your heart?

Explore Caribbean sauces, seasonings, drinks, snacks, and pantry staples at Arinka.

#ArinkaEats #CaribbeanFood #CaribbeanCooking #CaribbeanGroceries #CalgaryFood by @arinkaservices

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