Meet Alexander Smalls, the James Beard award-winning Harlem chef, restaurateur and author. He is known for setting up Café Beulah in New York City (it introduced the soul food he grew up on for the palates of fine-dining clientele), Sweet Ophelia’s, Shoebox Café, and the award-winning The Cecil, NYC’s first Afro-Asian-American restaurant. Smalls has been in the news lately because of his new venture – the African food hall Alkebulan – which has been set up in Dubai and London, with another one coming up soon in the US. Each Alkebulan food hall will highlight the food and cultures of Africa, as well as its influence in the cities the halls are in. Alkebulan was once the name of the African continent it translates to “mother of mankind”. In Dubai, the hall has 11 stands run by African chefs and restaurateurs, with West African street food, barbecue, dishes inspired by Zanzibar and East African seafood.
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