If there’s one soup that deserves the most versatile title, it’s vegetable soup. It goes with just about anything, swallow, rice, boiled yam, and even plantain. Today, Uzoms Kitchen is showing us how she makes hers with chicken.
She starts by cooking the chicken, stockfish, scotch bonnet peppers, crayfish, and seasoning together for about 10 minutes. Once the flavours have settled in, she adds more crayfish, smoked fish, and palm oil, stirring everything together before letting it cook a little longer.
Next, in goes the washed and sliced waterleaf, followed by another round of pepper, crayfish, and oil. She lets that cook for a bit before adding the final ingredient, ugwu leaves. A final drizzle of palm oil, one last sprinkle of crayfish, and a few minutes of simmering, and the soup is ready to be served.
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<img src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/neil-patrick-harris-eats-at-a-montreal-restaurant.jpg?id=61145897&width=600&height=600&coordinates=288%2C0%2C288%2C0"/><br/><br/><p>Another day, another <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/tag/celebrities-in-montreal" target="_blank">celebrity enjoying summer in Montreal</a>. And this time, it's none other than Neil Patrick Harris.</p><p>The actor and entertainer is in town for reasons that aren't entirely clear, but he's clearly loving it here. On Monday, Harris shared a photo dump on Instagram showing how he rang in his 52nd birthday — and it looks like it was one to remember. </p><p>To celebrate, the <em>How I Met Your Mother</em> star and his crew visited Immersia and Escaparium in Laval, two <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/tag/escape-room" target="_blank">local escape game spots</a> known for their elaborate, story-driven rooms.</p><p>"Escape Room Birthday in Montreal! What an extraordinary way to start a new year, with great friends in some of the best escape rooms ever made," he wrote.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DLh7tFwsCjy/?hl=en&img_index=1" data-instgrm-version="4" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">
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</blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>Harris gave both local spots high praise, thanking them for their "creativity and ingenuity" and saying they've "truly redefined what escape rooms can accomplish." He even gave his group a name: Team Neilscape52.</p><p>Afterward, the New Mexico native headed downtown for dinner at Au Pied de Cochon, Montreal's over-the-top palace of foie gras and Québécois comfort food. He called the whole birthday experience "an extraordinary way to start a new year."</p><p>Turns out that wasn't his only foodie stop. A few weeks earlier, local chef Antonio Park shared a photo with Harris after he dropped by his namesake restaurant in Westmount for a meal. "An amazing soul," Park wrote in his caption.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DLAUxExx6uK/?hl=en&img_index=3" data-instgrm-version="4" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);">
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</blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script><p>NPH, who <a href="https://www.facebook.com/justforlaughs/videos/ladies-and-gentlemen-step-right-up-for-neil-patrick-harris-presenting-an-extraor/10153604679109087/" target="_blank">hosted a Just for Laughs gala here back in 2015</a>, joins a growing list of Hollywood names making stops in the city this summer. <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/russell-crowe-montreal-tacos-frida" target="_blank">Russell Crowe was spotted grabbing tacos</a> in Saint-Henri in June, and <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/montreal-grand-prix-celebrities-2025" target="_blank">Ben Stiller made the rounds during Grand Prix weekend</a>.</p><p>As Harris put it, Montreal is "one of my favourite cities in the world."</p><p>Seems like the feeling is mutual.</p>