Friends, food and fellowship
Conflict Café offers diners a unique opportunity to break bread and build bridges
Conflict Café sounds like the sort of place you might go to have a row — something akin to the argument clinic in the memorable Monty Python sketch, in which John Cleese is paid to engage in angry exchanges. Nothing could be further from the truth. Conflict Café is in fact a peacebuilding initiative — a culinary evening that presents food from countries in conflict. It encourages diners to share a table, a meal and a conversation. The café is a fortnight-long, pop-up dining experience in the vaulted tunnels beneath the sprawling concourse of Waterloo Station in London. The venue is atmospheric, subterranean and slightly musty, with trains thundering overhead from time to time. The annual event highlights the challenges facing conflict-ridden countries by serving up food and facts. This year, the cafe’s opening coincided with the International Day of Peace (September 21) as part of the Talking Peace Festival. The festival — organised by International Alert, a peacebuilding NGO that w...
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