Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan visited the Cannibal Cafe Wednesday to sample the “Minister of National Deliciousness” burger. “I approve,” Sajjan said after taking a first bite. “It’s got pakoras on it. Who would’ve thought to put it into a burger? Now that – that makes sense.” Chef Zai Kitagawa told reporters he started thinking about the burger shortly after the minsiter’s appointment. “If there’s a man that a Canadian can be proud of, it’s definitely Mr. Sajjan,” he said.
VANCOUVER – Canada’s Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan now has a burger named after him and it’s called The Minister of National Deliciousness
Sajjan, who represents the Vancouver-South riding, stopped by a downtown Vancouver eatery Wednesday to sample a burger named in his honour.
“I approve,” Sajjan said after taking a first bite. “It’s got pakoras on it. Who would’ve thought to put it into a burger? Now that – that makes sense.”
Sajjan, who was in town this week for the Liberal government’s first ministers meeting, made time to visit The Cannibal Café and try out his namesake burger: The Minister of National Deliciousness, reported CTV News.
The chicken burger also features a tandoori-spiced patty doused in butter chicken sauce and pressed yogurt with mint, cilantro and cucumbers.
It was introduced as February’s Burger of the Month, but the eatery’s owner said it was so popular they added it to the regular menu.
Sajjan, who called the experience “very humbling,” also shook hands with the chef behind the burger, Zai Kitagawa, and signed off on a chalkboard featuring a drawing of him in sunglasses.
Kitagawa told reporters he started thinking about the burger shortly after the minsiter’s appointment.
“If there’s a man that a Canadian can be proud of, it’s definitely Mr. Sajjan,” he said.
