Photo by Ben Welland
Daniela Manrique prepares hallacas — a Venezuelan dish she grew up making with her mother and grandmother for the holidays — at The Soca Kitchen, the restaurant she owns with her husband in Ottawa's Wellington West neighbourhood.
Head chef and co-owner, Daniela Manrique, top left, gave birth shortly after this photoshoot. Making hallacas is an intense several-day undertaking.
Located on Holland Avenue, The Soca Kitchen specializes in Spanish tapas, seafood towers, ceviche and charcuterie boards.
