A Canada-based Nigerian woman has claimed that she was served quit notice by her Canadian landlord over the aroma of her soup.
Speaking in a story time video shared on TikTok, the woman said she was cooking a Yoruba delicacy called “Efo riro” in her apartment when the landlord showed up at her doorstep.
According to her, she thought the landlord wanted to share in the meal but was taken aback when he complained about the aroma.
The landlord reportedly said the smell of fish affects him and his daughter as they both suffer from migraine.
He then gave her 30-days notice to leave his house because they can’t cope with the aroma of her food.
The landlord reportedly said the smell of fish affects him and his daughter as they both suffer from migraine.
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The woman’s predicament has stirred mixed reactions online and some Nigerians who reside abroad attested to the fact that white people don’t like the smell of African food.
@gloria.billions wrote, “They do this a lot…them go say African food dey smell somehow especially egusi”
@maynisellert wrote, “It makes me angry because I have to lock all windows and doors anytime I want to cook African meal”
@fortunista_by_ivy wrote, “Did you add Iru? Maybe na why you wan use *noxious odor* pursue landlord. As this soup de, e no suppose cause Wahala na 😢”
@frankigh wrote, “Maybe she added iru to the soup. The offensive smell from that shit is something else. I wonder how they manage to get it through customs checks to abroad”
