African cuisine

Many people say let’s eat Italian, Chinese, Thai, Mexican, and Indian, but I never really hear people suggest food from African countries (Ethiopia, Nigeria, Morocco…) either in real life or in American TV Shows/Movies

Edit: clarity

Some folks on this sub were curious about the new Congolese restaurant that just opened in Fashion Square Mall, so I went last night with a couple friends.

First, it has two totally different menus. One is “Chef Ralph’s Place” - hot dogs and the like. That may be the only sign you see when you walk by, but it’s also Tolia.

My friends and I wanted to try different things and I wanted to try some of everything. So the guy set us up with rice, fufu, peanut butter chicken, a beef dish, a spiced cabbage dish, Egusi stew (made with chicken, spinach, and more), and a Shrimp & smoked turkey soup (reminiscent of a gumbo, especially with okra as a thickener).

Redditors, it was all delicious and thoroughly spiced. Definitely some sort of chili pepper, garlic, ginger, and spices found in curry mixes - though it had a quite distinct flavor profile. Had some heat but not too much. Lots of flavor.

I don’t know if I can pick a favorite, but the Egusi stew and peanut chicken were great.

Given our unconventional, some-of-everything dinner, the guy charged us $18/person. And I had enough leftover for my dinner tonight. I don’t know the prices for a normal order.

Anyway, really nice guy who’s been open less than a week. Great food worth trying. EDIT: It’s open Mon-Sat 2-7 PM.

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Hey Guys,

i really want to get started and try to cook some propper african food. Does anyone have good suggestions in terms of recipes, what would be a good dish to get started on?Doesnt have to be a very famous dish i just wanna try something new and exiting.

The only thing i made before was some Fufu. But it was just from a standart cooking app so i have no idea how "authentic" the recipe was.

I am interested in all of them, savoury, sweet,snacks, drinks...

So it can go without saying that southern cuisine in the United States, as a whole, has no one specific origin. We do know that the enslaved West Africans, Native Americans, and poor whites often times traded recipes and techniques. Especially the enslaved Africans who had to cook for their POS “masters”, and used techniques known to them to introduce their culture into the food they were preparing. This became home to the cuisine we know and love in the South today.

Things like fried chicken, ash-bread (corn bread now), collard greens, gumbo, jambalaya, grits, boiled peanuts, smoked meats, black-eyed peas, watermelon, sweet potatoes, okra, rice, ETC., ETC.

But how many of these dishes (if any) would not have been apart of Southern cuisine as we know today had these groups of people not been forced to share and exchanged recipes? Would the food in the South today be more resembled to that of Northeastern states? Or more closely in line with what Native Americans ate on a daily basis?

It seems like everyone always blends up fresh tomatoes instead of using already processed tomatoes but here in Central Europe that seems kind of counter productive if I want to achieve the best flavor since tomatoes aren't in season most of the time. not to mention it's quite labor intensive as well.

First off, the article posted last time was completely misleading. The place isn't called "Goodness of God", it's called Ethnic Boutique. And is the place even a restaurant? I looked up the definition of a restaurant, and the answer is maybe. Depends on which dictionary you're looking at. Thing is, there's nowhere to sit down. It's take-out only.

The food isn't made to order, it's pre-made and kept either under heat lamps or warming plates. This isn't an issue for buffets, or places like Panda Express, because food is constantly being replaced as the food gets ordered. Being a new restaurant, there's not much business yet, and the food tasted like it had been sitting there all day (I went to get some dinner). I ordered a "soup". Except all the moisture had been absorbed by then, and it was just slop. This is a real shame, because even with the beef being dry, you can tell it was some great stuff when it was freshly made.

The "African donuts" were really good though. I might go back and get some more of those.

Greetings! Would like to experience some east African cuisine, but Googling returns mostly west African places, or at best Ethiopian. Are there any Kenyan, Tanzanian, Ugandan, etc spots around the city? Preferably Manhattan but willing to travel

I would love to try out some African food and would appreciate suggestions for restaurants. Mainly interested in Nigerian food but also willing to try others as well.

Looking for West African restaurants (anywhere/any price). I’m craving Red Red and FuFu. Eater isn’t helping and I need the hole in the wall spots! Thanks!

Any African restaurant recommendations?