Senegalese Food is Tasty!
Yassa and Thieboudienne Served Communally
For me, food is the best thing about traveling. I love to eat and I love to try new things. I also love to cook and so traveling brings new dishes to my table when I get back home.
Below are jotted down notes from 2016. Fortunately, I’m going back to Senegal this summer. I’m very much looking forward to the food!
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Senegalese food is quite tasty. Yassa, with chicken or fish or lamb (the ones I got to eat), satiates, especially so because of the wonderful aroma/spices used in the preparation. Millet cous cous … yes, that is something I want to try and make at home. Thieboudienne, aka fish and rice — the national dish — never disappoints, at least not for me!
Also, I enjoyed the communal aspect of eating. One big bowl and plenty for everyone to get a sufficient amount, is how it works. A few photos, the first two being from a dinner at middle-class family’s home in Dakar, and the other from a village down Velingara way:
