Restaurants in Africa
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Piri-Piri Chicken
A Maputo classic, with grilled chicken - with or without piri-piri (spicy chilli sauce) - to take away or eat here.
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Zack’s
Offering cafe-style dining, this stylish (chain) eatery serves good bistro fare washed down with a blast of fresh sea air.
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La Dolce Vita
On Port Môle, this place is situated right above the ocean and serves great Italian food in a fantastic setting.
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Sweet Asmara Caffe
This sleek pastry shop is a treasure-trove for the sweet tooth, with a tempting array of diet-busting little treats.
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Mombasa Coffee House
Take the opportunity to escape above Moi Ave for fresh coffee and snacks, or local meals away from the daily grind.
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Xhova's Inter-Thai Restaurant
Temporarily closed for annual vacation when we passed through, but the Thai cuisine is rumoured to be delicious.
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Ali Baba's
's Fast-food joint serving good burgers and shawarmas, but with a smattering of chicken, steak and fish dishes.
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Indiana
This Indian-run restaurant with garden seating, on the same street as Le Livingstone, does a delicious curry.
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Pili Pili
This slightly upmarket maquis (open-air restaurant) rates equally highly with Beninese and expats for its amazing West African food. Prices are very reasonable and the jugs of freshly squeezed pineapple juice at lunch time are a refreshing godsend.
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Restaurant-Pizzeria La Fontana
A few doors north at the start of the Zone Touristique, Restaurant-Pizzeria La Fontana serve quality pies.
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Tomoca
Coffee is serious business at this old Italian Piazza café, where beans are roasted on-site.
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Boston Maquis
- Lomé, Togo
- Restaurants › Café
You can get good, cheap food at this friendly restaurant opposite Centre Culturel Français.
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La Siciliana
A bustling little trattoria, this hits the spot with a long list of good wood-fired pizzas.
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San Remo
A quiet little place in Ratoma with a brick oven that just might make Guinea's best pizza.
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Alcove
Dark, heavy décor and tasty Indian and Chinese cuisine, including vegetarian dishes.
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Tanzania Coffee Lounge
Milkshakes, bagels, great coffees and cappuccino, waffles and an internet connection.
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Sakura
Despite Grand Baie's wishy-washy dining scene, Sakura has managed to hold its own for 22 years – the faded decor is living proof. The friendly owners are present every evening waving to repeat customers and watching their skilled chefs fling ingredients in the air during the exhilarating teppanyaki shows. Reservations are essential if you want your meal cooked at your table.
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Happy Rajah
Near one of the Tamil temples in a large wooden structure, Happy Rajah satisfies costumers with a large selection of surprisingly filling curries and stews. Lunches are served in the vestibule – if you come in the evening you'll eat in the more atmospheric dining room draped in oriental tapestries.
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Coolen – Chez Ram
The clear local favourite among Royal Rd's endless parade of restaurants, Coolen is situated smack in the centre of tourist town but is usually filled to the brim with Mauritians. Customers are welcomed with fish cakes and a splash of rum while they thumb through the menu of Creole and seafood staples. Go for the fish in banana leaves (Rs 175) and make sure to save room for the banana flambé.
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Charly’s Bakery
Don’t leave Cape Town without eating one of Charly’s chocolate cupcakes, famously decorated with blindingly bright icing designs by his wife Jacqui. There’s also a fantastic range of baked goods, including pies, and a wonderful new location in the historic premises of the one-time Judaica emporium Beikinstadt.
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Double Four
Offering mainly Lebanese dishes, the menu at Double Four tries to throw everything into the mix - Nigerian, Continental, a bit of Indian - so if you're unsure where to dine, this might be the place. It seems to work, as the place is always packed.
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Trattoria
This long-running and very popular Italian joint could hold its head up in Melbourne or San Francisco, offering excellent pizza, pasta dishes, varied mains and a whole page of desserts.
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Siam Thai
This attractive restaurant has an extensive menu of actual Thai food (gasp!) and a very good reputation. Unga House can be reached from either Woodvale Grove or Muthithi Rd.
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Al Fassia
Thank goodness Al Fassia is a la carte, if only to save gourmets from our own gluttony. The array of nine starters alone is a proper feast, with orange-flower water and wild herbs raising even the lowly carrot to a crowning achievement. But there's no resisting the legendary mains, cooked Middle Atlas style by an all-women team who present the dishes with a heartfelt b'saha to your health.
The generous helpings seem impossible to finish, but look around and you'll see glassy-eyed diners valiantly gripping morsels of bread, scraping the last savoury caramelized onion from what was once a Berber pumpkin and lamb tagine. The seasonal menu offers enough delights for two…
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Éspace Gondwana
Wow! Tucked away to the east of Ouaga, this stunning restaurant is the city's most atmospheric. The restaurant has a courtyard where music is often played, and the three dining rooms are richly adorned with masks (all for sale) and traditional furniture. Each room is themed in a different style - Gourounsi, Mauritanian and a Tuareg tent. The food is also splendid, from the brochette de capitaine, sauce Hollandaise and bite-sized tapas to the banana cake for dessert. It also has the widest selection of masks that we found in Ouaga, and prices are agreeable. Everything's for sale here (including the furnishings) except, as one waiter pointed out, the staff.
There's also a…
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