Dakar Street Food

5 dishes in Senegal

5 street foods from Dakar, Senegal: Ndambe, Nem, Pain Omelette, Thiof and Bouye. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

Street foods of Dakar

Breakfast Sandwich · Spiced Bean Stew Ndambe Vendors sell it by the half or quarter baguette, so a filling breakfast can cost just a few coins. Black-eyed peas are simmered down with tomato, onion and chili into a thick, spicy stew, then spooned into a halved baguette with mayonnaise and hot sauce. Dakar's baguette vendors and… Colonial-Era Import · Fried Spring Roll Nem It exists in Senegal because Vietnamese wives of Senegalese colonial soldiers, sent home after France's 1954 defeat in Indochina, settled in Dakar… Rice paper is rolled tight around glass noodles and seasoned ground meat or shrimp, then deep-fried until golden and shatteringly crisp. It's sold everywhere from Dakar's beaches to school… 🍳 Morning Rush · Egg & Baguette Pain Omelette The stalls themselves are called tanganas, from the Wolof for 'it's hot' — a nod to the pans and coffee kettles kept going from dawn. An omelette fried in plenty of oil, often with onions and sometimes fries, gets stuffed into half a baguette with a spicy pimon sauce. It's Dakar's classic grab-and-go breakfast, cooked to… Prized Catch · Grilled White Grouper Thiof The fish is so prized that 'thiof' is Senegalese slang for a highly eligible man — while overfishing has made the real thing scarce and expensive… White grouper is scored, rubbed with a garlic-chili paste, marinated briefly and grilled whole over charcoal until the skin chars and the flesh flakes cleanly. Women grill it fresh at… Street Cooler · Baobab Pulp Juice Bouye Baobab is one of the only fruits known to dry out naturally while still hanging on the tree, which is exactly why its powdery pulp keeps for months… Dried baobab pulp is soaked in water, mashed and strained through a sieve to remove the fibers and seeds, then sweetened into a tart, creamy off-white juice. Dakar street vendors sell it…

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