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One of West Africa’s Most Accomplished Chefs
Opens an NYC Restaurant Soon!
Sofrito Lovers,
I'm so excited Sofrito Lovers: A new Senegalese restaurant is opening in Harlem!
With articles published in the New York Times and Eater.com, Teranga (Wolof for hospitality) is building quite the following- I know I can't wait for their debut. Check out the Eater.com article below, published this week, and get on the bandwagon! I can't wait to explore this amazing menu!
Read and then go taste for yourself! ¡Buen provecho!
One of West Africa’s Most Accomplished Chefs Opens an NYC Restaurant Soon
Teranga is a fast-casual restaurant by former Le Grand Dakar chef Pierre Thiam inside Harlem’s Africa Center
by Carla Vianna Jan 25, 2019, 2:11pm EST
Former Le Grand Dakar chef Pierre Thiam — who strives to be an ambassador of Africa’s culinary history — will open a Pan-African restaurant in Harlem’s Africa Center next month, where he’ll showcase his native cuisine in fast-casual format.
Teranga, which translates roughly to “hospitality” in Wolof, a language spoken in Senegal, will focus on Senegalese cuisine, as well as foods from Nigeria, Mali, the Ivory Coast, and Guinea in bowl-like formats.
The menu is molded by West African ingredients like sorghum and millet paired with dried fruits for breakfast, as well as fonio, a grain that’ll be served within salads and bowls during lunch and dinner,Thiam told the Times in August.
Vegetable and protein bowls like grilled chicken and caramelized onions over Liberian red rice will also be available, plus other vegetarian options like a sweet potato and black-eyed pea stew. Drinks range from hot and cold African coffees, teas, and juices. The menu is gluten-free; see it in full below.
