Cote D'Ivoire Info
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:06 am Post subject: FOOD & DINING IN COTE D'IVOIRE / COTE D'IVOIRE DINING |
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FOOD & DINING IN COTE D'IVOIRE
GENERAL
Abidjan and other centres have restaurants serving Caribbean, French, Italian, Lebanese and Vietnamese food. There is a growing number of African restaurants catering for foreigners.The best area for spicy African food is the Treichville district of Abidjan. The blue pages of the Abidjan telephone book have a special restaurant section. There are no restrictions on drinking.
National specialties
• Kedjenou (chicken cooked with different vegetables and sealed in banana leaves).
• N’voufou (mashed bananas or yam mixed with palm oil and served with aubergine sauce).
• Attieké (cassava dish).
National drinks
• Bangui (local palm wine).
PLACES TO DINE
LE 37o2
Rue des banques,
Plateau,
Abidjan
Tel.: (+225) 2032 1663
French cuisine in this discreet brasserie with a dusky, wood-paneled interior.
L'ESPACE331
In front of Ecole Mermoz,
Cocody,
Abidjan
Tel: (+225) 2244 0341
Closed on Monday lunches.
Simple, delicious African specialties in two rooms: on indoors, the other under the eucalyptus trees.
LE SOUKALA
1, Boulevard Giscard D'Estaing (Treichville),
Abidjan
Tel: (+225) 2124 1790
Sophisticated African Cuisine in a lovely Malian setting.
LE TIAMA
Business District,
Abidjan
Tel: (+225) 2021 0822
Fax: (+225) 2031 3131
A reasonable good-quality restaurant in the business district. |
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