General Reviews:
Europeans
who visit The Gambia will be very well aware that even
their smallest home towns will boast at least fifty
to a hundred eating houses of which perhaps ten will
be of excellent standard.
In the tourist area of The Gambia there are well overr
over 1,000 restaurants and bars offering a variety of
food styles.
For instance you might try "Memories" (Malay/Thai):
"Al
Amir" (Lebanese): "Flamingo" (International):
"Mama’s" (Swiss/African): or "Antonico"
(Surinam).
Of course, as in any developing country, some establishments
should be approached with trepidation. But a restaurant
dedicated to bubonic or salmonella tainted food is usually
quite easy to identify. Every
evening of your visit to The Gambia can be a gastronomic
delight, a sybaritic feast of fascinating dishes of
such novelty and invention, served in pleasant and friendly
surroundings, and staying in the memory long after you
have flown back home, (sun-tanned, and perhaps a few
kilos overweight!).
As
entry to this plethora of gourmandise, the proprietor
of "The
Clay Oven", Vimal, which is probably the best
Indian restaurant in Africa.
He declares that any good meal has three elements: anticipation,
consumption, and remembrance. Food writer:
Harmattan |