Ivorian cuisine: what is on the menu
We do not list restaurants in Assinie: we have no verified addresses, prices or opening hours. What we can offer is a reliable guide to the dishes you will meet.
The main dishes
Attiéké is a cassava semolina, usually eaten with chicken, fish or egg. Garba is attiéké with fried tuna, topped with onion and fresh chilli. Alloco is ripe plantain cut into cubes or strips and fried in oil, often eaten with fish or egg.
Kedjenou is a poultry or snail stew cooked covered. Foutou is boiled plantain pounded into a ball, bound with pounded cassava or yam, and usually eaten with a sauce. Sauce graine is a sauce made from oil palm seeds, and placali is a fermented cassava paste generally eaten with sauce graine or okra sauce.
Drinks
Bandji is the local name for palm wine, tchapalo is a spiced corn beer from the north and koutoukou is a palm liqueur macerated with roots.
What we removed
A previous version of this page promised lobsters caught that morning, beach restaurants and a list of "must-eat" spots. Without a verified address or a source, we removed them. Ask your accommodation for current places to eat.
Source
Wikipédia, Cuisine ivoirienne. The article does not define the word "maquis" or grilled fish, and it calls garba the national dish without a source.
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