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Destiny African Market

5.0 (1 review)
Closed • 8:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Under African Skies - Table set for an birthday event

Under African Skies

3.0(2 reviews)
3.4 mi

You see, I try to remain objective, especially when critiquing food from a different culture. It's…read morealmost like you invite for a traditional home-cooked meal, but get a tirade when you ask how it was. With all that, I'll award them some benefit-of-the-doubt, but still, the stew remains inedible. To be fair, this has as much to do with me (and my tastebuds) as it does with the food. Ordered: Ginger Beer (nonalcoholic), Liberian Jollof Rice, Egusti Stew (comes with pounded yam). Ginger beer was perhaps my favorite thing that night. Some sweetness, hearty amount of spice! No carbonation in this one, but considering it is house-made, carbonation is a bit tougher! Jollof rice (Liberian variant) was uninspired. I was expecting something different and with oomph, this wasn't it. It was rice mixed with veggies and some meat. Solid for sure with decent albeit mild flavors, but not much else. Again, nothing wrong per se, just not worth the trip. Oi, and the fried plantains and fried dough balls were similarly humdrum, only they felt like they'd just swam laps in a pool of oil. Egusti Stew... there's something fishy about this one, REALLY fishy. so much so, it made the stew inedible. For lack of a better description, it was meat (chicken, maybe?) and stockfish in an insanely strong fish sauce/broth. Then there were the bones... I don't mean large chicken bones (these were there too), but these tiny little bones you have to fish out of your mouth with your hands. It doesn't help that the stew was extremely heavy on the oil either. I could tell there was some good spice there, but the fish quickly gulped it all down. Pounded Yam was an interesting starch! I will say it could benefit from some spice, though to be fair it is meant to be eaten with the stew, which was flavor by itself. The owner, who took care of us was extremely nice and sweet. So, because I want to see this place thrive, my advice: a key to get people in the door and loving this stuff would be to make it more approachable. Don't misunderstand: I'm not saying to replace the pounded yam with french fries, I am saying know your audience. There will be people who will extol the Egusti stew until their last day... but they are the minority (citation needed) compared to others who cringe at the sheer memory of the flavor. I'm beating around the bush with this advice, aren't I? Here are the specifics: Have dishes that are at least somewhat familiar and "comfortable" to the American tastebud, and add some traditional flair, but do not go overboard on it. Better yet, do what a Korean place I love did, have dishes with various degrees of funkiness (I mean this positively) so the guest can decide. Unless the menu is revamped, I don't see myself returning here. My taste-buds won't have it.

A delicious and scrumptious food menu. A must try and my favorite are the Liberian collard greens…read more Check this place out ..off the beaten path but worth the ride. The jollof rice...delicious. You will be satisfied. Yum...

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Under African Skies - Fish, Jollof rice, fried plantain, vegetables salad

Fish, Jollof rice, fried plantain, vegetables salad

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Suyajoint - Joint Sampler

Suyajoint

3.7(170 reviews)
12.8 mi•Dudley Square
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Our party of two came here on a Thursday evening at 7:30 for dinner. We had a reservation, but it…read moredidn't seem necessary given there were three other groups there. We were promptly seated at our table and the lively wait staff came by to take our drink and food orders. We got the joint sampler with beef samosas which was awesome. The moi moi was great and reminded me of tamales. The wings and samosas were super flavorful as well. The drinks came out when we got our entrees which seemed a bit late. We got the taushe stew with eba (pounded cassava) which reminded me of a cross between Thai peanut sauce and butter chicken. I got the crispy chicken special and asked for the "fire" spiciness level with the plantains and jollof rice. The chicken had great crisp to it and was spicy, but not uncomfortable (although I eat a lot of spicy food so your mileage may vary). The jollof rice had awesome flavor and the plantains were amazing! Definitely recommend coming here, but be prepared to take your time because the service is a little slower than I had hoped.

Absolutely amazing meal at Suya Joint. Super accessible in Boston. We arrived with city bikes and…read moredocked them at the bus station which was less than a 5m walk. The hostess was kind and sat us immediately. The restaurant was quiet with some afrobeat/rnb playing in the back. Good place for a date or meet up to have conversations. Our waitress was SO friendly and gave us amazing recommendations for drinks, apps and entrees. We went with the sampler and the chicken wings and stew was AMAZING. Saucy and crispy. I got the coconut mangotini and it was excellent - mango puree and not the super sweet syrup made it taste excellent. We shared the taushe with farina and he was soooo good. Strong peanut flavor, perfect texture and we were both super full at the end. Gratuity is included (20%) in the bill and the total each after gratuity was about $45. Looking forward to returning.

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Suyajoint - Work lunch

Work lunch

Suyajoint - Vegetarian Taushe with pounded yam

Vegetarian Taushe with pounded yam

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