what’s to drink
Kenkeliba leaf tea: it cures what(ever) ails you.
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what’s to eat #4
Beef pâté! A savory mix of ground beef, onions, garlic, and spices, folded into a flaky pastry pocket and fried. These are ubiquitous in Bamako, and an example of the legacy of high-quality baked goods (croissants, baguettes, etc.) instilled by French colonists.
what’s to eat #1
Made a new friend at Le Glacier Moderne on Rue Hippodrome, in Bamako.
what’s to eat #3
Lunch date this week. Only one dish on the day’s menu: Senegalese Chebjen (or Ceebu Jën, or Thiéboudienne)–rice with fish (and some vegetables, and hot pastes, and a fish paste, and a sweet paste). Ginger juice to accompany.
what’s to drink
Zrig in the late morning, Timbuktu style: fresh milk water millet sugar spices. Thick, sour, sweet, with cinnamon-nutmeg flavor. Someone called it “Timbuktu wine.” Served with guests and a jumble of conversation in sorai, arabic, and french
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