May 4th 2015: More Meals in Southern Boston

Today after work, I had a meetup dinner event to go to in Boston for some Senegalese food  at Teranga, located in the South End area of town.

Before that, I passed by Brookline,

Fire Station 6

then headed to the Dorchester area to grab some Dominican takeout from D Melo's Cafe. This place is like most of the South American cafeteria style places in the area, but thankfully it has a proper menu. From it, I chose the Avena, China, Leche (Oatmeal, Orange Juice, Milk) drink,

the Toston Sandwich Pierna (Fried Plantain Roast Pork Sandwich)

and the Yaroa de Mixta (chicken and beef, sweet plantains).

Pretty unique, and delicious to boot. I have to say, if it wasn't that much of a hole in the wall, I would actually recommend this place.

I had to park in the sketchy Roxbury area

Church of St. Augustine and St. Martin

in order to have free parking near the restaurant, which was small but pretty nicely decorated. For drinks, I got the Bouye Juice (Bouye (fruit from the baobab tree) juice mixed with cream and flavored with orange flower water and vanilla sugar),

which was really thick and creamy like a creamsicle, while others got the Bissap Juice (Sorrell juice mixed with 3 pineapple juice and flavored with orange flower water and vanilla sugar), which tasted like soda, both really good though.

For appetizers, we shared the Accara (Seasoned black eye pea batter fried and served with a zesty tomato-onion sauce) and the Croquettes de Poisson (Pan fried savory fish cake (flounder) served with cilantro and garlic sauce),

both of which were spiced really well.

For food, I got the Mafe (Lamb stew with carrots, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, and cabbage in a ground nut sauce and served with jasmine rice),

while I also got to try the Michoui (Marinated roasted lamb shank (falling off the bone) served with a caramelized onion sauce and Moroccan couscous),

the Dibi (Grilled marinated lamb shoulder chops with a pickled-onion and mustard sauce served with sweet potato fries) and the Brouchettes de Poulet (Grilled skewered tangy cubes of chicken breast served with alocco (fried sweet plantains) and onion and sriracha sauce).

Really excellent stuff, especially the shank and my interestingly spiced stew.

After an excellent meal, I just had to get dessert, getting the Thiacry (Thin pudding made with couscous, tropical fruits (optional) and raisins in a vanilla-cream sauce).

Initially, we thought the taste of it was way too strong, but eventually we warmed up to it and liked it a lot.

Overall, I'm glad I got introduced to this African restaurant.