Dish · 3 kitchens in London
Jollof
West African rice — or grain — cooked in a spiced tomato and pepper base.
Nobody paid to be here. Each kitchen is described from its own menu where it publishes one, unranked, so each note says how that kitchen makes it.
In London
Party jollof rice
Chishuru · Fitzrovia · ~£55 pp
West African rice cooked in spiced tomato and pepper
Party jollof, rice cooked in a spiced tomato and pepper base, with plantain and dressed cabbage. The side we'd add for the table.
Jollof (beef fillet, ox tongue, mbongo sauce)
Akoko · Fitzrovia · ~£95 pp
Jollof rice with beef fillet and ox tongue in mbongo, the Cameroonian black sauce of charred spice. The centrepiece of the menu; tell them your heat level.
This version: Jollof rice as the meat course, with beef fillet, ox tongue and mbongo sauce.
Pick it if: You want a tasting-menu occasion on Berners Street, booked ahead.
Jollof Quinoa
Chuku's · Tottenham · ~£28 pp
Quinoa simmered jollof-style in a spiced tomato and pepper base, the kitchen's own twist. Alongside the suya.
This version: Jollof quinoa, the kitchen's signature twist on jollof, among Nigerian sharing plates.
Pick it if: You want a casual sharing meal in north London.