Jollof (beef fillet, ox tongue, mbongo sauce)

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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.

From Akoko's own menu and pages, as we read them in September 2026.

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Jollof at 2 more kitchens

Akoko

West African tasting menu · Fitzrovia

21 Berners Street, London W1T 3LP

A Berners Street restaurant cooking West Africa course by course, at fine-dining pitch. The courses build to jollof, the spiced tomato rice.

On the same menu

Imoyo (turbot, citrus sosu kaani, cordyceps)

Turbot with citrus and sosu kaani, a chilli relish, with cordyceps mushrooms. The fish course before the rice.

Same plate, other kitchens

Jollof: which one?

Akoko and one other kitchen in London all lead with it. What sets each apart, and who it suits:

Akoko
This kitchen
Fitzrovia · Menu checked Sep 2026
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.
Chuku's
Tottenham · Menu checked Oct 2026
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.

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