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Cheap restaurants abound in most towns: they're often called 'maquis', and you can usually get a large bowl of rice or pasta and sauce, and sometimes a bowl of salad, for the equivalent of a couple of dollars or euro.
The two most common dishes in such places are riz sauce and riz gras. The first is plain rice covered in a sauce, the second rice cooked in fat, and flavoured with tomatoes and spices most of the time. There's often a piece of meat in there, too. Vegetarianism is still a pretty strange concept for most Burkinabe, who would be only too happy to have some meat from time to time, and if you say you don't eat meat, it may simply be plucked out our bowl and popped back into the pot. Riz gras is cooked in animal fat, incidentally (and it tastes much better than the description might imply).
Other common sauces are sauce arachide, with peanuts, and sauce yassa (from Senegal), with onions.
The local staple - more important than rice, which is cultivated in the south of the country - is tô, a sort of dough made from millet or sorghum; balls of it are used to scoop up the sauce. I didn't see it served that frequently in the maquis.
Sauce arachide, with loads of flavourful peanuts, is delicious, and often very cheap. Leave a Comment
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This was the only place open close to "Les Cocotiers" at 10 o'clock at night. As I had been travelling from Segou in Mali since 11 that morning, I went in and was pleasantly surprised. The food was good, a friendly welcome and very, very cheap. A bit spartan but when you're hungry.... Leave a Comment Theme: AfricanPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveAddress: avenue de la RevolutionDirections: 200 metres from the main Town hall, 400 from "Les Cocotiers"
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Braised capitaine, succulent. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveAddress: route du MandogaraPhone: 20 91 07 99Directions: Turn left coming out of Hotel Comoé at about 300 metres.
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Before venturing outside the city, Mamadou (see general tips on guides) and I would drink coffee at a sidewalk cafe in Bobo Diaoulasso. The coffee was served in bowls, and one drank it holding the bowl with both hands. I mixed in milk. Good coffee is available in a few places, but often Nescafe was the only option available. At this one particular place, the name of which I can't recall, fruit and very nice pastry was also available. Typically, one could also wait for eggs and other breakfast foods to be prepared. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensiveAddress: Central Bobo Dioulasso, near the Marche'
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 Full moon over the garden by pfsmaloLeave a Comment Theme: Eclectic/InternationalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: place Tiofo-Amoro, Bobo DioulassoPhone: 00 226 20 97 07 73Directions: When you are facing the train station, this restaurant is just to the right in the forecourt.
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This restaurant is located in the center of Ouagadougou and it is the only palce ion Burkina Faso that can close over the summer holiday as they have customers all year round. Owned by a Frenchmand and his Burkinabe wife it is a family run place, most of the waiters and cooks emplyed are from the wife's family.
they make pizzas and Italian and French food
My favourite would have to be the pizzas, all of them, and the nile perch skewers (brochette du capitaine) and to end it all- passion fruit and mango ice cream. Leave a Comment Theme: PizzaPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: opposite the central post officeDirections: centre of Ouagadougou
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This is probably one of the best people-watching spots in all of Ouagadougou (at least if you're interested in seeing both locals and tourists; if tourists are your preference, then go to a hotel pool bar!).
From the terrace, you can see over one side of the market, especially the bike/moped park, and the chaotic street corners, with people, bikes and cars competing for space.
There are good pastries here, and savory food too, but often just a cold drink will do the trick. They encourage lingering: most people find themselves going back to order several things over the course of an hour or two. Leave a Comment Theme: BakeryPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: Grand Marché (south-eastern corner)Directions: The café is upstairs, on the terrace. There's usually a stream of people going up and down.
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There a quite a number scattered in the centre-ville of bobo-diuolasso.The fovourite is black.
The price is always affordble,cool athmosphere,with a lot of live musical performance.
De-pain with yaourt is a special delight. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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It is widely adviced that no traveller should consumpt tap water due to health safety reasons. This rule applies to Burkina as well. Luckily there are bottled water brands (Jirma, Lafi) and bottled water can be easily found almost everywhere (even road side canteedns) and it's what you get when you order water in the restaurants. Where electricity is provided it can be cold as well. Surprisingly enough water in some cases was more expensive than to drink beer!! You could even pay for a 1.5lt bottle 1.5€ Theme: Local
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