Burkina Faso Restaurants

La Gourmandise: People watching from the cafe terrace

by sarahandgareth

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.

Local restaurants: Eating out in Burkina

by sarahandgareth

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...

There a quite a number...

by danieldookan

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.

Jardin Sidwaya: Nice surroundings in Bobo.

by pfsmalo

Nice, pleasant atmosphere under the "paillotes" in a circular garden. Very friendly staff.

Chez Awa: Ouaga

by jeremy73

Good, central and cheap

Narviking's Restaurant Tip

by Narviking