Peanut stew (also maafe or mafe) is a staple in West African cuisine made from steak, lamb, or chicken with a base of aromatics, tomatoes, and peanut butter.
This spicy stew is rich and creamy and best served with rice. If you're not great with heat, use half a Scotch bonnet in this dish.
HOW TO EAT FOUFOU Pinch off a little bit of the foufou and mold it into a small oval ball with your palms. Make a small indentation in the fufu and use this indentation to scoop up some of the soup or stew, then swallow. Yes, I said swallow – no chewing! The ”chewing instinct”...
In addition to coffee and tea, the hand-drawn menu board at The Monkey Cup also depicts a weekend-only roster of Venezuelan arepas. I'm told that the shredded-chicken "reyna pepiada" is the most popular, but on the day of my visit it was the prosciutto-heavy "el younas" that had ...