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FoodYassa, mafé and other classics
The dishes you will find on every menu.
Yassa is chicken or fish marinated in lemon and onions. Mafé is a peanut-butter stew. Thiebou yapp swaps the fish for meat.
For dessert: thiakry, millet couscous with curdled milk.
Updated on 29 October 2026