Jollof Rice with beef and chicken
I'll make this short and sweet, because the indigestion I had after eating there already made this food-memory much longer lasting than planned or was necessary. After my friend and I collectively tried two appetizers, two entrees with three different proteins and three different sides, the only thing I would re-order was the Jollof rice with beef and chicken. The rice had a flavor that almost reminded me of Indian food and both the beef and chicken were tender and moist. But the entire meal lacked a completeness of flavor. Either too spicy, or not enough, too dry or bland. Even the fried plantains, which, lets face it, are really hard to mess up, were bland with little sweetness. Despite all of this the most dissapointing part was the borderline ineptness of the waitstaff, and Funmi herself, to guide us through the menu. We were open to anything, literally anything, and even after specificaly asking for help, just left to fill in the blanks for ourselves.
Ultimately just too many other good restaurants in the area to go back.
Insert my really, really sad pouty face here.
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Funmi's Cafe (Modern Nigerian Cuisine):
FKS Scale (1-10): 3
Pros: great company (thanks, Wade!); BYOB&W (double thanks, Wade!); close to my house
Cons: wanting desperately to like this place but being let down; sad, pouty faces
I would like to comment about funmi's cafe.i never had Nigerian food before, until my friends told me about funmi's cafe and said they have very very good food! So i decided to go there to eat..And I love the fried plantains.My favorite dish was Jollof rice with goat meat.. It was very tasty and good! As for the wait staff . I got excellent service, like i said i never ate the food before and they helped with the menus and funmii came out to ask how we liked our food..Funmi is a very wonderful women and her waitstaff is also.. they were helpful to me!Now my question is too u is. Was the food Moist and Tender or Dry and Bland? Also why would u go back if u got "INDIGESTION" ?...MAYBE U SHOULDN'T BE EATING THIS TYPE OF FOOD! I mean indigestion is a sensitivity or allergy to certain food substances.Just saying that maybe u shouldn"t eat this kind of food..I never had a problem with the food..And ive already tried almost all the food and i love eating at Funmi's cafe!!
ReplyDeleteOh by the way u should check out http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/funmi%E2%80%99s-shows-off-the-flavors-of-nigeria and.....http://leoweekly.com/dining/funmi%E2%80%99s-shows-flavors-nigeria
ReplyDeletedead zombie - appreciate the comment! like, I said, wanted to love it and I had read the reviews. my meal was all over the place.
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