Food & Drink

Typical Gambian dishes include:

• supakania ( okra stew)
• domodah (peanut sauce)
• yasa (fried chicken in onions)
• jollof rice or benachan (a mixture of spiced meat and rice with tomato puree and vegetables)
• base nyebe (rich stew of chicken or beef with vegetables)
• plasas (meat and smoked fish cooked in palm oil with green vegetables)
• chura gerte (boiled rice and peanuts, eaten for breakfast)

As Gambia is predominantly Muslim, all meats are halal, and pork is not offered on menus.

A good selection of wines, spirits and beers are available. The local speciality beer is Jul Brew, and palm wines made from distilled sugarcane or rice are also readily available.