Louisiana Cookin'

A Taste of Senegal in the Crescent City

MULTITUDE OF CULTURAL AND CULINARY TRADITIONS make up the soul of New Orleans, and despite the success of Cajun and Creole restaurants, there are a new crop of restaurants celebrating other aspects of the city’s cultural past. Chef Serigne Mbaye is determined to blaze new trails with the opening of his concept, Dakar NOLA, and the restaurant was born as a way to celebrate both his own Senegalese heritage and the classic dishes New Orleans is known

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