Ibadan's Yoruba Cuisine: Amala, Ewedu & Authentic Street Food
Ibadan is the undisputed capital of traditional Yoruba food — amala and ewedu soup is the city's signature dish, eaten by all classes from street stalls to wedding feasts
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Amala and Ewedu Restaurant
Dark brown amala yam pottage is eaten with ewedu jute leaf soup and gbegiri bean soup — the holy trinity of Ibadan food, served with fried fish or beef in every traditional restaurant
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Ogunpa Market Breakfast
The early morning market in Ogunpa sells ogi pap with akara bean fritters — the traditional Yoruba breakfast eaten with Lipton tea or kunu-spiced cereal drink
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Pepper Soup and Point and Kill
Ibadan's catfish restaurants offer 'point and kill' - customers choose a live fish which is immediately killed, cooked in fiery pepper soup and served in a clay pot
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Ibadan Suya Night Circuit
The Mokola and Iwo Road suya grills operate after dark - seasoned beef, ram and chicken on skewers coated in peanuts and chilli, grilled and eaten standing up
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Egunsifoods Modern Yoruba
The emerging restaurant scene in Ibadan has young chefs reinterpreting Yoruba cuisine – egusi stew with artisanal tofu, ofada rice with modern ayamase sauce and Yoruba cocktails
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Palm Wine on Ile Ife Street
Fresh palm wine tapped before dawn and sold in plastic cups by street vendors in the older city — sweet, lightly fermented and the Yoruba morning drink