5/29/2023 0 Comments Buka nigerian restaurant oakland![]() ![]() 1 selling sambusas or the Jubba wraps - marinated and grilled chicken, beef or tilapia with veggies wrapped in fresh-baked chapatti ($11-$12) - which are great on the go. Known for its generous “sports plates” for two ($35), Jubba is a popular spot to get your fix of juicy chicken suqaar ($18) with onions, veggies and spices, and roasted goat cutlet with basmati rice. The Bay Area’s only Somali restaurant, Jubba is tucked behind the VTA light rail parking lot in San Jose’s Blossom Valley neighborhood. Details: 6430 Telegraph Ave., Oakland Jubba Restaurant, San Jose Don’t miss veggie options and two types of Ethiopian honey wine. ![]() Standouts include Siga Alicha ($13.95), tender beef cooked with onions, garlic and ginger in a tangy turmeric sauce, and Doro Wot ($15.95), chicken on the bone, cooked with berbere sauce - spicy with chili powder, says our critic - and served with hard-boiled egg. Ross Cameron/Bay Area News Group) Barcote Ethiopian Restaurant, OaklandĬombo plates are the star at this family-owned restaurant, which sits in the middle of the East Bay’s Ethiopian cuisine corridor that stretches from Uptown Oakland to Berkeley. Details: 22431 Foothill Blvd., Hayward Barcote co-owner Mulu Reda, left, sautees a dish in the kitchen of the Temescal neighborhood restaurant on Wednesday, Oct. Don’t forget the puff puff, sweet and soft yeasted dough balls. ![]() Helmed by a second-generation restaurateur from Lagos, Golden Safari specializes in traditional soups ($16), including egusi and ogbono, made with ground African mango seed, peppers and palm oil, as well as spicy jollof rice with beans ($12) and crowd-pleasing chargrilled chicken suya ($12). This West African restaurant has been serving up Nigerian specialties to the East Bay since 2017. Here are five restaurants from San Jose to Pleasant Hill to get you started. While they may not be as familiar or as widely available in the Bay Area as Moroccan tagine or Ethiopian doro wat, with a bit of exploration you can find these Senegalese, Nigerian and Somali dishes and others from the massive, multicultural continent. Popular dishes from three different African countries. ![]()
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