Ngala Lodge Restaurant
Gambia
Ngala Lodge Restaurant in Bakau looks to the Atlantic for much of its menu, with seafood, lobster and local fish joined by pasta, salads and slow-cooked meat. Executive chef Peter Vanstalle leads a kitchen that changes its specials with the ingredients available. Barracuda fish cakes and roasted captain fish with a Provençal herb crust give local catches different treatments. Bouillabaisse brings lobster, prawns and fish into a tomato and saffron broth, while domoda offers a Gambian alternative through beef in a spicy peanut sauce. Papaya crème brûlée and ice creams flavoured with wonjo, mango or peanut extend the regional ingredients into dessert.