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🙂 4/5 - Mostly Hits with One Miss
By 👻 @Jerry M, 03/16/2022 3:00 am
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First time at Swahili Village in DC. Reception and service were excellent. Met by host and given choice of table or booth. Service was quick and attentive without being hurrying. Ambiance is pleasant with a lot of wood accents, neutral colors, and large paintings with African motif. Noise level was moderate, could talk with table mates, but still some buzz. Now for the food. We ordered the Swahili Basket as an appetizer as it came with coated and fried potato slices, a samosa, and a Kenyan sausage. For entrees, my wife had the Nyama Kaanga (cubes of beef sauteed with onion, tomatoes, cilantro and spices), Chapati (Kenyan flatbread) and Kabeji (shredded cabbage with carrots, lightly sauteed. I had Kuku Curry (chicken curry), Spinach sauteed with coconut milk and Jollof (rice with tomatoes, onions, vegetables and spices. And for dessert we shared a dish of Mango Mousse. Overall, everything was gently spiced, and well prepared. The Samosa was crunchy and the beef filling was very good, but it could have used a dipping sauce. The Kenyan sausage reminded of Germany, very light flavor and practically no fat. Potato slices were good as well, with a light batter coating that tasted a little of cumin. The curry chicken was again relatively mild, reminding of Indian (American) butter chicken and the spinach was delightful with just a hint of sweetness from the coconut milk. The Jollof was formed into a cake and rather dryer than I expected it to be, and as with some of the other dishes, it was a very mild flavor, with the tomatoes and onions predominating. My wife's cabbage was very good, with the cabbage and carrots plainly sauteed, but still al dente. Which brings us to the beef. The flavor of the beef, with the tomatoes and onions, we very good, but, only about a quarter of the cubes were edible. The amount of gristle on the pieces was unconscionable. I asked our waiter what the cut of meat was, and he said it was skirt steak. When I asked the host, he said it was round. What it chewed like was the gristle side of a strip steak, with perhaps a 1/2 inch of meat. Very unfortunate, because the dish itself, with the smokiness of the meat and the sauce had an excellent flavor. I don't know if it would be wise or a possibility to ask before ordering whether you can get cubes of the beef that don't have gristle on them, but it would certainly be worth the effort to get the dish because of the flavor. Finally, for the food, the mango mousse was delicious. Now for the bill, the bill is presented with the food and beverage cost, the tax, and a 20% tip (on the food and beverage cost) all added together. Then when the receipt from the credit card is presented, it has just the final cost, and a line for gratuity, and a total. If a patron was not in the habit of checking the bill before giving a credit card, he or she might not know that there was already a 20% charge on the total, and could then give an extra gratuity. All in all we enjoyed the meal, and it was good to be able to compare the East with West African approaches to some of the same types of dishes.
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