Kuti. If you're familiar with the name, you've already been to Montreuil, where the first Kuti restaurant opened its doors last year. Now, no need to cross the ring road, Kuti has opened a new address in Strasbourg Saint-Denis !
A cheerful canteen for lunch, plates to share, natural wines and cocktails for dinner, and a certain idea of modern African gastronomy that pays homage to family kitchens and culinary cultures. The restaurant's founder, Franco-Cameroonian Antoine Lecocq, took the time to travel around Africa for 7 months, meeting local chefs and seeking out age-old traditions and know-how.
The result is an urban pan-African cuisine, from Ghana to Nigeria and Senegal. With a focus on African street-food, right down to the decor of this street-side restaurant, inspired by Ghanaianchop bars.
There's no mafé or yassa here, but rather a contemporary vision of African gastronomy, such as masa (an incredible Nigerian pancake made from fermented rice flour, halfway between flat bread and pancake) which, while traditionally served as an accompaniment to a stew, takes center stage on Kuti 's plate, in both sweet and savory versions.
You'll love the amazing masaFried Chicken (11€ a pair) with its juicy, crispy fried chicken , ginger-baobab mayonnaise, piri-piri sauce, hibiscus-infused pickles and plantain chips; or the masa Yassa (€12 per pair), with meltingly tender shredded lamb, yassa onions, allocos (fried plantains), piri-piri sauce, plantain chips and penja pepper to give it all a kick.
On the comfort side, Kuti also offers kondré, a plantain stew dish from Cameroon (here in a vegetarian version with peppers, onions, wild garlic, coconut milk and habanero pepper), Kenyan salad (6€) with mango, avocado, tomato, cucumber, red onion and mint; as well as beef plantain balls, potato, plantain and ground beef fritters, fried with gari breadcrumbs (cassava semolina) and served with a homemade BBQ-baobab sauce.
The Yassa Burger (14€), served on the adjacent table, caught our eye, but we opted for the Jungle Beat (14€), a fried chicken version of mafé, with yellow rice, barely sweetened peanut sauce, allocos, spinach and Penja pepper. Simmered dishes are also available in beef or vegetarian versions. There's a wide range of vegetarian and vegan dishes for those concerned, as well as spicy dishes for the adventurous who like a challenge.
With a great freedom of tone, Kuti mixes inspirations, preparations, condiments, sauces and techniques from different African nations in the same dish, giving the whole a palette of unprecedented flavors and textures. What a treat!
To continue the journey, the desserts - banana and chocolate fritters (7€), masa choco and peanut butter (9€), panna cotta with hibiscus coulis (6€) - are ideal, but unfortunately we had no room left, as the dishes are served in very generous quantities.
But don't miss the homemade bissap juice (5€) or the homemade ginger juice (5€), both desugared but absolutely enchanting. With Bomaye just a few blocks away, Kuti is already establishing itself as a must-visit pan-African address in the capital.
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Location
Kuti
6 Rue des Petites Écuries
75010 Paris 10
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