Dimaensa

We ended our day in Accra with a wonderful dinner at Dimaensa Restaurant. Dimaensa is a Twi word which means 'eat it all' and we came pretty close to doing just that.

We were the only non-locals there, and it would have been really difficult without Lady and Junior to translate (linguistically and culturally). Lady ordered the meal for us which consisted of various types of stew served with fufu.

The previous day we tried banku, so Lady wanted to make sure we had the opportunity to try fufu, which is made from boiled cassava and plantain pounded together using a mortar and pestle.

The food took quite some time to prepare, but was both beautiful and delicious when it made it to the table.

The waitress brought out wash basins and pitcher of water to wash our hands. After we were finished, Lady instructed us in the traditional way of eating fufu with the right hand.

We had a great meal and enjoyed great company! In addition to Lady and Junior we were joined by Jarvis, a professor at Harvard who happened to be in town for a conference. He met him at the W.E.B. DuBois museum and all loved having him join us for the rest of the afternoon.Read more