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Tastee D's to open Monday

POSTED: Friday, August 7, 2009, 7:27 PM

Filed Under: Openings

Photo | Drew Lazor

Chef Adedotun "Dot" Adepoju tells Meal Ticket his West African eatery Tastee D's, in the former Django at 526 S. Fourth Street, will open to the public this coming Monday, August 10. We had details on the spot back on July 16.

UPDATE: Check out the full menu after the jump. Many of Adepoju's dishes are traditional to his native Nigeria.

Appetizers/Starters

Chicken Wings
Fried chicken wings marinated with tomato blend sauce 8

Dundu Alata
Fried Yam slices with a tomato blend sauce 8

Gizzard
Deliciously seasoned chicken or turkey gizzard, fried and marinated with a tomato blend sauce 6

Meat Pie or Fish Pie
Pastry stuffed with savory beef or fish 5

Moin Moin
Black-eyed peas blended in a savory tomato blend sauce with Corn beef and hard-boiled eggs 8

Plantain
Large bananas fried and served plain or with tomato blend sauce 6

Scotch Eggs
Hard-boiled egg removed from its eggshell, wrapped in a sausage meat mixture, coated in breadcrumbs, and deep fried 8

SNAIL on a bed of lettuce (seasonal)
Succulent seasoned snails marinated in onions, peppers and tomatoes, fried on a bed of fresh lettuce 12

SUYA
Three Grilled beef marinated in a blend of traditional African and Exotic Spices served on a skewer 12

SOUPS

Assorted Meat Pepper Soup
Broth cooked with a blend of African herbs and exotic spices and served with beef, tripe, and cow leg 12

Fresh Fish Pepper Soup
Broth cooked with a blend of African herbs and exotic spices and served with fresh fish 10

Goat Pepper Soup
Broth cooked with a blend of African herbs and exotic spices and served with goat meat 10

Seafood Pepper Soup (seasonal)
Broth cooked with a blend of African herbs and exotic spices and served with seafood 12

SALADS

African Salad
Mix of Cabbage and fresh lettuce, eggs, cucumbers, red onions, tomatoes, cheese with African dressingï¿½ 8

Chicken Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce with grilled chicken with Caesar dressing 8

House Salad
Fresh lettuce, eggs, cucumbers, onions, peas, carrots, tomatoes, cheese, croutons with House dressing 9

Rice Entrees

Steamed White Rice w/ Corned Beef Stew and Plantain
Corned Beef cooked in tomatoes and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices served with Basmati Rice and large bananas fried. 13

Steamed White Rice and Plantain w/ Choice Meat and Efo Elegusi or Efo Riro
Spinach cooked in tomatoes and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices and grounded melon seed or Spinach served with Basmati Rice and large bananas fried. 17

Jolof Rice and Plantain w/ Choice Meat
Deliciously cooked rice in onions, tomatoes and pepper-based sauce with traditional spices and large bananas fried. 18

Jolof Rice and Plantain w/ Choice Meat and Efo Elegusi or Efo Riro
Deliciously cooked rice in onions, tomatoes and pepper-based sauce with traditional spices and Spinach cooked in tomatoes and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices and grounded melon seed or Spinach and large bananas fried. 22

Fried Rice and Plantain w/ Choice Meat
Tastefully seasoned rice stir-fried with mix vegetables and large bananas fried. 16

Fried Rice and Plantain w/ Choice Meat and Efo Elegusi or Efo Riro
Tastefully seasoned rice stir-fried with mix vegetables and Spinach cooked in tomatoes and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices and grounded melon seed or Spinach and large bananas fried. 20

Cous Cous and Plantain w/ Choice Meat
Deliciously seasoned cous cous stir-fried with mix vegetables w/ shrimp and large bananas fried. 15

Plantain and Spinach w/ Choice Meat
Large bananas fried and Spinach cooked with tomato and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices. 12

Bean Entrees

Bean Cake (Moin Moin) and Spinach w/ Choice Meat
Black-eyed peas blended in a savory pepper-based sauce with Corn beef and hard-boiled eggs and Spinach cooked with tomato and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices 14

Beans and Sweet Corn and Plantain w/ Choice Meat
Beans cooked in tomatoes and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices and sweet corn and large bananas fried. 14

Beans and Sweet Corn and Plantain w/ Choice Meat and Efo Riro
Beans cooked in tomatoes and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices and sweet corn and large bananas fried. 18

Also available:

Ewa Aganyi (Beans cooked in palm oil stew)

Ewa Riro (Stewed Beans mixed with peppers)

Yam Entrees

Yam Pottage and Spinach w/ Choice Meat
Cubed yam cooked in tomatoes and pepper-based sauce with crayfish and traditional herbs and spices and Spinach cooked with tomato and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices 18

Yam Pottage and Spinach w/ Choice Meat and Beans
Cubed yam cooked in tomatoes and pepper-based sauce with crayfish and traditional herbs and spices and Spinach cooked with tomato and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices 24

Yam w/ Corned Beef Stew and Choice Meat
Boiled yam and Corned Beef cooked in tomatoes and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices 15

Specialty Entrees

Steamed White Rice w/ Designer Stew and Plantain
Pepper based stew with combination meats served with basmati rice and large bananas fried. 20

Whole Tilapia served w/ Choice Rice and Plantain
Tilapia tastefully seasoned with traditional herbs and spices served with Fried Rice or Jolof Rice and large bananas fried. 30

Vegetable Stews served w/ Cassava/ Rice/ Yam Wraps and Choice Meat

Efo Riro: Spinach cooked with tomato and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices 16

Efo Elegusi: Spinach cooked with tomato and pepper-based sauce and ground melon seed with traditional herbs and spices 16
Ila: Okra blend with traditional herbs and spices 14

Ila Asepo: Okra blend cooked in tomato and pepper-based sauce, palm oil with traditional herbs and spices 18

Ogbono: Okra blend cooked with ground mango seed in tomato and pepper-based sauce, palm oil with traditional herbs and spices 18

Obe Ata: Traditional tomato and pepper-based stew 12

Made to order

Gbegiri: Blended peeled beans, palm oil and traditional herbs and spicesï¿½ 18

Ewedu: Chopped jute leaves, cooked and served with stewï¿½ 18

Cassava/ Rice/ Yam Wraps

Amala: Roasted Yam skin flour kneaded to firm dough in boiling water
Eba: Cassava flour kneaded to firm dough in boiling water
Ground Rice: Rice flour kneaded to firm dough in boiling water
Pounded Yam: Yam flour kneaded to firm dough in boiling water

Choice Meats

Beef Chunks (fried beef in a tomato and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices)

Chicken (baked or fried with traditional herbs and spices)

Fish (fried whiting in a tomato and pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices)

Goat (fried in a tomato pepper-based sauce with traditional herbs and spices)

Kids Menu

Fish and Chips 7

Beans served with plantain and beef or chickenï¿½ 8

Fried Rice served with plantain and beef or chicken 8

Jolof Rice served with plantain and beef or chicken 8

DESSERT

Apple Pie w/ Vanilla Ice Cream 5

Cheesecake 4

Chocolate Fudge Cake 4

Sweet Puff-Puff 3

DRINKS

MOCKTAILS
Sparkling Cider 10/bottle
Tastee Dï¿½s Tropical Thunder 5
Virgin Pina Colada 4

Coffee 2
Tea 2

BOTTLED DRINKS

Bitter Lemon 2
Coke 2
Fanta 2
Lemonade 2
Malt 3

JUICE
Apple Juice 3
Cranberry Juice 3
Orange Juice 3
Pineapple Juice 3

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