Located in the French Quarter featuring West African Cuisine and showcasing the African roots of Creole cooking.
Bring your own wine with no corkage fee.
Vegetarian Menu available • Daily Lunch Specials
Bennachin Menu
Menu and prices subject to change
DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS
11A.M.- 3P.M.
MBURU AKARA
Black-eyed pea fritters and tomato stew on French bread 10.95
JAMA JAMA NI MAKONDO
Sautéed spinach, fried plantains, and coconut rice 10.95
KONE NI MAKONDO
Black-eyed peas in tomato and onion stew served with fried plantains and coconut rice 10.95
SORSO WOLENGHO NI MANO
Red beans and beef sausage slices served with rice 10.95
BENNACHIN**
African jambalaya or jollof rice served with sautéed spinach 10.95
DOMODA**
Beef and peanut stew served with rice 10.95
YASA
Cabbage, carrots in onion and garlic sauce served with rice or cous cous 10.95
SHIPA SHIPA
Shrimp, celery, ginger in a tomato and onion sauce served with rice 10.95
SISAY SINGHO
Baked chicken leg and thigh, served with sautéed spinach, fried ripe plantains, and coconut rice 10.95
COPE NI CONE
Boneless chicken and broccoli, sautéed in ginger and garlic sauce, served with rice 10.95
BAHAM
Sautéed vegetables in ginger, onion, garlic sauce served with rice or cous cous 10.95
JAMAICAN CHICKEN
Baked chicken seasoned with homemade spices in a Carribean sauce served with sauteed vegetables and white rice 10.95
**These entrees may be served without meat, if desired
NSOUKI - SOUPS
1. Sorso Jambakero / Vegetables 7.00
2. Nsouki Lappa / Beef sausage, smoked turkey gumbo 7.50
3. Cone / Kidney Bean 7.00
4. Cope ni Ndowa / Chicken Noodle 7.00
5. Sorso Nessing / Lentil 7.00
NDEK BIJEK - APPETIZERS
6. Doh Doh / Fried ripe plantains 6.00
7. Akara / Black-eyed pea fritters 6.00
8. Lieo Sisay / Honey glazed chicken 7.00
9. Poulett Fricasse / Boneless chicken on the stick 5.00
10. Nyeaturing / Fish pie 7.00
11. Oleh-leh / Black-eyed peas, eggplant, and smoked fish 7.00
DOMORO NDIGHO - SIDE ORDERS
12. Jama-Jama / Sauteed spinach 6.00
13. Mandowa / Steamed broccoli 6.00
14. Fu-fu / Pounded yams (cassava) 6.00
15. Monde Cone / Coconut rice 6.00
NOUKA
BEEF, LAMB
16. Kembel-Lappa/ sautéed lamb strips, bell pepper in ginger sauce served with rice or broccoli 17.95
17. Naouki-Ngond**(Egusi Soup)/ Beef, garlic, ginger, spinach in ground melon seed sauce served with fufu or rice 17.95
18. Ndole**/ Beef, spinach, ground fresh peanuts in ginger and garlic sauce served with fried ripe plantains and coconut rice 16.95
19. Sauci Marine/ Beef, potatoe in onion and ginger sauce served with rice or cous cous 16.95
20. Soup-ah-Kanja**(Okra Soup) / Beef, okra, spinach served with rice or fufu 16.95
21. Domoda** Beef, ground roasted peanut stew served over rice 16.95
22. Bennachin**(Jollof Rice)/ Jambalaya served with sautéed spinach 16.95
23. Sorso Wolengho ni Mano**/ Red beans, beef sausage chunks served over rice 15.50
24. Apricot Lamb/ Baked lamb in ginger, garlic sauce served with broccoli and cous cous or rice 17.95
NOUKA MALAPE
SEAFOOD
25. Nyeo/ Steamed tilapia fillet in ginger and garlic sauce served with fried ripe plantains, sautéed spinach, and coconut rice 17.95
26. Janga/ Sautéed shrimp and vegetables served over cous cous or rice 17.95
27. Shipa-Shipa/ Shrimp, celery, ginger in tomato gravy served over rice 17.95
28. Chobi ni Malang(Fish Stew)/ Tilapia fillet, celery, onion in savory red sauce served with rice 17.95
29. Thiebujin/ African jambalaya cooked with tilapia fillet 17.95
30. Sauci Majanga(Potatoe and Shrimp Stew) Shrimp, potato sautéed in ginger, garlic sauce served with rice or cous cous 17.95
31. Steamed Tilapia/ Tilapia served with vermeseh, zucchini, carrots, and squash 17.95
COPE
POULTRY
32. Nsouki Alyse/ Boneless chicken, shrimp, and cashews in a thick light brown gravy served over rice 17.95
33. Cope ni Cone/ Boneless chicken, broccoli, ginger, and garlic sauce served over rice 16.95
34. Cope Mustard/ Chicken breast broiled in mustard sauce served with boiled potato and broccoli 16.95
35. Cope ni Makondo/ Marinated grilled chicken breast served with fried ripe plantains, sautéed spinach, and coconut rice 16.95
36. Sisay Dourang/ Boneless chicken and roasted peanut in a thick light brown gravy served over rice 16.95
37. Yasa**/ Chicken, cabbage, carrots served over rice or cous cous 16.95
38. Sisay Singho/ Baked chicken leg and thigh served with fried ripe plantains, sautéed spinach, and coconut rice 16.95
39. Jamaican Chicken / Baked chicken seasoned with homemade spices in a Carribean sauce served with sauteed vegetables (cabbage, zuchinni, squash and Carrots) and white rice 16.95
NGI-NOUKA
VEGETABLES
40. Bikai ni Curry/ Eggplant, mushrooms, bean sprouts in a curry sauce served with cous cous or rice 16.95
41. Jama Jama ni Makondo/ Sauteed spinach, fried ripe plantains, and coconut rice 15.95
42. Kone ni Makondo/ Black-eyed peas in onion and tomato stew served with coconut rice and fried ripe plantains 15.95
43. Nsouki Jakatu/ Stir fried eggplant and vegetables served with cous cous or rice 15.95
44. Baham/ Broccoli, cauliflower, carrots in light ginger sauce served with cous cous or rice 15.95
45. Jambo/ Sautéed zucchini, squash in ginger sauce served with vermesh 15.95
** These entrees may be served without meat, if desired
BIN’NE
DESSERTS
Makube/ Banana Tropicana 7.00
Shakari/ Cous cous in yogurt sauce served with pineapples, shredded coconut, and raisins 7.00
Makondo Yogurt/ Fried plantains with yogurt sauce 7.00
Thank you for sharing some of our African culture.
The languages on our menu come from:
The Bassa people of Cameroon
&
The Mandinka people of Gambia
Place Categories: African Resataurants, Cuisine, Features, Free Corkage Nights, Outside Catering, Personal Wines Welcome and Vegetarian Restaurants