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African restaurant and art gallery on Drummond Street near [[Euston Station]].

It's quite small inside, with only a dozen seats (they also do takeaway).  The floor is varnished boards, and African masks and other art items hang on the walls (all for sale).

The food <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/5052968638/ menu photo 1]</small>, <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/5052352697/ menu photo 2]</small> is all pre-prepared, and reheated in the bank of microwaves at the back of the tiny kitchen area.

[[Kake]] visited on a Tuesday lunchtime in September 2010.  Arriving around 1pm, I was the only customer for my entire visit.  There was no music playing when I arrived, but the owner put some on after he'd taken my order.

I had the ewa jombolo (steamed tilapia in tomato sauce with beans and smoked prawns; &pound;7.75) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/5052913150/ photo]</small>, accompanied by jollof rice (rice and beans, available in spicy or non-spicy versions; &pound;2.50) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/5052922288/ photo]</small>.

The tilapia was a bit disappointing; the texture of the fish and beans was fine, but the flavour was a bit lacking.  I could see the smoked (dried) prawns in the sauce, but they didn't seem to have imparted any flavour, and similarly although I could see bits of red chillies, there was no detectable chilli flavour or heat.  [http://www.restaurant-guide.com/uk+reviews-more.htm?restaurant=african-kitchen-gallery Apparently] they have a homemade extra-hot sauce that you can ask for, which might have helped, but I didn't know this at the time.  The jollof rice was fine, though, not suffering at all from the reheating process and with plenty of cinnamon flavour.

All their dishes are dairy-free, and the owner confirmed that the vegetarian dishes are also vegan.

Accessibility: A ramp to get in.  Toilets are down a steep narrow staircase with a handrail and a bend in the middle.  It's not obvious when you get down there where the toilet light switch is &#8212; it's a pull-rope just inside the door.

See also:
* [http://niftynoshing.blogspot.com/2009/02/african-kitchen-gallery-restaurant.html Nifty Noshing review]
* [http://www.restaurantspy.com/node/533 Restaurant Spy review]
* [http://comeconella.blogspot.com/2009/04/o-and-i-wandered-onto-drummond-street.html Come Con Ella review]
* [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/5405.htm London Eating comments]

<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], September 2010.</div>

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