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Nigerian restaurant in [[Locale Walworth|Walworth]]. According to their menu, the name means "I'm full, Ma!"
Nigerian restaurant in [[Locale Walworth|Walworth]]. It is a smallish shop with a bar and apparently a lower floor (we didn't verify this).
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The ground floor is fairly small, with cafe-style decor, seating only about 20 people. They also have a lower floor available for private bookings, seating up to 50.
[[secretlondon]] and [[Kake]] visited one Sunday in October 2011 believing that there was a buffet on. It turned out not to be happening so we ate from the menu anyway. Kake chose aganyin beans with plantain and meat and secretlondon chose the okra special, described as an 'exotic mix of seafood and stockfish'. This took 30 minutes to be ready so we had starters. secretlondon had garnished assorted meat <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6227861589 photo]</small> and Kake had chicken gizzard suya <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6228380252 photo]</small>. We both chose the Chapman non-alcoholic cocktail <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6227862569 photo]</small> which was nice although I forget what it consisted of.
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[[secretlondon]] and [[Kake]] visited on a Sunday lunchtime in October 2011. We'd thought there would be a buffet on, but it turned out not to be happening, so we ordered a la carte. We were warned that secretlondon's choice of main would take 30 minutes to be ready, so we decided to have starters too.
Kake's starter was rather nice and meaty. secretlondon's starter was stuck together and consisted of various types of offal (tripe etc) with hot peppers. I didn't realise it was going to be offal and found it a bit unmanageable.
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secretlondon started with garnished assorted meat (&pound;5) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6227861589 photo]</small>, which turned out to be various types of offal (tripe, tendon, etc) with hot peppers. I didn't realise it was going to be offal and found it a bit unmanageable, particularly as the different bits seemed to all be stuck together. Kake's starter of chicken gizzard suya (&pound;5) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6228380252 photo]</small> was more manageable, and also well-executed; the gizzards weren't chewy at all, and the raw onion garnish was just right to contrast with the meat.
Kake's beans <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6228405084 photo]</small> arrived with a separate portion of aganyin sauce <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6228405494/ photo]</small> (this was probably just for us as it seems to be more normal to have the sauce on top) and fish which we reckoned was catfish <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6227887869/ photo]</small>.
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Kake's main of aganyin beans with plantain and meat (&pound;8) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6228405084 photo]</small> was also good; very nicely savoury beans cooked to a good softness. Since I'd not had this dish before, they gave me the aganyin sauce on the side <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6228405494/ photo]</small>; normally it would be poured over the top. Even though the beans were good on their own, they were still better after mixing in some of this sauce, which was made from ingredients including ground dried fish and tomato pur&eacute;e. They gave me the option of having meat or fish with this; I chose fish, which turned out to be catfish <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6227887869/ photo]</small>.
secretlondon was asked whether she wanted beef and chicken in her stew - she said yes not realising that it would be offal. The stew was interesting <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6227863069 photo]</small> - it was made of okra that had broken down completely into a glutinous soup. There were some small bits of seafood in it - a few shrimps and some squid. There was also tripe, and cartilage and other things we couldn't identify. I had it with amala <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6228384780/ photo]</small> which is made of yam. It was quite hard to eat and too ambitious really.
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secretlondon's main was the okra special, described as an "exotic mix of seafood and stockfish" (&pound;14) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6227863069 photo]</small>. I was asked whether I wanted beef and chicken in this; I said yes not realising that it would be offal again. The stew was interesting &#8212; it was made of okra that had broken down completely into a glutinous soup. There were some small bits of seafood in it &#8212; a few shrimps and some squid. There was also tripe, and cartilage and other things we couldn't identify. I had it with amala <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6228384780/ photo]</small> which is made of yam. It was quite hard to eat and too ambitious for me really.
It was interesting and next time I will have something less ambitious. I also need to check what 'meat' consists of as I wasn't expecting offal.
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Although they are licensed, we both chose the Chapman non-alcoholic cocktail <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6227862569 photo]</small>, a Nigerian drink made from Fanta, Sprite, and Ribena, garnished with cucumber and citrus fruit. This was nice and refreshing.

No service charge was added to the bill, and when we tried to leave extra to cover this, they wouldn't accept it, insisting that we take all our change.

[[secretlondon]]'s verdict: It was interesting and next time I will have something less ambitious. I also need to check what "meat" consists of as I wasn't expecting offal.

[[Kake]]'s verdict: I'd come back too! I could happily eat those beans again.

Accessibility: A step to get in, but no further steps to the toilet. The tables on the ground floor are fairly close together.

See also:
* Photos of the menu as of October 2011: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/6260947648/ p1], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/6260950488/ p2], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/6260953136/ p3]
* [http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/moyo-ma-london Yelp comments]

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Nigerian restaurant in Walworth. It is a smallish shop with a bar and apparently a lower floor (we didn't verify this).

secretlondon and Kake visited one Sunday in October 2011 believing that there was a buffet on. It turned out not to be happening so we ate from the menu anyway. Kake chose aganyin beans with plantain and meat and secretlondon chose the okra special, described as an 'exotic mix of seafood and stockfish'. This took 30 minutes to be ready so we had starters. secretlondon had garnished assorted meat photo and Kake had chicken gizzard suya photo. We both chose the Chapman non-alcoholic cocktail photo which was nice although I forget what it consisted of.

Kake's starter was rather nice and meaty. secretlondon's starter was stuck together and consisted of various types of offal (tripe etc) with hot peppers. I didn't realise it was going to be offal and found it a bit unmanageable.

Kake's beans photo arrived with a separate portion of aganyin sauce photo (this was probably just for us as it seems to be more normal to have the sauce on top) and fish which we reckoned was catfish photo.

secretlondon was asked whether she wanted beef and chicken in her stew - she said yes not realising that it would be offal. The stew was interesting photo - it was made of okra that had broken down completely into a glutinous soup. There were some small bits of seafood in it - a few shrimps and some squid. There was also tripe, and cartilage and other things we couldn't identify. I had it with amala photo which is made of yam. It was quite hard to eat and too ambitious really.

It was interesting and next time I will have something less ambitious. I also need to check what 'meat' consists of as I wasn't expecting offal.

Last visited by secretlondon and Kake, October 2011.

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