Tasty African Food

Tasty African Food on Longbridge Road is Barking's most visible outpost of West African — principally Nigerian — cooking, part of a small chain with a catering arm that reflects genuine business growth rather than a single-kitchen operation. The menu is a serious exploration of Nigerian comfort food: jollof rice, fried rice and rice and beans as the starchy bases; egusi, efo riro, ogbono, bitter leaf, oha and seafood okro among the soups; and a snack section running to puff puff, meat pies, chicken pies and beef rolls. Grilled and fried proteins — turkey, tilapia, suya, ponmo and dodo gizzard — complete an offer that mirrors what you'd find in a Lagos buka. Barking's substantial Nigerian community makes this a natural and well-supported home.