Sunday, November 24, 2019

Triumph African Restaurant

Triumph African Restaurant

Triumph African Restaurant serves West African and Nigerian food seven days a week at 5730 North First Street at the corner of Bullard Avenue. Triumph used to be located in Clovis. Triumph is open from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. Sunday also features a buffet until 4:30 p.m.

Triumph  also has a market section with ingredients for West African food. We arrived on a Saturday for lunch. Everything is homemade so expect some time to prepare the food. They will be happy to explain the menu and recommend dishes for you to try. West African food is completely different from the better known north African (Moroccan) or east African food (Ethiopian) 
https://triumph-african-restaurant-fresno.business.site/


Seating in the Dining Room

English Custard Powder (popular in West African everyday cooking)

Red Palm Oil

Fufu (Pounded Plantain) Mix

African Spices

Egusi - A soup thickened with ground squash seeds popular in West Africa

Pounded Yam - Yams are pounded and then steamed in plastic. The texture is much denser than mashed potatoes. The taste is mild.

Whole Fried Fish with Spinach and  a Nigerian Meat Pie. The sauce can be used on the meat pie or fish (it went perfect with the fish).

Nigerian Beef Pie

Sorrel Drink
Sorrel drink is dark red, a little sour, with a raspberry like flavor; made from the petals of sorrel plant also known as hibiscus flowers. It is popular in west Africa as well as the Caribbean. 

Our Egusi with pounded yam, fried whole fish, and two sorrel drinks came to $55.05 including tax.

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