Restaurant Tombouctou

After looking over the restaurant, I decided against eating inside and instead I made an order for takeout at this restaurant. There wasn’t any particularly bad about the restaurant or décor but it was empty and the atmosphere really wasn’t welcoming. There’s market next to the restaurant and a gentleman working there just stood at the counter directly looking over at whomever is at the register/​entrance to the restaurant. The restaurant hostess/​waitress had trouble with English and I couldn’t speak French and she didn’t particularly seem interested in working with me to get me a meal suited to my tastes.
So I ended up ordering the Tiéboudieune ($ 12), which was a dish of fish and rice. The dish wasn’t bad. The rice was good and the fish was dark and possibly fried. The texture of the fish was hard and in some cases, I wasn’t sure if I was biting into fish flesh or bone. There weren’t many veggies in the dish, a couple of carrots, a potato (possible cassava), and a piece of soft cabbage (very similar to kim chi which amused me). The rice was cooked in a tomato sauce and tasted pretty good while the fish wasn’t that great. The dish also came with a salsa like sauce which was quite spicy. Overall, I think the dish really had potential if the fish would’ve been better prepared and there were more vegetables. Perhaps, my food was pre-​cooked and then just reheated but it did take about 10 minutes for my food to be ready so maybe it was just cooked too much.

Restaurant africain un peu petit, mais le décor est bien et la nourriture, succulente (quoique épicée, attention, y aller doucement avec les sauces — je l’ai appris à mes dépens, LOL!).