Join your host Melody at her apartment in Logan Square for an African-inspired meal. Start with a welcome drink and small snack of fried plantains - a specialty Melody loves and makes for every experience! Then enjoy a main dish of peri-peri chicken - finger-licking, baked chicken marinated overnight in fresh peri-peri peppers (bird's eye chili), red onions, garlic, paprika, oregano, ginger & lime zest. Your delicious peri-peri chicken will be served with jollof rice, a popular west African rice dish cooked in a savory tomato stew and infused with fresh mint, as well as African salad.
This experience is not child friendly.
This is just a sample menu to give you an idea of the types of dishes the host cooks. Your menu will vary according to seasonal availability.
Peri-peri chicken: Finger-licking, baked chicken marinated overnight in fresh peri-peri peppers (bird's eye chili), red onions, garlic, paprika, oregano, ginger & lime zestJollof rice: Popular west African rice dish of long grain rice mixed and cooked in a savory tomato stew and infused with fresh mintAfrican salad: A unique salad that will go great with the rice & chicken. This salad is a combination of lettuce & cabbage, grated carrots, baked beans, eggs, tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet corn and what we call 'salad cream'Fried plantains: Sweet plantains fried until golden brown. (I have them at every meal)Melody is an amazing cook and loves crafting African-inspired dishes. She grew up in Nigeria and now calls the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago home. Her guests have described her meals as an explosion of flavors inspired by her time growing up in Africa. Melody's cooking is inspired by her mother, who even wrote a cookbook called "Dishes of Africa", and Melody's cooking is always filled with love. Join her for an amazing evening and be introduced to the incredible flavors of Nigerian and African cuisine.
"What a fun and delicious meal share! Melody was such a welcoming host, and the dinner she made was absolutely delicious. I honestly couldn't stop eating the rice even after I was full :) Thanks for everything, Melody!"
