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Seattle’s Taste of Africa in Pike Place Market!

Admin — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:44:06 +0000

The Scene
Bright tiled counters and big windows keep things summery, even on cloudy afternoons, while carved wooden chairs supply a cozy seat for a leisurely lunch break. Thanks to kind service and friends of the owner stopping in, this is the sort of welcoming neighborhood cafe Pike Place Market specializes in, outside of the tourist season.

Pan Africa Market – City’s Best

Admin — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:18:14 +0000

Restaurants serving African food often focus on a single region, but Pan Africa is honestly named, making this one-stop shopping for titillating your taste buds and expanding your horizons. Since eating with your fingers in public is rarely encouraged in adults, the flavorful Ethiopian vegetable and meat combo platters are favorites, served with injera (the spongy, flat, perforated bread made from tef) to transport bites to your mouth. Also try groundnut (peanut) stew with chicken, carrots and yams, a West African staple. Hailing from Senegal, chicken yassa, fragrant with lemon, olives and onion, has an essence of the Mediterranean, as does chicken with dates and apricots. Even southern Africa is represented in a seafood stew originating in Madagascar. Some dishes rotate, so come often to check out the latest. Regulars come and go in this cheery room, more like it’s a neighborhood haunt, not situated in the bustling heart of downtown, and staff is genuinely warm, even on gray days during the frenzied lunch rush. If all seats are taken, settle for takeout. Either way, there will almost certainly be enough for a second meal. — Ginny Morey

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Admin — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:05:30 +0000

Seattle Weekly :: You won’t find a warmer, more tantalizing midpriced restaurant in Pike Place Market. Pan Africa provides the grab-and-go Market scene with a much-needed haven, a place where you can eat West African fare with your hands and bask in the earthy heat of the food and the music. And the place lives up to its name: Though the Ethiopian combo platters are excellent, Pan Africa ventures far beyond that cuisine; this ambitious little eatery also serves up seafood stews from Madagascar and chicken dishes from Senegal.

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Pan Africa keeps you coming back for more

Admin — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:01:10 +0000

Seattle Weekly :: At lunchtime, a rich aroma tantalizes you; mouth watering, you look at the menu and find a dozen disheshalf from Ethiopia, the other half from assorted West African countrieswith names that make your mouth dance when you say them: doro wott, yassa, and piripiri. Add the slow burn of succulent spices, meats, and root vegetables cooked just right, and operatic world beat music in the background, and the stage is set for culinary trysting.

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