On multiple attempts
When I was touring through Michelin-starred restaurants a few weeks ago, there was one place that I had to postpone up until this week, but the wait was well worth it.
This restaurant, Akoko, is all about the vibrancy and diversity of West African cuisine, which I was not too familiar with, but almost everything was really exceptional, from these tiny appetizers (smoked fish tart with fonio pancake and fermented kombu powder, also a stuffed chicken wing with yaji spice, onion, and mustard powder) to soft pairings (pictured is honedew melon with cucumber water and uda seed):