What a great location, just around the block from the famous Pike Market, an amazing culinary delight in itself. This African restaurant has an eclectic look with a hipster meets industrial vibe, exposed piping in the high ceilings and Bob Marley playing in the background. I was here with my aunt, who lives in the Seattle area, whom I was visiting last week.
There is an entire section of the menu for vegetarian food, which of course, I appreciated. We decided to share two vegetarian entrees. The first was the foul (rhymes with "bowl" not "fowl" like the bird) which included fava beans, peppers, tomatoes, onions and the option of adding feta cheese, which we wanted to add too late, apparently because we could not flag down the waiter to ask him to bring some over before finishing our delicious meal. He was the only waiter on duty and the place filled up, so he had his hands full. The second entree was even better than the first -- that was the veggie groundnut, a West African groundnut stew with yams (my favorite), carrots, bell peppers, seasonal veggies and rice. Both entrees came with tasty little salads on the entree plate, too. The spiced tea was a nice treat on a cold day, too. It was so fragrant but the recipe, apparently was top secret, because when we asked the waiter what was in the tea, he informed us that if he told us, he would have to kill us. A little humor to warm us up on a chilly Seattle afternoon.
The lunch bill warmed us, too at a very reasonable $22 total (about $8.50 per entree) for the two entrees and teas. Be sure to also check out the breakfast menu on the website or better yet, in person. I wish I saw that before now. Yum...
Pan Africa Market
1521 1st Ave
Seattle, Washington
206-652-2461
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