Top 20 Iconic Dishes in Lagos, NG

🥘 Jollof Rice

A smokey, tomato-based rice dish cooked with a blend of peppers, onions, and spices, often served at parties.

🥣 Pounded Yam and Egusi Soup

Smooth, dough-like mashed yam served with a rich soup made from ground melon seeds, spinach, and assorted meats.

🍢 Suya

Spicy grilled meat skewers, usually beef or ram, coated in a dry peanut-based spice rub known as yaji.

🍲 Ewa Agoyin

Extremely soft, mashed honey beans served with a signature dark, spicy, and smoky palm oil pepper sauce.

🥣 Abula

A classic Yoruba combination of Amala (yam flour), Ewedu (jute leaf soup), and Gbegiri (bean soup).

🍞 Agege Bread and Akara

Soft, stretchy local bread paired with deep-fried bean cakes made from peeled black-eyed peas.

🍛 Ofada Rice and Ayamase Sauce

Local unpolished short-grain rice served with a spicy green pepper stew containing diced offal and boiled eggs.

🍌 Boli and Groundnut

Roasted ripe or unripe plantains served with crunchy roasted peanuts, a quintessential Lagos street snack.

🥣 Pepper Soup

A light, spicy, and aromatic broth made with various meats or fish and indigenous medicinal spices.

🍩 Puff Puff

Sweet, deep-fried dough balls with a chewy texture, commonly served as a snack or appetizer.

🥧 Moin Moin

A savory steamed bean pudding made from a mixture of washed and ground beans, peppers, and onions.

🐐 Asun

Spicy roasted goat meat chopped into bite-sized pieces and sautéed with plenty of onions and habanero peppers.

🥘 Isiewu

A traditional Igbo dish made with a goat head cooked in a thick, spicy palm oil sauce with utazi leaves.

🍖 Nkwobi

A popular evening delicacy consisting of cooked cow foot tossed in a rich, spicy palm oil paste.

🍌 Dodo

Sweet, golden-brown fried ripe plantain slices that serve as a versatile side dish for almost any meal.

🍲 Ila Alasepo

A thick, one-pot okra soup loaded with seafood, beef, and various local seasonings.

🐟 Catfish Pepper Soup

Known locally as 'Point and Kill', this is a fresh catfish broth cooked with intense spices and herbs.

🌯 Nigerian Shawarma

A localized wrap containing grilled meat, sausage, cabbage, and a generous amount of creamy mayonnaise-based dressing.

🥘 Gizdodo

A flavorful fusion dish consisting of gizzards and fried plantains tossed in a spicy tomato and pepper sauce.

🥗 Abacha

Known as African Salad, it is made from shredded cassava, palm oil, garden eggs, and fermented oil bean seeds.