Teranga

Appetizers: $6-$8
Entrees: $14-$17

"Teranga" means hospitality.

While the small beer and wine list has some intriguing choices--South African Tukulu Estate pinotage, Haitian Prestige lager--the freshly made non-alcoholic juices are gorgeous: including a spicy ginger, cherry-like hibiscus-based bissap and creamy bouye flavored with baobab fruit.

In Boston’s South End is cozy Senegalese restaurant Teranga. Start with nems, the Vietnamese-inspired spring rolls, and accara, fried balls of seasoned black-eyed pea batter. The “salade ordinaire” is a blend of mixed greens, potatoes, beets and boiled eggs in a coconut-lime dressing. We also recommend Senegal’s national dish, thiebou djeun, flaky white fish slow-cooked with herbs and root...

The unusual food and beverages, reasonable prices, elegant dining room, and friendly service make Teranga ("hospitality" in the Wolof language) one of the best deals in Boston. Chef-owner Marie-Claude Mendy's Senegalese cuisine, with its French and Vietnamese influences, is a marvel. Start with croquettes de poisson (fish cakes) or fataya (spiced-fish turnovers) rather than nems (spring rolls),...

South End Senegalese restaurant Teranga may have glints of familiarity in its bright Afro pop and jazz and the Vietnamese spring roll-esque nems, a ubiquitous Senegalese snack. But to the...

In the Senegalese culture, Teranga means "hospitality": the love and art to welcome, entertain and feed guests. It is a marriage of African (especially Senegalese) and French cuisine. Most of the dishes are borrowed from the Senegalese culture to reflect the owner's roots. However, Teranga aims to represent as many African countries as possible. Dishes from Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, the Gambia,...