Assorted stews, Zoe's Ghana Kitchen, The King & Co

Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen at The King & Co dinner

ByQin Xie 08/04/201518/03/2016

Menu from a Ghanaian pop-up dinner by Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen (modern twist on traditional homemade Ghanaian food) at The King & Co with African beers from Kato Enterprises:

Starters

Okra tempura with shito hot pepper sauce

Red red beans with Kelewele chunky plantain chips

Jollof chicken skewers

Mains

Hearty beef, spinach and ginger stew

Zoe’s signature peanut butter stew with mutton

Garden egg (mini white aubergine) stew

Cassava croquettes

Jollof rice

Dessert

Baked coconut and cassava cake

Love Chin Chin banoffee pie

Nigerian Guinness, Zoe's Ghana Kitchen, The King & Co

Okra tempura, Zoe's Ghana Kitchen, The King & Co

Jollof chicken, Zoe's Ghana Kitchen, The King & Co

Assorted starters, Zoe's Ghana Kitchen, The King & Co

Dessert, Zoe's Ghana Kitchen, The King & Co

It’s my first taste of Ghanaian food and I liked it.

It was rustic, spicy and filled with stews, all home-cooked dishes, but it’s nice to try something a little different. The okra tempura and the beef, spinach and ginger stew were particularly good and the cassava croquettes were positively addictive.

The food was served as part of a pop-up at the pub but it now has permanent roots in Brixton

Qin Xie

Qin Xie is a London based food, wine and travel journalist and trained chef.

When not infiltrating Michelin restaurants as a kitchen tourist, she writes about food, drink and travel. Her work has appeared on Yahoo, FT, The Times and CNN.

Her first cookbook, co-authored with YS Peng at Hunan Restaurant, is out March 2014.

According to friends, her watch is always set to UTC -- ready for the next big adventure. In reality, she is happiest at the dinner table or by the sea.