The maquis tasty garba

What is the Maquis tasty garba?

The Maquis tasty garba is the best you can find in the region it's homemade, with love, it's  tasty  and fabulous. This meal is of West African origin and are widely eaten as a diner in the Ivory Coast and making by haoussa men, these  people come from north west of Niger. According to some of the nigeriens haoussa, the name "Garba" means "Boy" and selling by nigeriens haoussa men only . Indeed, it also called in ivory coast : attiéké-fish, zéguen, hay, guéro, ganguatte, concrete, hard or zeh. It consists of attiéké (cassava semolina) and pieces of fried tuna accompanied by chopped fresh peppers and, depending on the variants, tomato and onion, all enhanced by a seasoning cube (mainly the Maggi cube) . It's the most quick and inexpensive meal for young Ivorians. when zouglou arrived, an ivorian musical genre, garba was increasingly popular with ivorians. Garba restaurants called “Garbadromes” have indeed been established along university housing estates such as Yopougon, the place where zouglou was born.

How is garba eaten?

It is usually eaten by hand. However, depending on the time of day when you taste it, it can be accompanied by iced water or fruit drinks like bissap or ginger juice. Indeed in Ivory Coast it is eaten for diner accompanied by a very iced water to take some strength  for the next of the day. It is also used as a breackfast for some people . This meal are ideal for events such as graduate party or even a picnic or friend meet . The Maquis adds this meal to the young's birthday menu when it receives reservations for this type of event

Who can eat garba?

Anyone can eat garba, but youngs like it even more as a diner. Indeed, our founder, speaking of his love for this meal, tells us about an anecdote from his childhood in which he always raced to avoid queuing in front of the salesmen's stand during diner time. And that he arrived some days when it arrived late  there was none good pieces left to sell. So if you ever want to go to the garba restaurant you have to go there early

How to get the garba?

You can have your garba by purchasing it at our restaurant the Maquis for just $ 20 and paired with our trend drink the bissap which is on sale for $ 3.25 when purchased with the tasty garba. However, you can always choose the natural homemade refreshing drinks of your choice to accompany your garba in our menu . We can also have it delivered to you, or you can pick it up in our restaurant or eat it on site by reservation. You can also make your garba at home by following the you- tube