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Congolese beignets
If you’re looking for more fried goodness (because, let’s be real, we can’t get enough!), head to the Taste of Congo food stall. Owner and chef Caroline Musitu’s mikate will have you thinking, “Where have you beignet all my life?” Mikate is a popular street food in Kinshasa, where Musitu grew up. Vendors fry them up early in the mornings just in time for a quick and tasty breakfast. Musitu serves her mikate with a choice of peanut butter (a traditional accompaniment), chocolate sauce, cinnamon powder or powdered sugar.
When Musitu came to Washington more than a decade ago, she realized there were no Congolese food businesses in the state and wanted to share her home country’s street food and national dishes with her new community.
Kids will also love: Ngombe ya sauce (beef stew), grilled mackerel (big enough for two), fried plantains and homemade pineapple or hibiscus juice
Open: Taste of Congo is currently open Wednesday–Sunday.
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