Best Dishes and Cocktails Eater Editors Had in NOLA This Week | Eater New Orleans

"With a slew of awards including Eater NOLA’s Best New Restaurant Award in 2023, the kitchen of Chef Serigne Mbaye honors Senegalese cuisine, paying tribute to his mother and to the enslaved Senegalese people brought to Louisiana. One of the most memorable dishes is deceptively simple: the Rice Connection — a cast-iron pot with steamed rice, finely diced bell peppers, and a sprinkling of chives, passed around the table to share among strangers. It was described as “the best rice I’ve ever tasted — each grain perceivable by the tongue, immaculately cooked.” The menu also notes: “In Wolof ‘benachin’ means one pot. In that one pot rice meets magic.” — Erin Perkins, Eater editor, South." - Henna Bakshi