HeriTogo
Heritage & travel in Togo
Fufu (or Foufou) is the festive and Sunday dish par excellence in Togo. It is a heavy, smooth, elastic and creamy paste, obtained by vigorously pounding pieces of boiled yams in a wooden mortar using large pestles. Served hot, it is traditionally eaten with the fingers, taking small balls which are generously dipped in a fragrant liquid sauce.
• Although consumed throughout West Africa, yam-based fufu has deep roots among the people of the Plateaux region of Togo, where the fertile land produces the best varieties of yams (notably Laboko). Historically linked to celebrations of the first harvests (such as the traditional Odon Itchou festival in Atakpamé), pounding fufu is an art that requires synchronization, strength and real rhythmic know-how between the one who pounds and the one who turns the dough.
It must be accompanied by a sauce rich in meat (beef, mutton, bicycle chicken) or fish. The most emblematic sauces for fufu are seed sauce (based on palm nuts), peanut sauce or clear sauce (spicy broth), often garnished with fresh green chili pepper.
Centre-ville / Place de l'Indépendance
Place de l'Indépendance, Hôtel 2 Février, Lomé
Budget ~ 8000 – 25000 FCFA
Nyékonakpoé
29, Avenue Nicolas Grunitzky, Quartier Nyékonakpoé, face à la Mairie, Lomé
Budget ~ 2500 – 5500 FCFA
Totsi
Totsi, en face d'Ecobank, à côté de la pharmacie de la Nation, Lomé
Budget ~ 5000 – 15000 FCFA
Nukafu
Nukafu, Boulevard Jean Paul II, en face de la station T-Oil, Lomé
Budget ~ 1000 – 100000 FCFA
Agoè
Agoè Anomé (Agoè 2 Lions), face à l'Hôtel La Maison Blanche, entre les carrefours Bodjona et 2 Lions, Lomé
Budget ~ 1000 – 6000 FCFA
Bè
2ème ruelle à droite après le Collège Saint Joseph, quartier Bè (vers Centre Culturel Denyigban), Lomé
Budget ~ 5000 – 15000 FCFA
Amoutiévé
Rue Mampo, 3ème rue à gauche en quittant Deckon pour Colombe de la Paix, non loin de la station Total, Amoutiévé, Lomé
Budget ~ 5000+ FCFA
