Pikine

<div>About Us</div><div>Often times when there is news from a country that does not always make the front page here, it causes me to schedule an outing to eat their food. Other times, the news just happens by coincidence. In between visits to Pikine, a Senegalese restaurant in Harlem, I noticed the over two decades serving president of Gambia was defeated in an election, with street revelling photos to go along with the story.<br><br></div><div>Pikine is a small six table establishment run by three Senegalese women. Two are visible and run the dining room and another is in the kitchen. This third woman briefly came out for a break in her apron, revealing herself as head chef. As in Senegal, I never saw a man cooking. On our first visit, a mixed couple with child and two groups of Senegalese men were dining alongside us.</div>

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