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At Levels Nigerian Cuisine, the food is unabashedly bold. 

Central to both Nigerian cuisine and the menu is Jollof rice: richly spiced and simmered in a tomato sauce and scotch bonnet peppers, it delivers smoky punch and fruity heat with each bite. Jollof is available as a side, or as an entree in the Party Jollof rice plate, served with your choice of beef, chicken or signature goat meat and dodo (fried plantains) – their starchy sweetness is the perfect foil. 

The efo riro, a vegetable stew made with spinach and beef (though a vegetarian option is also available), is served with pounded yams, or fufu. The texture of the fufu was fantastic – silky and bouncy. Its neutral flavor balanced the stew and gave it some heft for a satisfying dish.

1405 Washington Ave., St. Louis, 314.571.9990, levelsstl.com

This article appears in November 2023.

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