Rainbow African Restaurant -West African Cuisine Menu

312 E Diamond Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
  • Appetizers & Starters

    • Beef Patty

      Flaky pastry filled with seasoned minced beef and onions.
      $4.75
    • Chicken Patty

      Flaky pastry filled with seasoned shredded chicken and onions.
      $4.75
    • Degue/Burkina

      A sweet yogurt millet dish.
      $4.75
    • Fish Patty

      Flaky pastry filled with seasoned mackerel fish and onions.
      $4.75
    • Hausa Koko Millet

      A soured and hot, spicy, smooth porridge made from millet.
      $9.35
    • Suya Beef Kabobs

      Tender beef slices threaded on a skewer covered in a dry spicy peanut rub seasoning. *contains peanuts*
      $4.75
    • Shrimp Kabobs Jumbo

      Jumbo shrimp kabobs, tossed in a delicious marinade with garlic, fresh herbs and spices.
      $21.50
  • Entrees

    • Beans Stew, Fried Plantain & Fish (Red Red)

      Black-eyed peas cooked in palm oil served with a fried croaker fish and fried plantain.
      $22.80
    • Cassava Leaf

      Made from the leaves of the cassava plant. Made with your choice of meat (beef, goat, fish or chicken). Served with a side of white rice, Jollof rice or Fufu (Plantain).
      $24.25
    • Chofi & Fried Yam

      Fried turkey tails and fried yam. Served with fresh tomato pepper, shito on the side.
      $25.59
    • Fried Fish (Crocker)

      Fried croaker fish with shito, tomato pepper sauce, fresh tomatoes and onions on the side. Served with one side option: Banku, Kenkey, Attieke, Fried Yam, or Fried Cassava(Yuca).
      $23.69
    • Fried Fish (Crocker) & Jumbo Shrimp

      Fried Croaker fish and jumbo shrimp marinated served with shito, tomato pepper sauce, fresh tomatoes and onions. Served with one side option: Banku, Kenkey, Attieke, Fied Yam, or Fried Cassava(Yuca).
      $32.30
    • Ghanaian Style Oxtail

      Stewed oxtail cooked in fresh tomatoes and spices. Served with one side option: Jollof Rice, White Rice or Waakye.
      $28.25
    • Jamaican Style Oxtail

      Oxtail cooked in Jamaican spices and butterbeans. Served with one side option: Jollof Rice, White Rice or Waakye.
      $28.25
    • Jerk Chicken

      Chicken cooked with in Jamaican jerk marinade sauce. Served with one side option: Jollof Rice, White Rice or Waakye.
      $22.89
    • Lamb Suya

      Tender pieces of lamb grilled with dry spicy peanut rub seasoning topped with raw fresh onions. Served with one side option: Fried Yam, Attieke, Fried Plantain, Kelewele or Jollof Rice. *contains peanuts*
      $28.25
    • Light Soup/Pepper Soup

      A spicy tomato based soup. Made with your choice of meat (beef, goat, fish or chicken). Served with one side: Fufu (plantain), Banku, Pounded Yam or White rice.
      $26.95
    • Okra Soup

      Made with okra vegetables cooked with palm oil. Made with your choice of meat (beef, goat, fish or chicken). Served with one side option: Banku, Fufu (plantain), Kenkey, Eba, Pounded Yam, or White Rice.
      $26.95
    • OxTail Light Soup

      A spicy tomato based soup cooked with oxtail. Served with one side: Fufu (plantain), Banku, Pounded Yam or White rice.
      $30.99
    • Palmnut Soup

      The soup is made from a palm nut base. Made with your choice of meat (beef, goat, fish or chicken). Served with one side: Fufu (plantain), Banku, Pounded Yam or White rice.
      $26.95
    • Peanut Butter Soup

      Made with creamy peanut butter based soup. Made with your choice of meat (beef, goat, fish or chicken). Served with one side: Omotuo, Fufu (plantain), Banku, Pounded Yam or White Rice. **contains peanuts**
      $26.95
    • Rainbow Special (Fillet Tilapia & Shrimp)

      Fillet tilapia, jumbo shrimp & a side salad. Served with one side option: Jollof Rice or Banku.
      $32.00
    • Red Snapper (Baked)

      Marinated baked red snapper served with blended fresh tomato pepper and shito. With your choice of banku, attieke, kenkey fried yam, plantain, jollof rice or waakye.
      $32.00
    • Spinach & Egusi

      Made with blended melon seed and spinach and your choice of meat (beef, goat, fish or chicken). Served with one sides: Fufu (plantain) Pounded Yam, Eba, Boiled Yam, Jollof Rice, or White Rice.
      $24.25
    • Tilapia (Baked)

      Marinated baked tilapia served with blended fresh tomato pepper and Shito. Served with one side option: Banku, Attieke, Kenkey, Fried Yam, Fried Plantain, Jollof Rice or Waakye.
      $28.25
    • Tilapia Light Soup

      A spicy tomato based soup cooked Tilapia. Served with one side: Fufu (plantain), Banku, Pounded Yam or White rice.
      $30.99
    • Tomato Stew & Rice (Jollof, Waakye, Or White Rice)

      Tomato stew made with fresh tomatoes, tomato purée and spices. Made with your choice of meat beef, goat, chicken or fish (Croaker). Served with one side: Jollof Rice, White Rice or Waakye
      $22.89
  • Weekends Special

    • Omotuo W/ Palmunt Butter Spinach Soup (Weekend Special)

      Palm-nut butter soup cooked with spinach and made with your choice of meat (beef, goat, chicken or fish). Served with omotuo (rice ball) on the side.
      $25.59
    • Tuo Zaafi (Weekend Special)

      Tuo Zaafi consists of 3 separate dishes, which are combined the meat stew, the ayoyo/jute leaf sauce, and the Tuo Zaafi itself. Made with your choice of meat (beef, goat, chicken or fish).
      $26.95
  • Side Orders

    • Attieke (Side Order)

      Made from fermented cassava that has been grated or granulated.
      $12.00
    • Banku (Side Order)

      Fermented corn and cassava dough cooked into a smooth, white, round dough like ball.
      $8.00
    • Beans Stew (Side Order) *No Meat

      $17.48
    • Chofi (Turkey Tail) (Side Order)

      Fried turkey tails
      $12.85
    • Fried Plantain

      $9.40
    • Fufu (Plantain)

      Made from pounded unripe plantains.
      $9.40
    • Jollof Rice (Side Order)

      A seasoned, tomatoey rice dish.
      $10.15
    • Kelewele (Side Order)

      Fried spicy plantains. Ripe plantains that is mixed with spices and fried.
      $12.00
    • Kenkey (Side Order)

      Made from fermented white corn wrapped in corn husk.
      $8.00
    • Lamb Suya (Side Order)

      Tender pieces of grilled lamb with dry spicy peanut rub seasoning. *contains peanuts*
      $21.50
    • Omotuo (Side Order)

      Steam rice ball.
      $9.45
    • Pounded Yam

      Made from pounded white yams.
      $9.45
    • Red Snapper

      $25.59
    • Salad Bowl

      $7.45
    • Soup Or Stew ONLY

      Side order soup or stew with your choice of beef, goat, chicken, or beef.
      $22.88
    • Shito Jar (Side Order)

      $17.50
    • Baked Tilapia (Side Order)

      $22.89
    • Tuo Zaafi (Side Order)

      Made from corn and cassava. *WEEKEND ONLY*
      $9.45
    • Waakye (Side Order)

      Ghanian Rice and beans cooked with sorghum leaves, which gives it a rich burgundy colour.
      $10.00
    • Plain White Rice (Side Order)

      Steamed plain white rice.
      $7.45
    • Yam (Side Order)

      Cocoyam root vegetable. Comes prepared fried or cooked/boiled.
      $14.79
  • Lunch Special

    • Bean Stew(Red Red) With Fried Plantain **Lunch Special

      Black-eyed peas cooked in palm oil served with a fried fish (croaker) and fried plantain.
      $17.49
    • Spinach & Egusi With Rice **Lunch Special

      Made with blended melon seed and spinach and your choice of meat (beef, goat, fish or chicken). Served with one side: Jollof rice, White Rice or Waakye
      $17.49
    • Tomato Stew & Rice **Lunch Special

      Made with fresh tomatoes, tomato purée and spices. Made with your choice of meat (beef, goat, fish or chicken). Served with one side: Jollof rice, White Rice or Waakye
      $17.49
  • Specialty Drinks

    • Ginger Drink(Emudro)

      Home-made non-alcoholic ginger drink. Made with fresh ginger, water, lemon, pineapple, and cinnamon.
      $4.75
    • Sobolo

      Sobolo is a hibiscus drink made from Hibscus or Roselle petals.
      $4.75

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