Douala's Food Scene: Pepper Soup, Soya & the Wouri Catch
Douala is the culinary capital of Cameroon — pepper soup with goat or fish, soya street meat, and the freshest Atlantic and Wouri seafood in Central Africa
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Goat Pepper Soup Restaurant
Cameroon pepper soup – a thin, fiery broth with goat meat, offal and aromatic uhiofor leaves – is the dish Cameroonians eat to welcome, celebrate and recover
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Soya Street Meat Night Circuit
Soy is Douala's beloved street food — seasoned beef on skewers grilled on charcoal bowls at night — the soy men line up after dark and trade until the wee hours
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Wouri prawns in black pepper
Fresh estuary prawns from Wouri cooked in black pepper and palm oil sauce — a Douala signature dish available at the waterfront restaurants from 12.00
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Poisson Braisé Beachside
Smoked or grilled whole fish – tilapia, capitaine or barracuda – served with plantain, avocado and pimento sauce at the beach restaurants below Bonanjo
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Douala Lebanese Food Quarter
A significant Lebanese population arrived in Douala in the 1950s — their restaurants and bakeries now serve some of the finest shawarma, falafel and flatbread in West Africa
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Breakfast at La Fourchette
Downtown Douala cafe culture combines French colonial coffee and croissant tradition with Cameroonian beignets and bean patties – breakfast culture more French than French