L’escale Gourmande - Bamako

Impressed by the hygiene and the many choices of delicious foods

It is in front of hotel Micasa ACI2000 . You can get fresh bread pastries cake croissants chocolate cake . All kind of bakery items. You can order your cake and get it ready as you wants. You can have coffee. It is very good place to have Sunday breakfast. I like this place and bread of this place. You must visit this place.

Great food cozy gets crowded sometime. Always fresh food with great variety. The place is always evolving.

If you're looking for good, traditional Malian food at the lunch hour, look no further than L'Escale Gourmande. It is served buffet style. Start with salads; they have a very nice selection of fresh (and maybe frozen/canned? vegetables to whet your appetite. From there, move on to the main dishes. They usually have a nice mixture of tiguedigue (peanut sauce , okra sauce, fish, beef, and mouton; potatoes, rice, and sauteed vegetables. Sometimes they have fakoye (sp? you'll know from the smell as soon as you step into the restaurant (not my favorite dish or scent . Follow up with a nice dessert of caramel flan and/or millet and sweetened yogurt. Also mint tea. They have just renovated their space and it's very nice. There is a tea house up front and I think a boulangerie. The buffet restaurant is in the building behind that. Bathrooms updated, too. Best part: I've never gotten sick from eating here is two years! That's not something you can say from every restaurant in Bamako.

A very nice place for eating. Every thing is OK there. Self service there