These days more and more West African restaurants are popping up all over Maryland, and food reviewer ‘Mr. 8 That’ visited one of the newest viral locations that’s taking these flavors and presenting them in a fast-casual bowl format. He recently visited Baltimore’s Cross Street Market, which is home to Jollof Bowl, which many have nicknamed “The African Chipotle.”
Mr. 8 That rates every restaurant using two simple categories: price and taste, each scored on a scale of 1-5. Add the two scores together, and if a restaurant reaches a total of 8 or higher, it officially “8 that.”
Jollof Bowl takes traditional West African dishes such as tomato-and-spice infused jollof rice, spiced plantains known as Kelewele, suya aioli, groundnut BBQ and a variety of different proteins and presents them in a build-your-own bowl format…