Abracadabra Magic Food

10/03/2018

We're baaaaack! With our famous (gluten-free) pancakes. Find us at the Dakar Farmers Market: Women's Month tomorrow :)

17/02/2018

Have you heard? Our lunches are back! :) Pick-up only (unless 5+ meals). Two locations. More info + this week's menu...

You can now order Abracadabra lunch for pick-up! We deliver starting at 5 orders.

14/02/2018

Happy Valentine's Day! Our cupid dessert today was local strawberries smothered in 85% dark chocolate from Ghana, stuffed with non-local Nutella (sometimes you just gotta spring!). Treat yourself well today. Team Abracadabra!

25/12/2017

Merry Christmas! Our present to you: the below recipe for a non-alcoholic version of German gluewein (hot mulled red wine). Enjoy! See you in 2018!

Mulled Bissap (Non-alcoholic version of German gluewein)

Ingredients:
2 cups bissap (red, dried flowers)
10 cups water
1/8 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
½ cup fresh squeezed mandarine juice
1 Tablespoon honey (lighter and completely liquid)
10 broad mint leaves
½ teaspoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons zest from lime
10 cloves
Pieces of mandarine rind

Equipment:
Large pot
Stirring spoon that reaches the bottom
Knife
Tablespoon & teaspoon
Strainer

Directions:
1. Stick the cloves into the mandarine rind
2. Put mandarine rinds, bissap, water, cinnamon and mint leaves in a large pot, stir well
3. Put heat on high until it reaches a boil, then turn down to medium. It should have a strong, constant boil. Make sure to stir often to prevent things from sticking to the bottom.
4. After 3 minutes, add the rest of the ingredients (except honey). Stir gently and often.
5. Cook until about 1/3 of the liquid has evaporated or until taste.
6. Slowly stir in the honey
7. Strain out the rinds and cloves

Serve hot!

ADVANCED OPTIONS: you can experiment with Star Anis spice, nutmeg, and using cinnamon sticks

17/11/2017

Join us for something FABulous! "Taste It Dakar", Saturday, Nov 18th (demain!) 11am-4pm in Les Almadies. Okra curry + SnoCones! :)

19/10/2017

Dancing & SnoCones, perfect together! Join us at The Dance HALL - Centre de danses urbaines à Dakar's event this Sunday, October 22nd from 4pm-7pm for dance workshops and musical performances at the CanalOlympia Téranga. (That's right next to the Grand Theatre, just behind the circle there). We'll be there with SnoCones, and a few other treats!

12/10/2017

A big thank you to Dakar Eats for featuring our SnoCones! We'll be back outside EAB today. "Abracadabra Magic Food is helping cool off Dakar with their deliciously flavored shaved ices. Made with mineral water and local syrups, they grind the ice right in front of you and mix in what you want. Bissap, lime, mint, ginger, tamarind, maad, pineapple, strawberry, even a kinkeliba flavor. (On special days, there’s also whipped cream and chocolate sauce on offer.) "

Join our WhatsApp group at 78 128 1254 to stay up to date about where the SnoCone stand will pop up!

05/10/2017

C'est pas le vrai riz du Senegal - c'est la vrai fraude du marketing!

MONUMENT MARQUE sure looks like it's local rice — but if you read the small print it turns out it's imported from Pakistan. As you might know, using local products is one of Abracadabra's core values: we use Riz du Walo — sacks and sacks and sacks of it! 😜 🇸🇳

02/10/2017

SnoCones outside Ecole Actuelle Bilingue this afternoon from 3-4pm — with whipped cream ;) If you'd like to receive notifications about where our SnoCone stand will pop up, add us on WhatsApp: 78 128 1254 and send us a message!

29/09/2017

Mark your calendars! The Dakar Farmers Market will start into the new season on November 4. Join us and many, many other vendors at Marina Bay!

The question has been on everyone’s lips for weeks, and now we finally have the answer: the Dakar Farmers Market will return to Marina Bay in Ngor on November 4 — and of course we’ll be…

28/09/2017

SnoCones at Ecole Actuelle Bilingue today! Need a cold, delicious treat? Watch out for our stand outside EAB on the Corniche today, from 3-4pm! 🍧😻 (cc Kari Masson!)

24/09/2017

We're not carving avocados (yet) — but we’ve been known to shape watermelons into airplanes and sharks. Check out these amazing designs! 🔪🥑

Daniele Barresi is a food carver, and his incredible avocado sculpture is setting off a new art/food avocado art trend on Instagram.