Evette Quoibia (La Gout Afrique) - a milk bar with West African food?

Published: Nov. 29, 2023, 9:51 p.m.

b"What do you get from a milk bar? Cheezels, ice cream, emergency Tim Tams...What about jollof rice, fried plantain and fufu? That's what's on offer at La Gout Afrique, a classic Aussie corner store that\\u2019s also a surprising West African restaurant. We talk to owner Evette Quoibia, who is showcasing food from Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire and Ghana in the Melbourne suburb of Reservoir. Evette imagined Australia as a paradise before she arrived as a 15-year-old refugee. Has the reality lived up to the fantasy?\\n\\nhttps://instagram.com/lagoutafrique?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA==\\n\\nFollow Dirty Linen on Instagram\\n\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast\\n\\nFollow Dani Valent\\n\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/danivalent\\n\\nFollow Rob Locke (Executive Producer)\\n\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/\\n\\nFollow Huck (Executive Producer)\\n\\nhttps://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/\\n\\nLISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS\\n\\nhttps://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork\\n\\nDirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it\\u2019s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues.\\xa0\\nDirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network."