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A chop bar is a traditional
Video:Chop bar in Ghana
Restaurants in Ghana {{Ghana-stub
A chop bar is a traditional eatery
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearanc ...
in Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
mostly located in the country's south. Meals are served in local earthenware bowls and foods are usually eaten at the premises. Most of these bars are stocked with local alcoholic drinks with few foreign drinks available. It is a cultural icon of Ghana, and is a favourite of the locals.
Etymology
The term 'chop' is derived from 'eat' in Ghanaian pidjin or cut into pieces in a local context. Chop bars mostly sell indigenous Ghanaian foods likefufu
Fufu (or fufuo, foofoo, foufou ) is a dough-like food found in West African cuisine. In addition to Ghana, it is also found in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, t ...
, banku Banku may refer to,
* Banku (dish)
* Banku (call to prayer)
* Banku, a character in the 2008 Hindi-language film Bhoothnath
''Bhoothnath'' () is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language supernatural comedy film written and directed by Vivek Sharma, s ...
, konkonte, and omotuo (rice balls) with different kinds of soup.
See also
*Ghanaian cuisine
Ghanaian cuisine is the cuisine of the Ghanaian people. Ghanaian main dishes are organized around a starchy staple food, which goes with a sauce or soup containing a protein source. The main ingredients for the vast majority of soups and s ...
References
External links
Video:Chop bar in Ghana
Restaurants in Ghana {{Ghana-stub