I met a few old friends from Samoa in the city last night for dinner at some Senegalese place in the Mission called Bissap Baobab. I was pretty skeptical about the food, having had only one previous experience with Sub-Saharan cuisine, Ethiopian, that left me pretty unsatisfied. But I shouldn't have worried at all. The food, which was larger some kind of protein (I had the lamb) marinated in a delicious sauce and served with couscous, was fantastic. The best was saved for last with the French influenced desserts. The four of us shared a banana flambé and a warm chocolate soufflé a la mode. They were outstanding and made me wish I had done my Peace Corps service in a country colonized by France instead of New Zealand and Germany.