Old Basford · Nottingham NG6 0HN
Nigerian food in Nottingham, cooked properly
Egusi with pounded yam. Ogbono with its draw. Assorted-meat pepper soup that clears your head. Suya off the fire with yaji and onion. Party jollof and fried rice like an owambe. This is the Nigerian side of the African Base kitchen — Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa favourites, cooked by people who know the difference.
Old Basford, Nottingham NG6 — ten minutes from the city centre. Eat in, take away, or Deliveroo to your door.
Soups with pounded yam, eba or wheat
Egusi, ogbono, okro and vegetable soup, each cooked with palm oil, stockfish, crayfish and assorted meat, served with the swallow you choose. Isi ewu — goat head, Igbo style — for the celebration table.
Pepper soup and small chops
Assorted meat, smoked goat, chicken and fish pepper soup, hot with uda and uziza. Beef and chicken suya, peppered gizzard, puff puff.
Rice for the party
Smoky jollof, Nigerian fried rice with liver and vegetables, white rice and red stew — with chicken, beef or turkey wing.
Questions answered
- Where can I eat egusi in Nottingham?
- African Base in Old Basford serves egusi with pounded yam, eba or wheat every day. Book a table or order for collection.
- Do you make suya?
- Yes — beef and chicken suya with yaji spice, grilled to order. Contains peanuts.
- Can you cater a Nigerian party?
- Yes — jollof, fried rice, small chops and soups in trays for 20 to 200 guests. Send a catering enquiry.
Find us
Unit D, Bar Lane Industrial Estate
Whitemoor Road, Old Basford
Nottingham NG6 0HN
- Kitchen Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
- 12:00–20:00
- Kitchen Sun
- 13:00–20:00
- Tue
- Closed