Slow-simmered lentil coconut stew: ndengu, with cabbage and chapati. This Kenyan restaurant had planned to open a location in Newark, New Jersey, in late summer; as you might imagine, those plans seem to have been postponed.
Swahili Village (also known as The Consulate)
1990 M St. N.W. (19th-20th Sts. N.W.), Washington, D.C.
202-629-2353
www.SwahiliVillages.com
(From a visit in late winter)
