>From: Y C Jow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: From Ebrima Ceesay: Kerr Samba: A Restaurant With a Difference! >Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 16:37:19 EST > >The following is an email from Ebrima ceesay (Coach): > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >--------------------------------------- >Now safely back from my working visit to San Francisco, I want to pay >tribute to my Gambian Brothers and Sisters who have made their homes in this >area of California. > >It was good to meet faces new and old: > >Thank you Sister Sarian Loum for the wonderful "benachin" and "nan mburru". >Good food and good company !! I was so happy to get to know you. By the >way, I miss the beautiful West Coast weather! > >Thank you, my old friend Bekai Keita: we were good friends in our "Darra" >days, and it's excellent to know that you have made the most of your >opportunities. I was really pleased to be able to spend some quality time >with you and wife Haddy Faal: thank you both for making me so welcome. > >Thank you, my name sake, Ebrima N. Ceesay, a Gambian software engineer at >APPLE, for making me feel so welcome to California !! I am praying that all >your dreams for you and yours will come true, and I am looking forward to >welcoming you to the UK. > > > >WEST AFRICAN COOKING AS GOOD AS MY MOTHER'S !! > >It was wonderful to find a Gambian restaurant which serves traditional West >African meals cooked to perfection - and in California ! > >The venue is the KERR SAMBA RESTAURANT on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, CA: - >just over the Bay Bridge from San Francisco. > > >THE OWNER > >Mr J.C.Loum - formerly a Hawks FC soccer player (remember him in the 1985 >Zone 2 Tournament ???) and now a highly successful Gambian Entrepreneur in >California. > >J.C., also known as Jeggan in the area, is a Real Estate Specialist with an >intimate knowledge of the California area: his business interests are >broad, and JC is always around to offer specific and more general advice to >anyone interested in establishing themselves in the US western states. Get >in touch with him to discuss possibilities for yourself. His Office phone: >510 601 8348 > > > >THE RESTAURANT - "Kerr Samba" > > >Conveniently and centrally located in Oakland, just half an hour away from >busy San Francisco city, the restaurant boasts exceptional food, big screen >TV (including the BBC World Channel), fantastic music, and space for close >on a hundred diners. > > > >THE CHEF > >Wonderful West African cuisine lovingly cooked by Senegalese Chef Ndey Gaye >and her team. I ate Chicken Yassa, which was out of this world ! The house >Ginger Juice was fantastic ! > > > >MY VERDICT > >Don't miss it!!!! > >It's worth a long, long journey to eat West African food as good as this, >and in such a pleasing atmosphere. > > >I'LL BE BACK ... AND SOON !!!! > > >Ebrima Ceesay >Birmingham, UK > ><>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > ><>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>