Name: AKADI PDX
Telephone: +1 503-477-7138
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.99

This consisted of crisp, but tender grilled, charred cabbage with grilled onions and carrots, toasted egusi (melon seeds), Negro pepper spices, and parsley chili oil in a luscious, lively, creamy sauce. It was so good. #grilledcabbage #westafricanrestaurant #westafricanfood #ivorianfood #BlackOwnedBusiness #blackwomanownedbusiness #pdxvegan

Yassa Cabbage

pdxveg4 474 avis

This consisted of umami-rich oyster mushrooms marinated in house ginger garlic soy sauce, grilled and served with fresh tomatoes and grilled onions, lively mustard sauce, spicy hot chili sauce, and tender, sweet, caramelized plantains. It had wonderful mix of delicious contrasting flavors. #vegandibi #grilledmushrooms #westafricanrestaurant #westafricanfood #ivorianfood #BlackOwnedBusiness #blackwomanownedbusiness #pdxvegan

Wild Mushroom Dibi

pdxveg4 474 avis

This was a rich, thick, and creamy roasted peanut butter and aromatic AKâDI tomato stew with spices, veggies including pumpkin, carrots, and cabbage, and hearty and nourishing millet tempeh. So comforting and satisfying. Served with smooth, doughy, elastic, and fun corn fufu, a staple food in most of West Africa, of which we pinched off bits to scoop up all the delicious stew. (Gluten-free except for the fufu, which can be replaced by rice or eba, a fermented cassava dough). #mafe #peanutstew #millettempeh #fufu #westafricanfood #blackownedbusiness #blackwomanownedbusiness #pdxvegan

Mafe/Peanut Stew with Millet Tempeh

pdxveg4 474 avis

These were crave-worthy umami-rich, tender marinated portobello mushroom skewers with onions, grilled and spiced with house-made suya spice. Served with a salad of red and white onions, tomatoes, and parsley, and with tender, sweet, caramelized plantains. Wonderful mix of delicious flavors. (Gluten-free) #mushroomskewers #portobello #plantains #westafricanfood #blackownedbusiness #blackwomanownedbusiness #pdxvegan #glutenfree

Portobello Mushroom Brochette

pdxveg4 474 avis

Wow! This had so many delicious components: jollof rice, smoked West African red rice cooked in a richly flavorful house-made tomato stew, shosho, a hearty, flavorful, comforting, and satisfying black-eyed pea stew, tender, sweet, caramelized plantains, fresh and crisp vegan coleslaw, and meaty umami-rich grilled mushrooms. It was generously sized and intensely satisfying. (Gluten-free) #jollof #jollofrice #westafricanrestaurant #westafricanfood #ivorianfood #blackownedbusiness #pdxvegan #glutenfree

Jollof Meal Vegan with Mushrooms

pdxveg4 474 avis

This consisted of meaty umami-rich grilled mushrooms standing in for suya (skewered meat), grilled onions, red and yellow grape tomatoes, and a bright, spicy, and herby citrus vinaigrette on top of lettuce wraps. Served with French bread. It was hearty and full of flavor. (Gluten-free) #mushroomsuya #vegansuya #westafricanrestaurant #westafricanfood #ivorianfood #blackownedbusiness #pdxvegan #glutenfree

Mushroom Suya Salad

Kelly Northway600 avis

I finally had the pleasure of visiting Akadi at their new location since their move from NE MLK St. The new space is big with lots of light. ☀️ All of their hanging plants are beautiful. 🌱 This dish was incredible for any mushroom lover. 🍄 It consists of a mix of mushrooms grilled and blackened to perfection, with a peanut suya seasoning. The menu lists onion and tomato, but we did not see those, perhaps they marinate the mushrooms before grilling(?) These mushrooms were reminiscent of what we remember steak tasting like, minus the cruelty and cholesterol. 😊 This dish is served with plantains or fries, and plantains were an easy choice for me. #akadipdx #akadi #westafricancuisine #supportlocal #portlandveganeats #westafrican #mushrooms #plantains #vegan #plantbased #assortedmushroomsuya

Assorted Mushroom Suya

Kelly Northway600 avis

I finally had the pleasure of visiting Akadi at their new SE location since moving from NE MLK St. The new space is big with lots of light. ☀️ All of their hanging plants are beautiful. 🌱 Akadi’s vegan West African dish known as Veggies Yassa is my most favorite vegan dish they offer. It consists of zucchini, sweet potato or possibly carrot (?) 🥕 🍠 , regular potato 🥔, and caramelized onions, all cooked in a mustard sauce and served with rice. If you want to change the rice to fufu it costs $3. The mustard sauce is hard to describe, but it’s sooo incredibly tasty with a comforting flavor (it’s nothing like yellow mustard). This was probably my 3rd or 4th time eating this, and I did notice that the sauce was much less generous than past times, but this still hit the spot nonetheless. #akadipdx #akadi #westafricancuisine #portlandveganeats #westafrican #westafrica #veggiesyassa #supportlocal #vegan #plantbased #eatyourveggies #veggies

Veggies Yassa

griz8 avis

This was actually the Joloff meal, with the black-eyed peas stew. The rice was good, tomatoey, but needed salt. I’m not a fan of plantains, so can’t tell you about those. The slaw was meh. But the stew was the star! Really flavorful, seasoned well, reminded me of chili. I really enjoyed this! The vibe of Akadi was great, open air feel, African music playing. Their plates are wooden in the shape of the African continent, which I thought was clever. My only complaint is that even though I had reserved a table, I was seated at the bar. There were plenty of small two-seat tables available during the entirety of my visit, so I was miffed about that.

Black-eyed Peas-Shosho

griz8 avis

Really loved these samosas. Pretty substantial, one was plenty. The dipping sauce was tangy, peppery, but not too spicy. The lentil filling was delicious, and the pastry crisp and flaky. I’d order these again.

Lentil Samosas

pdxveg4 474 avis

This had a great combination of complementary flavors and textures with a bit of heat.

Spicy Okra and Spinach with Ric

pdxveg4 474 avis

This was served with miniature sweet African donuts (aka puff puff) - the porridge had a slightly tangy fruity sweetness that was nicely balanced by the yummy puff puffs.