Calabash African Kitchen

Review Highlights

Calabash African Kitchen is one of Keith Lee's personal favourite restaurants in Las Vegas — a place he recommends to every friend or family member who visits the city. This video is a highlight reel from his favourite spots of 2023, with Calabash as his first stop. He spent $75.86 on oxtail with fufu, jollof rice, and plantains.

• ·Oxtail with fufu and broth — slow-cooked oxtail served with fufu and a rich seasoned broth; Keith eats it by scooping fufu, soaking it in broth, and pulling meat off the bone by hand; "the meat is falling off the bone — Auntie be back there cooking, and Auntie don't miss"; rated between 9.7 and 10 every time — his highest recurring score at any restaurant
• ·Jollof rice — seasoned rice with a tomato base; "it's not just super spicy or super tomatoey — it's super flavorful in general, I'm talking all kinds of seasoning"; 8.7/10 — Keith noted it would reach 9.5 if served with oxtail already mixed in
• ·Plantains — simply cooked, straightforward; "it don't taste like they did much to it, just cooked it"; 7/10

Keith's verdict: one of the best restaurants he's found in Las Vegas, period. The oxtail sits in a permanent category of its own — somewhere between 9.7 and 10 — and has never dropped below that range across multiple visits. "I've always been very firm: that's some of the best oxtail I've ever had in my life." He closed covered in oxtail broth and didn't care one bit.

About

Calabash African Kitchen is a West African restaurant in Las Vegas, known for its deeply seasoned oxtail, jollof rice, and traditional accompaniments like fufu. A local favourite that became a Keith Lee staple — he recommends it to every visitor to the city and has returned multiple times, always leaving with the same verdict on the oxtail.