Browse the full Nigerian and West African menu at Roswen Nigeria Restaurant & African Food Store, inside Covent Garden Market in downtown London, Ontario. From smoky jollof rice with chicken and Nigerian-style fried rice to egusi soup and fufu, ofada rice with ayamase stew and assorted meat pepper soup — every plate is cooked from traditional home recipes for dine-in, takeout and catering. Read our story, browse the food gallery, or contact us about party trays and large orders.
The dish London asks for by name — long-grain rice simmered in a smoky pepper, tomato and onion base until every grain carries that signature party-jollof flavour, served with seasoned chicken.
Add fried plantain for the full Nigerian plate.
Nigerian comfort food at its richest — ground melon seeds cooked down with leafy greens, palm oil and assorted meat, served with soft fufu for scooping.
Okra soup and fufu is on the menu too.
Local Nigerian ofada rice paired with fiery green pepper ayamase — the ‘designer’ stew slow-cooked in bleached palm oil with assorted meat.
Authentic and properly spicy, just as it should be.