Senegalese food is amongst those African countries that were strongly influenced by foreign traditional culinary arts, especially in Dakar. The multicultural Senegalese cuisine is ready to diversify food in a modern way by staying flexible, adopting what mixes well with the traditional dishes and eliminating the dishes that are not an integrated part of the cuisine. The history of the Senegalese cuisine begins with the creation of the Ghana empire and with the VIIIth to XIth century apogee of this empire which then covers part of east Sénégal. Portuguese and French colonists brought, centuries later, different culinary arts and spices, which are also available today in the Senegalese cuisine. The Portuguese arrive on the peninsula that they name Cape Verde, and Goree, and the mouth of the
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