Mama Shan's African And Soul Food Cuisine Menu
African RestaurantMama Shan's African and Soul Food Cuisine, at 2957 N 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19132, serves a hearty mix of West African specialties and soul-food comfort dishes. The menu covers stews, soups, chicken, goat, oxtail, seafood, rice dishes, and traditional snacks, with Egusi, Potato Greens, Cassava Leaf, and Ghana Style Waakye among the strongest favorites. Prices are approachable for the generous portions: many chicken and rice plates are around $13, stews generally run $14-$18, while seafood and oxtail cost more.
Bold spices, slow-cooked meats, leafy greens, rice, plantains, and rich sauces create satisfying contrasts of savory, spicy, earthy, and subtly sweet flavors. Vegetarian-friendly choices are available, while diners with gluten-free requirements should confirm individual ingredients when ordering. The substantial portions suit casual lunches, filling dinners, takeout, and shared group meals particularly well.
Menu Highlights
Egusi - Rich, savory melon-seed stew with a thick, comforting texture and well-seasoned flavor; a consistently popular choice.
Ghana Style Waakye - Rice and beans served with spaghetti, boiled egg, shito, gari, stew, and a choice of meat, creating a remarkably varied plate.
Potato Greens - A hearty leafy-green preparation with deep, savory character, ideal alongside rice. It remains one of the menu's most-liked dishes.
Cassava Leaf - Slow-cooked cassava greens offer an earthy, robust taste and satisfyingly rich consistency.
Oxtail - Tender, richly flavored meat paired with a choice of jollof, fried, waakye, or white rice.
Jerk Chicken - Well-seasoned chicken delivers savory warmth and a satisfying, tender bite, with several rice choices available.
Top Menu Categories
Rice
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Ghana Style Waakye
Ghana Style Waakye comes with Talia (spaghetti), a boiled egg, shito, gari, stew, and your choice of meat.
US$13.00 -
Rice
This option is JUST a side of rice. No toppings are included in this selection.
US$5.00
Snacks
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Ghana Cornbread
US$1.00 -
Ghana Chips
US$2.00 -
Bofrot (Puff Puff)
US$2.00 -
Ghana Nkatie Cake
Delicious ghana peanut snack
US$1.00 -
Ghana Meat Pie
Meat pie filled with beef
US$2.00
Chicken
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Stewed Chicken
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice.
US$13.00 -
Fried Chicken
With jollof rice fried rice, rice and beans (waakye) or white rice.
US$13.00 -
Curry Chicken
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice.
US$13.00 -
Jerk Chicken
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice.
US$13.00 -
BBQ Chicken
With jollof rice fried rice, rice and beans (waakye) or white rice.
US$13.00 -
Baked Chicken
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice
US$13.00
Catering Menu
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Stewed Chicken
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice.
US$50.00 -
Curry Chicken
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice.
US$50.00 -
Salmon
With jollof rice fried rice, rice and beans (waakye) or white rice.
US$100.00 -
Curry Shrimp
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice.
US$100.00 -
Jerk Chicken
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice.
US$50.00 -
Fried Chicken
With jollof rice fried rice, rice and beans (waakye) or white rice.
US$50.00 -
Fried Fish
This is just the fish with no sides
US$70.00 -
Curry Goat
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice.
US$100.00
Soups
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Palm Butter
US$18.00 -
Chicken Pepper Soup
US$18.00 -
Green Soup
US$18.00 -
Okra
US$18.00 -
Peanut Butter
US$18.00 -
Fish Pepper Soup
US$18.00
Meat
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Oxtail
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice.
US$20.00 -
Curry Goat
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice.
US$17.00 -
Fried Turkey Tail (Tsofi)
US$12.00 -
Beef Stew
With jollof rice fried rice, rice and beans (waakye) or white rice.
US$17.00
Stews
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Egusi
US$14.00 -
Potato Greens
US$14.00 -
Cassava Leaf
US$14.00 -
Garden Egg Stew
US$15.00
Other
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Shito (Pepper Sauce)
US$10.00 -
Attieke
US$22.00 -
Fried Yam
US$15.00
Seafood
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Grilled Tilapia
US$17.00 -
Shrimp - Jollof
US$15.00 -
Fried Tilapia
With jollof rice, fried rice, rice and beans (waakye), or white rice.
US$24.00
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