La Fourchette is one of Yaoundé's long-established French-Cameroonian restaurants, popular with the city's business and diplomatic community. The menu combines French bistro cooking with Cameroonian ingredients and influences — grilled fish and meat, ndolé, plantain — in a setting more comfortable than most of what the city offers at this price point.
The restaurant draws a mixed clientele of expats, government officials, and visiting business travellers, which makes it a useful place to observe Yaoundé's particular social dynamic. Reservations are advisable in the evening; the lunchtime set menu is good value.