Akure's food scene is rooted in Yoruba cooking: amala (yam or cassava flour pounded and served with rich stews), pounded yam with egusi or ewedu soup, and grilled suya from the many street-side stands. Restaurants in the town centre serve a mix of Nigerian staples and some continental dishes, but you will eat better and cheaper at the bukas — the informal canteen-style places — that operate throughout the city.