EAST AFRICAN
A fusion of smells, sounds, and flavors of East Africa is what you can expect from Masala Yangu (43 E. Jefferson Ave., Naperville; 630-922-9999). The husband-wife team of Calvin and Rahila Young opened their restaurant in April '07 with dishes nostalgic of Rahila’s childhood in Kenya. “These are the things I grew up eating,” she says, and literally so—she and her mother head up the kitchen, turning out entrées like biringanya (pictured here; eggplant with potatoes in creamy tomato sauce, $13) and Rahila’s personal favorite, samaki ya kupaka (baked sole in coconut curry base). This must be the only place in Naperville where you can sip fresh passion-fruit juice while enjoying live ambient music.

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