. >> anthony: pierre thiam is a chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author who was born and raised here fundamental references when investigating senegalese cuisine. >> pierre: this is senegalese favorite fish. it is called thiof. >> anthony: mhm. >> pierre: it kind of tastes like grouper. so, i think we should have it. great fish. >> anthony: all right. >> anthony: senegal has famously delicious food --flavors, and, often, ingredients that should be eerily familiar to any fan of southern cooking. we meet at cour de cassation beach --serving food just the way i like it -- a shack on the water, catch of the day, cooked up out back. >> pierre: this whole thing is illegal, actually. >> anthony: right. >> pierre: it's, it's -- they don't have a license. >> anthony: but, i mean, they're continuously operating. i mean it technically --. >> pierre: but, every once in a while --once in a while, i come and it's closed. the police shuts them down. >> anthony: right. but then they come back. >> pierre: and then they come back. you know? it's --. >> anthony: oh! these are supposed to be good, right