Kenyan food - our experiences

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We will try to tell you a bit about the food in Kenya. We have eaten at the homes of friends of friends in Nairobi, in a home in the countryside and a few times in eating places outside. Everyone has been generous and hospitable, and we are very grateful for all the meals we have shared. Culturally, it's been interesting, and here's the our experiences:

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breakfast

For breakfast every day, we had tea with milk and toast (not toasted) with Blue Band (a kind of margarine that you apparently don't keep in the fridge). Most of the time we also got fried eggs (like an omelette) and sometimes we had mandazi (fried semi-sweet and very tasty little buns) or fried little sausages.

Lunch and dinner

For lunch and dinner we always had ugali (a thick maize porridge) and sukuma wiki (a leafy vegetable cooked much like spinach). This was accompanied by a stew of meat, chicken or fish. The food is eaten with the right hand, by making a small ball/shovel out of ugalin. Hands are washed before and after the meal (the maid brings water, soap and a towel).

Food in restaurants

In simple eateries you could order small dishes that were really good: chapati (a kind of fried bread), samosas (small fried dumplings filled with minced meat or vegetables) and small sausages. We also stopped at a barbecue place where we were served grilled goat guts - more interesting than good, so to speak.

Of course, there are also many fancier restaurants, where you get more western-style food and eat with a knife and fork. However, we only visited one: Carnivore in Nairobi, which specialises in meat. We were really served lots of meat here: beef, pork, lamb, chicken, turkey, ostrich, crocodile and various sausages, as well as several different sauces and salads.

Previously, the restaurant mainly served African game, but due to new regulations, the restaurant can no longer have zebra and the like on the menu. But we could try crocodile anyway! Peter didn't like the crocodile, but I thought it was quite good ... Maybe it depends on which piece you get on the fork?

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