Emily in Africa

I have officially discovered my favourite food in Kenya. While the daily lunch fare of stewed lentils and chapati (for 80 cents) can be hard to beat, barbequed meat really has few comparisions. It's called "Nyama Choma" which is Kiswahili for "delicious barbequed meat on a stick that takes a long time to cook". You order it by the kilogram (dangerous, I know!) and then eventually this steaming mass of tasty barbequed goodness is delivered to you on bones of various shapes and sizes. After two nyama choma outings, pork and chicken are my favourites. I still have to try goat but it seems like so many bones and so much work...

Also, the side dishes it comes with have also been quite a nice surprise. My favourite is "katzambari" (the phoenetic spelling) which is a refreshing salad of tomatoes and onions. And then of course there is the Kenyan beer of choice, Tusker. It's a good lager and definitely refreshing if you remember to ask for it "baradini", or cold. Otherwise it comes room temperature (boiling) which just doesn't do a lot for the beer.