Kenyan cuisine

Maybe you’ve wondered what we eat here in Kenya, well not Kenyan food that is for sure. To be frank most of it is disgusting. Most Kenyans eat basically the same things every day (the only ones who don’t are the ones who can afford to try different things). The daily meal consists of Ugali that is a type of rise/mashed potatoish white thing that really tastes like… nothing. With that you either have beans or African spinach that tastes like seaweed. That is the basics since the average Kenyan can’t afford meat or fish with every meal or every day, it is only when they get a shilling or two over that they can buy a little bit meat to make a stew of or a fried fish head (yes it looks as disgusting as it sounds), the fillets being to expensive. Eating 3 times a day is also a bit too expensive for most Kenyans so if they are short on money but still have a coin or two they can always buy samosas for them (fried bread with either beef or vegetables in them), they actually tastes lovely, or eggs or sausages sold from carts in the poorer areas, tiny anchovy like dried fishes that you eat whole (if you see how they are sold you would never consider tasting those) or fried corn. We even have our own corn lady working just outside our school who’s making a fortune thanks to us.

Thank good for the Chinese, Indians, Ethiopians, Lebanese and Italian people living here because was it not for them I would starve. There are simple restaurants everywhere here in Nairobi; also in Mombasa and Kisumu, that serves amazing food for almost nothing at all (seen from a Swedes perspective).