Food

My lunch everyday costs about 50 cents. The Kenyan diet staple is ungali - a big pile of starch which can be made from corn, yucca, millet, or any other grain which is boiled in a big pot and served in a lump next to your beans/meat/greens. (see photo to right). You then break off a little chunk, make a scoop out of it and use that as a spoon to eat your food. (see left). Lunch is usually beans, sukuma wiki (greens), and ungali, rice, or chapatis (there is a sizeable Indian influence here). The common thing to have on the side is nyama choma - which is roast meat (not planning on trying that...i'm sure its great.)

As Kisumu is right on the lake, fish is a huge part of the diet. It is sold directly out of the market - which always smells great on a hot afternoon. And in restaurants (open air shacks that are everywhere called hotelis) is served whole - eyeballs and all. The better part of the market is the fruits and vegetables - mangoes, pineapples, passion fruit, avocadoes - all very in season and very yummy.