I'm finally back from a month's travel in Kenya and Sudan. While my trip was productive (I was there for work) not to mention a ton of fun (seeing old friends), by the time the month was up I was more than ready to be home.
One thing I'm already missing, though, is the delicious food I indulged in in Nairobi (Sudan, not so much). Kenya is not known for its food (and as much as I love sukuma wiki and ugali, I understand why); but Nairobi is host to a variety of "ethnic" restaurants. You can, of course, get Indian and Ethiopian food here in the States, but it's different in Kenya. In the States, Indian restaurants, for the most part, cater to American who love Indian food. That's also true, though to a lesser extent, I think, with Ethiopian restaurants. But in Kenya, the Indian restaurants are run by Indians and cater to the large Indian community in Kenya. The same goes for Ethiopian restaurants.
So when I'm in Kenya, I eat a little Kenyan food to remind me of home and to fill the craving, but mostly I eat Indian and Ethiopian food to my heart's content (and sometimes beyond, I admit).
Below are some pictures of a memory-filled evening spent with Kim and Steven (Wheaton friends that happened to be in Nairobi that weekend - Kim lives in Kisumu and Steven lives in Jakarta) at Habesha, my favorite Ethiopian restaurant in town. and an outing with my wonderful family at a hole in the wall Indian restaurant in Westlands.
Let the Tusker flow!
