FOOD & DINING IN KENYA / KENYA DINING GUIDE

Kenya Info — Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:25 am

Author: Kenya Info

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:25 am

FOOD & DINING IN KENYA

GENERAL

Kenya’s national dishes appear on most hotel menus. The country’s beef, chicken, lamb and pork are outstandingly good, as is the wide variety of tropical fruits. Local trout, Nile perch and lobster, shrimps and Mombasa oysters are included on menus in season. Indian and Middle Eastern food is available in most areas. There is a wide range of restaurants in Nairobi and Mombasa, otherwise hotels in smaller towns offer restaurant service.

National specialties

• Some game-park lodges serve game, including buffalo steaks marinated in local liqueurs and berries, often garnished with wild honey and cream.

• Nyma Choma literally means roasted meat, and is one of Kenya's best known specialties.

• Most Kenyans eat maize, beans and maize meal.

• At the small ‘hotelis’, chai (tea boiled with milk and sugar) and mandazi (doughnuts) are popular.

National drinks

• Locally brewed beer (Tusker and White Cap) and bottled sodas may be found throughout the country.

• Kenya Cane (spirit distilled from sugar cane).

• Kenya Gold (a coffee liqueur).

• Traditional beer made with honey (uki).

• Locally made spirit distilled from maize (changaa) may sometimes be found.

Tipping: This is not required. Most hotels include a 10 per cent service charge to the bill. If the service charge has not been included, a KES20 tip is usual, although the amount is entirely at the visitor’s discretion.

PLACES TO DINE

Nairobi

Anghithi
Raphta Road,
Westlands,
Nairobi
Phone: +254 20 4441258

Bangkok
Rank Xerox House,
Westlands,
Nairobi
Phone: +254 20 3751312

Blue Nile
Ardwings Kodhek Road,
Hurlingham,
Nairobi
Phone: +254 20 2728709

The Carnivore
Langata Road,
Nairobi
Phone: +254 20 4605933 / 7
Fax: +254 20 4602990
Email: carnivore@carnivore.co.ke

La Dolce Vita
Muthaiga Shopping Centre,
nairobi
Phone: +254 20 3749945

Mediterranneo
Woodvale Grove,
Westlands,
Nairobi
Phone: +254 20 4447494

Minar
ABC Place,
Waiyaki Way,
Nairobi
Phone: +254 20 4444656

Moon Flower
Kitale Lane,
Off Denis Pritt Road,
Nairobi
Phone: +254 20 2715518

Nairobi Java House
Adams Arcade,
Mama Ngina Street/Limuru Road,
Nairobi
Phone: +254 20 3873583

Tamambo Bar & Grill
The Mall,
Westlands,
Nairobi
Phone: +254 20 4448064
Fax: +254 20 4448059

Tamarind Restaurant
National Bank Building,
Off Haile Selassie Avenue,
Nairobi
Phone: +254 20 2251811 / 2220473
Fax: +254 20 2217224
Email: nbo@tamarind.co.ke
Website: www.tamarind.co.ke

Mombasa

Hong Kong
Moi Avenue,
City Centre,
Mombasa
Phone: +254 41 2226707

Hunters
Nkrumah Road,
Mombasa
Phone: +254 41 2311156

New Chetna
Haile Selassie Avenue,
Mombasa
Phone: +254 41 2224477

Shehnai
Fatemi House,
Maungano Street,
Mombasa
Phone: 254 41 2312492

Tamarind Restaurant
Cement Silos Road,
Nyali,
Mombasa
Phone: +254 41 4474600
Fax: +254 41 4474630
Email: info@tamarindmsa.co.ke

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