the food etc…

Quite a few people have asked about the food here and I can absolutely say that it’s been great so far! But I do think we are quite privileged to have a couple of talented chefs working here at the volunteer house.

They make breakfast, lunch and dinner for us every day – for those of you who know what my diet has been like for the last 6 months, you will not be surprised to hear that this is the best I have eaten in a long time! And the most regular eating habits as well – having a routine is doing me good, although the expectation of losing weight whilst here is potentially being spoilt by this! ☺️

The meals are mainly vegetarian and a lot is inspired from Indian food it seems. Tomorrow we are going for a very traditional Tanzanian meal, though, but will post about that separately.

Here are some of the lunches and dinners we’ve had…lots of beans, lentils, chickpeas, rice, vegetables and occasionally a potato as well!

For breakfast we have something warm every day mainly egg-based or pancakes along with fruit.

The most traditional breakfast we’ve had is ‘maandazi’ – locals would eat it with a cup of chai (tea) but I have decided to eat them like Danish ‘æbleskiver’ – they are very good – proper comfort food, taste a little donut-y.

And just one quick word re. beverage as well, now that food has been covered.

There’s NO Diet Coke in this country. Shock horror! Actually I didn’t expect there to be any fizzy drinks as such, so am quite happy with a Coke Zero or Diet Pepsi now and then…even had a full fat Coke on the weekend! Otherwise we drink a lot of water…to save the plastic bottles, the chefs boil water for us each day for our water bottles.

And when we have enjoyed a beer or two (no alcohol allowed at the volunteer house) in one of the local bars, we have chosen Kilomanjaro beer. It’s excellent! 🍺