Good eats
…another report on what we’re eating. Every place we go, there’s always something new to try. However, most of what we’ve been eating here is similar to what we’d eat at home in the US.
I can honestly say that I’ve been really excited about eating two things–cheese and cereal. Laugh if you so choose… Can we get these in Nairobi? Yes, but… the milk doesn’t taste quite the same, cereal is very expensive so we rarely buy it, and the selection of affordable cheese is much better in South Africa. I’ve not seen any cottage cheese in Nairobi, at least not the same as I would eat at home. I’ve had a bowl of cereal pretty much every day since we arrived–the best Cornflakes, Rice Krispies and Cheerios I’ve had in months! And, the cottage cheese I had for lunch one day–to die for!! 
Jeff, on the other hand, is excited about meat. South Africa is known for it’s good beef, so we had to go out for steak once. Mmm…cow…your sacrifice was not in vain! The steak was excellent.
We like to try local soft drinks (soda). There are the usual Coke and Sprite, but we passed those by for Appletiser, Grapetiser, Peartiser, Bitter Lemon, Stoney and Iron Brew–all local sodas. The first three taste like you might assume–like apples, grapes and pears. Bitter Lemon and Stoney are similar to some sodas we get in Nairobi. Iron Brew tasted a bit like Dr. Pepper. Do you know what else is popular here that we rarely see at home anymore–Tab. We saw lots of Tab in the grocery stores.
Last Saturday we visited a flee market in a town called Irene (I-ree-nee). Amongst all the crafts and second hand items was a food area. We sampled some cheese and Salomi, but bought some fresh doughnuts and a bottle of Hill Billy’s Chili Sauce. This one was called Pain. We’ll have to try it when we get back home.
Popularity: 12% [?]
Ha! (Oops, sorry, I forgot to not laugh.) Corn flakes are the only cereal we eat here (not counting homemade granola). What brand were yours? We have Good Morning and they’re actually really good.
I’m sorry . . . but I couldn’t help but laugh! Why don’t you have cereal in Nairobi?
We had genuine Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. We can buy those in Nairobi, but they are soo soo expensive (like $8-$10 per box). Every once in a while, we splurge and buy pop tarts here and eat them one at a time for an evening desert.
I knew ya’ll would laugh!
Pop Tarts? I understand the cereal, but not Pop Tarts!
You know how to live it up!
That is funny, Heather. I can’t wait to hear more about your trip. I can’t imagine being so happy to eat cottage cheese, but I’m sure you don’t realize how much you miss until it’s not around.
We got really excited when we saw sour cream. I know, I know… it sounds funny. You’d be amazed what you crave from home when you can’t buy it or it’s very expensive.