EATING THE BURUNDIAN WAY
EATING THE BURUNDIAN WAY
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Lalanae
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Somehow, beans and bananas just don't seem to get my appetite going. I need to try that banana wine though.
Lalanae
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Burundi High Chancellor for Tourism, Sodomy and Pie
Unofficial Canadian, Forbidden Lover of Pie, Jesus-Hatin'' Sodomite, President of KFC (Kyoukan Fan Club), hawt, perververted, intellectual submissive with E.S.P (Extra Sexual Persuasion)
The choice is limited. Most food is boiled, stewed or roasted over wood fire. Meals in Bujumbura’s hotels are reasonable, but expensive and of fairly average quality. The French, Greek and Asian restaurants in the town are good. There are few restaurants outside the capital and Gitega.
National specialties:
• All beans are in plentiful supply, and particularly red kidney beans.
• Rice is served with nearly everything.
• Other staple ingredients include plantains, sweet potatoes, cassava, peas and maize.
• Fish is more common than meats.
• People snack on fruit, cane sugar and groundnuts.
• Spicy carrots are a side dish of carrots mixed with mustard seeds and chilli peppers.
National drinks:
• Urwarwa is a homemade banana wine drunk during celebrations.
• Primus beer is produced in Burundi, as is impeke, a home-brewed beer made from sorghum, and often drunk through straws.
Tipping: As a rule, no service charge is levied automatically; 10 per cent is the recommended tip for good service.
National specialties:
• All beans are in plentiful supply, and particularly red kidney beans.
• Rice is served with nearly everything.
• Other staple ingredients include plantains, sweet potatoes, cassava, peas and maize.
• Fish is more common than meats.
• People snack on fruit, cane sugar and groundnuts.
• Spicy carrots are a side dish of carrots mixed with mustard seeds and chilli peppers.
National drinks:
• Urwarwa is a homemade banana wine drunk during celebrations.
• Primus beer is produced in Burundi, as is impeke, a home-brewed beer made from sorghum, and often drunk through straws.
Tipping: As a rule, no service charge is levied automatically; 10 per cent is the recommended tip for good service.
Pride of nationality depends not on ignorance of other nations, but on ignorance of one's own.
