I decided to let someone else do the cooking. It's my first week back in Rwanda and I decided to visit a familiar restaurant on New Year's Day. It's Bourbon Coffee. It's an African Coffee House and Restaurant. They sell the most delicious coffee. Their food is good too. There are two in the United States. My favorite is the one at the MTN Center in Nyarutarama (Kigali, Rwanda). The special for today was a spicy chicken cooked "grandmother style", which is slow cooked with vegetables. For a starter, it was accompanied with a leek and chicken soup with a fresh buttery role. The spicy chicken was served with basmati rice. It was great.
Chicken is not eaten often in Rwanda. Most people eat beef if they can afford it. Beef costs much less than chicken or fish, which seems strange to me, but it's normal here. I've yet to see a turkey, but when I do I'll let you know. Vegetables are in abundance and very cheap. Rice and beans is a staple meal here. It's commonly eaten alone, but I'm about to take the rice and beans to another level. This week I'll be doing the cooking and it will be all vegetarian.
Happy New Year!
