While working in Bujumbura I discovered a new treat. The town having a colonial past have a good mix of french/Belgian cuisine so in several restaurants , even during the embargo it was possible to get very nice food. Good steaks, fish and why not frog legs. "cuisses grenouille" pardon my french! :-)
This was a dish I would never even have considered trying when I was younger but once I got the travel bug in general , part of the excitement was trying the local dishes as well as anything I would potentially not find back home.
After having tried the frog legs once in town I kind of enjoyed munching on these legs :-) and it became a regular starter when I was in town.
Some of my friends from Kampala had arrived and at lunch I suggested them to try this delicacy.
Then the waiter , a bit embarrassed says - Pardon Monsieur, no Frog legs today (in french of course)
- hmm no frog legs and here I have finally convinced my friends to try them?! All my friend of which half from Uganda sighed with relief.
- No monsieur, you know..... the rebels.
- what.. the rebels... What do the rebels have to do with my frog legs??
- Monsieur, you know the area where the rebels shell the town with mortars.
- Yes
- Pardon monsieur, but that is where the frog farm is and yesterday the military was doing raids so no delivery today.
-!!!!!
There should not be many valid reasons for a restaurant not to have the food written on the menu but who can argue with this reason.!!
Only in Africa
This was a dish I would never even have considered trying when I was younger but once I got the travel bug in general , part of the excitement was trying the local dishes as well as anything I would potentially not find back home.
After having tried the frog legs once in town I kind of enjoyed munching on these legs :-) and it became a regular starter when I was in town.
Some of my friends from Kampala had arrived and at lunch I suggested them to try this delicacy.
Then the waiter , a bit embarrassed says - Pardon Monsieur, no Frog legs today (in french of course)
- hmm no frog legs and here I have finally convinced my friends to try them?! All my friend of which half from Uganda sighed with relief.
- No monsieur, you know..... the rebels.
- what.. the rebels... What do the rebels have to do with my frog legs??
- Monsieur, you know the area where the rebels shell the town with mortars.
- Yes
- Pardon monsieur, but that is where the frog farm is and yesterday the military was doing raids so no delivery today.
-!!!!!
There should not be many valid reasons for a restaurant not to have the food written on the menu but who can argue with this reason.!!
Only in Africa
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