10 MUST eats in Uganda

oming from culinary china, and being asked what one eats in Uganda, here is my top10list:

1. Matooke is cooking banana, steamed in matooke leaves and eat with groundnut sauce and stew. Matooke everywhere, but I did not eat it at least up to last Monday, when I was invited to a lunch-meeting at worlbank office. It taste little bit like banana, otherwise very stampfy soft texture, and you have to eat it fast before it becomes hard.
2. Fried Tilapia! is definitely the best dish here ! its Victoria lake fish. small, soft white flesh, and especially when fried or barbecued really delicious!
3. Samosa ( or S’m’S) thanks to all the Indians (“Asians”) here in Uganda, Samosas are one of the best 7 cheapest street & lunch snack.
4. Pocho is corn mash, which I normally wouldnt go for. But that is what my dogs love to eat. He doesn’t like canned expensive meat, but rather prefer this cheap dish with dried fish or bones.
5. Nyama Choma the Ugandan answer to “chuarrrrrrrs” barbecued meat pieces. But only available as whole chicken legs, kidneys or bananas. Either its to greasy or to dry, and it is not spicy at all…. They Sold at the road stops upcountry its naybe also not advisable for picky stomachs..
6. ROLEX no, not the watch. Its an omelette wrapped in chapatti bread. Sometime tomatoes. But as street food maybe probably pretty dirty.
7. fried cassava which i haven’t tried it yet, but wrote in a Chinese biofuel study a whole chapter about it…
8. -10. chips yes, chips with beef, chicken or fish, that is what you probably order in any restaurant upcountry.

That is not really excotic and inspirational food, eh? so I started cooking myself (!) again and even invested in a vegetarian cook book, cause vegetables are cheap here , and noodles& rice too. There are some okay restaurants, especially the Indian food is good, and Italian too

and there is one thing locally available in plenty, whcih makes a whole meal: BEER , but that is another Top5 story