Sunday, June 26, 2011

To Kenya - Restaurants and Guest Houses

Methodist Guest House - Oloitoktok Road
Nice corporate church place. As someome else wrote, a good place for a
family or group.
They are the ones who stay there mostly. Strongly reminds me of old
large convents I've stayed in.
Each room has its own bath.
A pretty good chafing dish English breakfast, featuring beans, chips,
bacon, porridge, cut fruits, and okay juices.
Located in the international and government representative residence area.

Classic Guest House - Kileleshwa Road, 10m from the police station
Family or B&B style large home, now separated into rooms, each with
their own full bath.
Closer in to town. Maybe ten nice rooms with sitting areas, several
with balconies.
Family style breakfast, but with a good juices, instant coffee and
cocoa, cut fruit.
Eggs and sausage are a great hot addition for breakfast.
****
Chicken Inn
Pricey downtown place in whose building there is ice cream, pizza, as
well as chicken burgers.
That's what we all had, except for the one difference - a hamburger.
Plus drinks.
All that for about $45.
Puluma Restaurant
Nice neighborhood place. Kind of fancy for what my understanding of
local restaurants are like, but it has a nice ambience.
We got tilapia and ugali, chicken club sandwich,
and stuffed 1/4 chicken that was billed as "stuffed breast of chicken."
Sarit Center Food Court
Wimpys hamburgers. Indian food. We paid the same for our two meals
that we shared as the three kids having hamburgers and sodas.
It was all pretty good.

Taqueria - Center City
Too expensive, but good pizza at an Italian place in downtown Nairobi.
Okay salad ba - it wasn't quite a salad bar.
Nice view of a side street downtown.
Bomas - Near Lagatas and the National Park
Tribal dancing from many different traditions around Kenya and also Africa.
Then we had fish, chicken or vegetarian meals and drinks at the end of
the performance.
It was a little awkward to see it, since the tables were just out of
sight of the performers.
What more could you want? A downpour with lightning and thunder,
followed by dancing, lots of drumming, some singing,
some joking around, and some reasons why freaking wouldn't be a non
traditional idea.

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