Last night we decided to take the chance to enjoy a Ugandan meal at Alinda’s Guest House. After a short walk along the main road dodging the bikes, cars, buses and lorries which come whizzing by tooting their horns, we were seated at the table with the ‘booket’ sign.
The staff were obviously trying to make us feel at home with their tartan waist coasts but the meal was as far removed from haggis, neeps n’ tatties as it’s possible to get although thinking of the contents of haggis and the look of the goat stew then maybe not!
We had matoke, (plantain or savoury banana), beef, goat, chicken, beans, rice, fish, potatoes, cassava, posho (maize porridge similar to nsima in Malawi), kalo (millet gloop), dodo (leaves similar to spinach). The meal was delicious and it was wonderful to be treated to all the flavours and textures. I loved eating the posho and being reminded of the nsima from Malawi. The only thing I think I can live without ever eating again is the kalo. The gloopy texture was not unlike bubble gum and would do well in place of blu tac when the teachers at Nybaye run out of sticky tape!
We were honoured to meet the Prime Minister, Kizze, who made a surprise visit to the restaurant to meet us all and gave us an interesting account of the local politics. There are currently five kingdoms with a PM and King each. I must admit that it was slightly distracting to try and listen to him with the ubiquitous tv in the back ground and the street noises and traffic going by!
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