What to eat while in Uganda. – Street foods – cooking for yourself and drinks
What to eat while in Uganda. You will never be angry when on a trip through Uganda. If you don’t mind a lack of variety, you can eat cheaply almost in every corner of the country. There are numerous local restaurants in all major towns across the country serving great locally prepared meals for as low as 2 dollars per meal per head. Local dishes are designed mostly around chicken, meat, beans, and ground nuts, served with four major staple foods: steamed matooke, mostly in marshy form, rice, and chapatti.
All major towns across the country are lined up with all varieties of street foods of every kind, from chapattis with eggs (Rolex) to mandazi, all street foods are freshly served in most cases and appetizing when they are served. You can cheaply eat at stalls around markets, bus stops, and on streets in specific parts of major towns across the country.
Hotel restaurants
In larger towns, you will usually find a couple of better restaurants, in most cases attached to up-market or moderate hotels, serving well-prepared western and Indian dishes for a price between 6 – 10 dollars. There is a considerable number and a variety of restaurants in Kampala selling freshly prepared foods for between 15 – 20 dollars per head and eating to satisfactory.
Markets, hotels, and lodges in National parks generally serve highly high-quality foods, considering vegetarians and deity clients if communication is made easier.
We advise clients on organized trips to inform their tour operators in advance about their deity preferences.
COOKING FOR YOURSELF WHILE ON A SAFARI / What to eat while in Uganda
If you are on a long trip and you are tired of eating the same food from similar restaurants, the other alternative is to prepare your meal. In most major towns, you can put together various groceries for a meal from either local markets or from urban supermarkets.
There is a variety of foodstuffs you can buy from season to season and from town to town, but in most major towns, you can find a supermarket that stocks frozen meat and other tinned goods, biscuits, rice, and chocolate bars.
Fresh produce is best bought from local markets where they are very cheap.
For hiking travelers, dehydrated meals are available throughout Uganda. If you have specialized requirements, you are best off doing shopping prior in Kampala before embarking on your safari for a mountain climbing adventure.
Most of the globally recognized self-drinks, such as Coca-Cola and Fanta, are widely available in Uganda and relatively cheap by international standards. Clients and local people shouldn’t take un-boiled water due to diseases associated with it. Processed and packed drinking water is widely spread in all supermarkets and shops across the country.
The most locally consumed drink is tea, locally known as chai, which is boiled water with a choice of ingredients like tea leaves and then spiced up with sugar to make it sweet. In most parts of the country, chai is spiced with smashed ginger or with coffee and tea leaves.
The main alcoholic drink is largely known as beer, produced by Nile Breweries, a subsidiary of South African breweries. It is available in most tourist classic hotels and bars as well as in supermarkets, generally starting at around 10 – 20 dollars per bottle.
There is also a selection of locally produced spirits and gins that are widely distributed in small supermarkets and shops across the country.
Contact us with any inquiries or details about planning for a safari through Uganda.
