Kenya Food Photographer Stylist :: Best Nairobi Food Photography

Kenya Food Photographer Stylist :: Best Nairobi Food Photography

Kenya Food Photographer Stylist :: Best Nairobi Food Photography

Kenyan breakfasts tend to be a fairly sparse meal compared to Western ones. Generally, most Kenyans start their day with Chai (Swahili word for tea), which is usually very milky and sweet.

Accompanying the chai is just a hunk of bread (mkate in Swahili) and maybe a piece of fruit. In more affluent households, in the city and coastal areas, you’ll find mandazi. Which is a kind of deep-fried dough similar to an unsweetened doughnut, that tastes and smells divine.

As tea and coffee are grown in Kenya these are the favored beverages across the country. Both the tea and coffee are so good, that many travelers end up taking some home with them. In the more rural areas you’ll find maziwa lala, which is fermented milk, it is easily digested by someone that is lactose intolerant, which many Kenyans are.

Soda is of course popular all over the world and Kenya is no exception – there is nothing better to depict modern Kenya than seeing a traditionally dressed Maasai warrior in all his regalia, drinking a bottle of soda, usually with a mobile phone hanging on his belt.

Street foods are popular in and around the markets, which are found all over the country. The more popular street foods are:

• Mishkaki (small skewered meat pieces BBQ’d on an open fire);
• Corn on the cob charred on the open fire still in their husks;
• Samosas, a dish showing India’s influence on the country, samosas are small triangular deep-fried parcels with spicy meat or vegetables inside;
• And of course, hot chips, usually covered in glowing msg-laden sauces like chili and tomato sauce, and whatever herb may be available at the time.

Plantain crisps, made from the plantain banana, are sold all over Kenya; in supermarkets and on street markets as is “chevdo” (also known as Bombay mix) which is made up of deep-fried flour noodles, peanuts, spices, chickpeas, and lentils served cold, delicious.

For natural sweets, Kenyans enjoy “mabuyu”, which is the seed of the Baobab coated in red sugar syrup – again delicious and worth a try, you can buy them in virtually any market in East Africa.