The African continent is actually very big, and the customs of the north, south, east and west are quite different. I have been in West Africa for three years, and I have experienced a lot of special food.

It was first in Benin, yes, that Benin in Sa Beining. The temperature here is also around 41 degrees in dry season, but because it is close to the sea, it feels really not as hot as Shanghai in China. There are rich fruits here, a basket of cream pineapples is 21 RMB, and the meat cut from pineapples is white, but it tastes sweet but not astringent, which is very good.

There are so many mangoes in the local area that you can't eat them. You often see rotten mangoes falling all over the floor under the mango tree. In the vegetable market, a basket of mangoes is piled up to the tip, and you can get 31 yuan for the box.

(Mango Tree)

Relatively speaking, meat is cheaper locally. Our chef is cunning, too. He goes to the market to buy big flesh and blood, and tells the black people that I want this meat. The black people pick off the bones, weigh the meat, and the chef gives us the bones ... The black people don't know that bones are more expensive than meat in China.

Local people often encounter strange animals. For example, when I came home from work one day, I found a live pangolin hanging on the door ... Of course, I won't describe its final fate for fear of being transnational ...

I believe many friends know that the most famous local people barbecue in petrol cans. It's just a petrol tank below, with a barbed wire on the mask. Generally, there are roast mutton, sheep intestines, mutton offal and roast chicken. Buy a hundred dollars, and he will cut you a pile and wrap it in dirty oiled paper. As for what you ate, I'm embarrassed to touch it myself. The taste is still good. This is generally called "Suya" in Nigeria and "Babeque" in Benin, not to mention BBQ, which the locals can't understand.

I spent a year in Gabon before. This country is on the equator, but the normal temperature is 26 degrees all the year round and the climate is pleasant. The per capita annual income is more than 11,111 US dollars, which is regarded as a developed country in Africa. I once went to a national forest park inland and saw African elephants or something. Many local people on the inland roadside have some game, and monkeys, crocodiles and wild boars are very common.

at that time, I also called the chef to ask if I should take back any wild boar legs. The chef said that the dead meat is not fresh. Please bring a live one back ... Hehe ... You can catch it yourself ...

There is a similar barbecue in Gabon. The local name is "Gubei Gubei", which means "Qieqie" in French. A pile of meat is skewered and roasted, and when you buy it, you cut it off in small pieces. The taste is quite good ... regardless of the environment ...

By the way, those fried ones below are the famous local fried "Big Tree Bananas". This banana can't be eaten raw, it's bitter and tasteless. But the starch content after frying is high and sweet. A banana here is as long as an adult's forearm, and it is quite spectacular.