Nyama choma (Message for Margaux)

Dear
I need to tell you about Kenyan food.  Kenya has many tourist hotels. The biggest foreign exchange earner in Kenya is tourism. WE HAVE MANY French tourist coming to Kenya every year. That is the main reason I am learning French. I want to work in a French tourist hotel located here in Kenya. Then I want to cook tasty meals for the tourists.
The best meal I can make is Nyama choma. Let me explain.

Nyama choma is  roasted goat meat, it is the ultimate Kenyan experience. For visitors to Kenya, one of the things they are most struck by is the shear volume of nyama choma (roast meat) that Kenyans consume. Men, women, young or old will create any excuse to converge in groups for a session of nyama choma. Be it after work, birthdays, weddings, even funerals; there is hardly any inappropriate time to eat this national delicacy. Goat’s meat is the most popular for roasting as the flesh is fairly tender and the fat melts into the crevices as the meat is roasting, retaining a nice level of moisture in the meat
How it’s done
The process of grilling meat in Kenya is different from the process of barbequing meat typically used in the United States or Europe. Herbs and other seasonings are not used on authentic nyama choma, save for a mixture of salted water, for basting the meat while it roasts on the grill. Diners can choose from different parts of the goat i.e. the ribs, hind legs and front legs, and specify the number of kilograms they’d like to eat. It takes an average of 45 minutes to get ready and brought to your table on a tray and sliced into bite-sized pieces. With a relish of kachumbari (see glossary) and a choice of ugali, potatoes, chapati or mukimu and little piles of salt for dipping the meat into before bites, the meal is complete. Cutlery is never used to eat this meal, instead it is eaten by hand. Hand washing facilities are always available for before and after your meal.

Here are some other food stuffs here in kenya

Kachumbari - derived from the Gujarati word, Kachumbar meaning salad.

Ugali - A national dish made from maize meal. Good staple to accompany meat and kachumbari

Mukimu - Mixture of boiled potatoes, peas, traditional greens such as stinging nettle, all cooked and mashed together, boiled maize stired in at the end. 

Chapati - In Kenya this is a larger, thicker version of the traditional Indian Chapati (or flat bread), prepared from flour, water and lots of cooking fat. 

Now, tell me about meals in France. Do you guys only eat French fries?

Nelson.