Good American resturants in Lagos

[NaijaPrincess Need NaijaPrince 0]

Has anyone ever gotten pizza in Lagos, Nigeria? What about a good ole American burger? What about anything processsed and chemically altered...you know good American food. Last time I was there I ordered a chicken burger from Mr. Biggs and that thing was not good To think of it I never saw a McDonald's...Hahaha!!! Also, no drive thru, no pizza or chinese delivery drivers, & no one eating/drinking on the streets on their way to anywhere(except for the chickens, goats, sheeps, cows). However, people will sell you food on the street. Aren't they aggressive sales men? They put it up in your face!!!

Just wondering what people ate when abroad especially if you are picky like me NAIJA gotta love that place!

[Otto 83]

Might try this link...

Lagos

[wasino 0]

Has anyone ever gotten pizza in Lagos, Nigeria? What about a good ole American burger? What about anything processsed and chemically altered...you know good American food. Last time I was there I ordered a chicken burger from Mr. Biggs and that thing was not good To think of it I never saw a McDonald's...Hahaha!!! Also, no drive thru, no pizza or chinese delivery drivers, & no one eating/drinking on the streets on their way to anywhere(except for the chickens, goats, sheeps, cows). However, people will sell you food on the street. Aren't they aggressive sales men? They put it up in your face!!!

Just wondering what people ate when abroad especially if you are picky like me NAIJA gotta love that place!

i ate cornflakes and bread and lots of fruit and juice. it was also the beginning of my pregnancy and i had terrible morning sickness and couldn't eat. i definately lost weight while i was there. i just couldn't eat. it doesn't help that i'm a former vegetarian, and these days only eat chicken and turkey for meat. nigerian food is so meat centered. i felt bad because his mom or sister cooked for us the whole time, and i just didn't have an appetite.

[LovinLiberia 0]

In Liberia, I ate strictly Liberian food. Mostly rice and pasta and casava leaves. They use alot of fish in everything and I hate fish. His cousins were the ones cooking for us and finally got the hint to leave the fish out when they kept seeing it still left on the plate. I didn't see an ounce of American food until my last day there. His bosses took me out to lunch at this "Italian" restaurant called Mona Lisa. They had American food there and it actually tasted very good.

[randolady 1]

Yeah, I generally stuck to what the locals ate when I went to Tanzania. It usually wasn't anything too excited... fried chicken and french fries, beef stew and rice, chapatis and beans. Beer was also a staple. I really craved a cheeseburger, but I've never been satisfied with Tanzanian hamburgers. They're really crumbly, and they lack Wisconsin cheese!

[wasino 0]

Yeah, I generally stuck to what the locals ate when I went to Tanzania. It usually wasn't anything too excited... fried chicken and french fries, beef stew and rice, chapatis and beans. Beer was also a staple. I really craved a cheeseburger, but I've never been satisfied with Tanzanian hamburgers. They're really crumbly, and they lack Wisconsin cheese!

tanzanian food is sooooo yummy! you forgot to mention ugali, lol. and chipsi mayai. there's a few places here in minneapolis where sometimes i go and get mandazi and sambusas to snack on.

(excuse my spelling, my swahili is rusty).

[Darkchild80 0]

I have not been over to visit my husband's family yet. I am worried about visiting and starving while there. My husband cooks many Nigerian foods and I am not a fan of the food. I am a fried chicken, mac and cheese, and collard green kind of girl! lol I know his family will want to cook for me. I will feel so bad not eating the food but I will try to taste something. I tell my husband that I will pack boxes of ramen noodles on my voyage to Nigeria. lol

[randolady 1]

Yeah, I generally stuck to what the locals ate when I went to Tanzania. It usually wasn't anything too excited... fried chicken and french fries, beef stew and rice, chapatis and beans. Beer was also a staple. I really craved a cheeseburger, but I've never been satisfied with Tanzanian hamburgers. They're really crumbly, and they lack Wisconsin cheese!

tanzanian food is sooooo yummy! you forgot to mention ugali, lol. and chipsi mayai. there's a few places here in minneapolis where sometimes i go and get mandazi and sambusas to snack on.

(excuse my spelling, my swahili is rusty).

hehe, oh man, I hate ugali with a passion! Actually, when I stayed with the Maasai, their ugali was really good, and made from cornmeal instead of finely ground flour. But then that's all we ate for five meals in a row, and I got sick of the good ugali, too. :-p I need to find a good Tanzanian restaurant in Madison! I got all excited yesterday because I found an East African restaurant, but it turned out to just have Ethiopian food. It was still good (and they had Tusker!), but I really wanted makande.

[wasino 0]

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hehe, oh man, I hate ugali with a passion! Actually, when I stayed with the Maasai, their ugali was really good, and made from cornmeal instead of finely ground flour. But then that's all we ate for five meals in a row, and I got sick of the good ugali, too. :-p I need to find a good Tanzanian restaurant in Madison! I got all excited yesterday because I found an East African restaurant, but it turned out to just have Ethiopian food. It was still good (and they had Tusker!), but I really wanted makande.

i actually like ugali (but nigerian pounded yam is way better). in the village i was living in tanzania, that's all they ate was ugali. when asked what their favorite food was...ugali was almost always one of the responses. they didn't really like rice so much, lol. if there are any somali restaurants in madison, you should check those out---that's where i find mandazi and sambusa. i went to a somali restaurant here in minneapolis a few years ago, and the cook was from zanzibar...i was able to get ugali there, lol. it wasn't on the menu, but my friend knew the cook....

[boo boo 1]

My 11 yr old son LOVES pounded yam w/ melon soup or egusi......I am happy, since I do not care to much for it....more for him and my husband:) I am trying to be open minded and I eat alot of my husbands food...but he hasn't got accustomed to American food.....he could live off pizza and Whoppers.....but that is about it....and if I ate those as much as he did....I would be 30lbs heavier by now! Does your SO's like any American foods....I want to wean hubby unto American, any suggestions? I just made bbq ribs today ....and he does not like the sauce....so now I am making some w/o the sauce (I pray that he will enjoy) ..because I do love him and want him to b happy...just wish he would not be hard headed:)

[Kelechi 0]

I went to visit my fiance this past December and the foods are so very pepperish. I am talking 20 jalepenos hot. The most simple things like chicken is hot. But let me tell you of my favorite food I ate when I was there. It is called a SHAWAMA. It is kind of like a borrito but better. I dont think it is Nigerian food though but they sell it there. Oh and you don't have to pack the ramen noodles they have them there.

[We_Destiny 1]

I went to visit my fiance this past December and the foods are so very pepperish. I am talking 20 jalepenos hot. The most simple things like chicken is hot. But let me tell you of my favorite food I ate when I was there. It is called a SHAWAMA. It is kind of like a borrito but better. I dont think it is Nigerian food though but they sell it there. Oh and you don't have to pack the ramen noodles they have them there.

It's actually an Indian snack (finger) food, on my visits to South Africa Shawrma are very popular and can be purchased at every corner.

[NaijaPrincess Need NaijaPrince 0]

They have ramen noodles there. I havent tried them but I am sure they are the same. I am a fried chicken girl too. They don't flour the chicken before frying it...they just drop it in the grease. If his family cooks for you, just taste it a little and act like it is burning your mouth....they put spice in EVERYTHING!!! That can be your excuse. The loaf bread is sooo delicious!!

I have not been over to visit my husband's family yet. I am worried about visiting and starving while there. My husband cooks many Nigerian foods and I am not a fan of the food. I am a fried chicken, mac and cheese, and collard green kind of girl! lol I know his family will want to cook for me. I will feel so bad not eating the food but I will try to taste something. I tell my husband that I will pack boxes of ramen noodles on my voyage to Nigeria. lol

Edited March 29, 2007 by NaijaPrincess Need NaijaPrince

[LovinLiberia 0]

Yes, the pepper was one thing that I had a hard time with, also. Liberians love pepper, too, and I hate it. Sometimes one bite of the food would bring automatic tears to my eyes and I would just go hungry until I could find something that wasnt' full of pepper.

[gen&paul 0]

Has anyone ever gotten pizza in Lagos, Nigeria? What about a good ole American burger? What about anything processsed and chemically altered...you know good American food. Last time I was there I ordered a chicken burger from Mr. Biggs and that thing was not good To think of it I never saw a McDonald's...Hahaha!!! Also, no drive thru, no pizza or chinese delivery drivers, & no one eating/drinking on the streets on their way to anywhere(except for the chickens, goats, sheeps, cows). However, people will sell you food on the street. Aren't they aggressive sales men? They put it up in your face!!!

Just wondering what people ate when abroad especially if you are picky like me NAIJA gotta love that place!