You ate what?

Do you remember all of those glorious animals that Mary Sue and I saw at the preserve on the Melawa River. Well, before Mary Sue left we had dinner at a restaurant in Nairobi called the Carnivore. I don't think that I need to explain much about the fare at such an establishment, needless to say, we ate some of what we saw a few days earlier! I had been there on my previous visit to Nairobi. We have been graciously invited to ride along with a group associated with Steward International that was here from Grand Rapids. They had the vehicle, we had the appetites and away we were.

The menu at the Carnivore is exotic and, in some ways, is similar to a Brazilian Churrascaria where meat is brought around on spits--in this case we were told that they were traditional Masai swords. The evening we went the menu consisted of beef, chicken livers, crocodile, ribs, lamb, chicken, beef sausages, ostrich, zebra, ostrich meatballs, and, finally, camel. The most succulent meat was the camel--it was fabulous. My next favorite was the ostrich meatballs. The food just keeps coming. Once they came around with tiny roasted potatoes. The secret is to take what they offer and place on the sides of your plate, because if you stop taking it they very likely will then ask what you want, bring it once, and never return.

At a Brazilian Churrasco, which costs about $8-15 USD, the meats are brought around continuously and you are provided a little disk, or some other device, that has a red side and a green side. You communicate with the servers by flipping back and forth between the red and the green, telling them stop for now or keep in coming. When visiting the Carnivore you should not have this in mind. At the Carnivore the table, not the individual as above, is provided a single white flag. This is used to show that you are surrendering. Once this is put up all of the plates are removed, in our case rather immediately, whether you were in the middle of something or not--so be very sure you are all under the same agreement and understanding!!!