Menu
Apart from the beautiful atmosphere that is surrounded by the blue sea, white sand and palm trees, the food in Zanzibar is something that you can’t miss. You can experience the taste of food from India, Africa, and Arabic which creates a unique menu in Zanzibar, and add color to its food with its signature spice that is perfectly mixed. The food that you will find in this content is just a part of all the food. If you want to know more about the menu, try it yourself at Zanzibar.
It’s a pizza that looks like pancakes, but this is actually a dough wrapped with spices, meat, vegetables, desserts such as avocados and squid, or lobster and melty cheese. Anyone who has a sweet tooth may order banana chocolate Nutella or mango and cheese. Then it will fry on a flat stove, mixing with ghee butter until crispy, served with chili mango-chili sauce.
It’s a popular dessert menu in Zanzibar. The Spice Cake is made of chocolate, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a scent of clove. This cake is popular because of the dessert that conveys Zanzibar through its spice ingredients which is a selling point of this island.
Urojo or Zanzibar mix is a street food in Zanzibar, usually sold on Stone Town Market Street. This menu is a combination of two cultures which are African and Indian. This smooth yellow fine meat soup is made of mashed potatoes mixed with chili, and garlic, or in some places add a little coconut and mango then add bhajis (fried vegetable snack) and kachori (deep-fried potato balls) as toppings.
Chips Mayai in Swahili, Mayai means egg and chips are French fries. The tasty menu is made from eggs and potatoes cut into bars or French fries, then seasoned with salt and pepper and fried into a delicious French fries omelet. This menu is usually commonly sold in street food shops and all restaurants. It is a snack usually eaten with chili sauce or with salad.
Eating seafood is a certain thing that you have to do once you visit beaches. The seafood here is varied, including octopus, splendid squid, calamari, shrimp, clams, lobsters, crabs, oysters, and fish. Most of them are seasoned with coconut curry and may be boiled or roasted on a hot charcoal stove to make the meat juicy, or seasoned with various flavors at each place. It can be found anywhere in Zanzibar.
In eastern Africa, you can see Mishkaki on every street corner. It can be called a popular street food. Mishkaki is made of meat such as chicken, beef, and lamb, cut into small pieces, seasoned with spices, and roasted on a hot charcoal grill like a barbecue. Just smelling it can make your mouth water.
If you come to Stone Town, you’ll notice Mandazi, a dough-fried donut on every corner. This Zanzibar donut has a triangle shape and is fried just like a doughnut but it adds a difference by adding spices such as bay Leaf to add more flavor. It is usually served with jam or honey or some eat this donut with curry. Mandazi is popular to eat with coffee or tea at various cafes.
