Tastes Like Chicken

Without a doubt, one of the main reasons why tourists come to Kenya is to go to the game parks and see the amazing wildlife.  Riding in the back of a dusty vehicle for 4 days watching things eating and being eaten, just makes me… well… hungry.  Yep, I’m definitely a carnivore.

Apparently, I’m not the only one.  Across from the Nairobi game park is the world famous restaurant called Carnivore.  They’re famous for serving game animal meat rotisserie style, kind of like a Brazilian Churrascaria- basically, an all you can eat bbq.  Along with the usual beef, chicken, and pork offerings, there’s exotic meat like crocodile, hartebeast,  and zebra.  Woo-hoo, finally I can settle the debate once and for all and find out what actually tastes like chicken and what doesn’t.

Grilling meats-

Unfortunately, it turns out that Carnivore didn’t have any game meat that night.  The most exotic thing was ostrich.  Boo!!! 

Good thing there was a second  restaurant in Nairobi also serving grilled meats.  After a few days of recovery, we headed off to the Safari Restaurant.

Safari Restaurant menu-

 

So for everyone who hasn’t had camel or crocodile before, here’s my unofficial taste test-

	Beef	Chicken	Fish
Crocodile		X	X	A little bit like fish flavored chicken McNuggets.
Camel	X			Definitely “roast beef” like

The highlight of the evening though, was definitely their entertainment show. Dancers would come out doing amazing routines and acrobatics that would put Cirque Soleil to shame.

 

Although, I’m not very knowledgeable about dance something tells me this doesn’t quite belong with traditional African dance.  I dunno, Broadway maybe?

 

Definitely an interesting night out in Nairobi!