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Uganda Food and Drink
Traditional foods include ugali (solidified maize meal porridge) served with a stew of groundnuts (peanuts), beans, chicken or meat such as beef, goat or mutton. Game can be found on menus in some restaurants and at safari lodges. Fish including the tiger fish, mukini, mputa and tilapia are popular.
Vegetarians may struggle outside of major towns, but Uganda’s Indian and Chinese restaurants generally offer a selection of vegetarian dishes. Traditional desserts include mandazi, a doughnut often served with cinnamon or sugar.
Food here is influenced by Indian, Arab, English and Asian cuisine, with the local specialty being stew. Staple food varies in each region but generally consists of a grain, meat and sauce. Luwombo is a traditional Ugandan dish that is a stew made from beef, chicken, mushrooms or fish that is steamed in banana leaves. Those more daring can try delicacies such as nsenene (grasshopper) or nswaa (white ant). There is no shortage of drinking options here, from their own local fermented beer and banana wine to imported beers, which are widely available. Tea can be found and is served spiced (masala chai) like in


Specialities:
• Cassava (a starchy root, commonly made into flour).
• Chapati (Indian-style flat bread fried in oil).
• Grasshoppers (the crunchy, deep-fried insects are a popular street food).
• Luwombo (stew made from meat, vegetables or fish steamed in banana leaves).
• Matoke (a green banana, often steamed in its own leaves and mashed).
• Millet bread (a mixture of millet and cassava flour, eaten with peanut or meat sauce).
• Posho (made from white cornflower, this starchy staple is similar to polenta).
• Samosa (deep-fried savoury pastries filled with vegetables and sometimes meat).
• White ants (a popular fried insect snack).

Dining and Cuisine in Uganda One of the best rated restaurants in Kampala is
The Lawns Restaurant & Lounge Bar (Plot 34, Impala Avenue, Kololo, Kampala), which has the most extensive game menu in the country as well as a number of delicious African fusion dishes.
 The Pearl of Africa (Kampala Serena Hotel, Kintu Road, Kampala) is the most expensive restaurant in the city, serving up both international and national delicacies with an upscale flair.
As the name suggests,

Fang Fang Chinese (Colville Street) offers very good Chinese food at reasonable prices and is usually packed each evening, while

Mamba Point (22 Akii Bua Road-Nakasero, Kampala) has the best pizza and pasta in the city, which happens to behomemade, and even the dessert menu is mouthwatering to look at.
The lakeside city of Entebbe in Uganda has a great selection of restaurants, many overlooking Lake Victoria, such as

Phaze 3 (Circular Road, Entebbe) that serves fantastic Indian and English cuisine and

Goretties Pizza (DR A Lubego Road, Anderita Beach, Entebbe), where visitors can enjoy pizza while watching the sunset over the lake. The city of Jinja also has some great restaurant options, including the
Source Cafe (20 Main Street, Jinja) and Two Friends (6 Jackson Crescent).