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- In this video, we're taking you on a full on extreme street food tour around Nairobi, Kenya, the second out of seven videos in this series, and it's gonna be absolutely insane. So let's just get right into it. All right, check it out guys, it's Trevor James. Just got into Nairobi, Kenya. Look at this. Beautiful scenes. I'm super pumped to be here 'cause in today's video we're taking you for a full on market tour and local food exploration of Nairobi, and it's gonna be full on. Let's go, and look at this guys. Today's video is gonna be a lot of fun. We're meeting up with our local buddy Obed and some of his friends as well, and we're going for like a big range of food across Nairobi.
This is my first time in Kenya, first time in Africa as well, and I'm super excited to see what we're gonna be able to find, what we're gonna eat. Let's go. This is amazing. (upbeat music) - Welcome to Africa. - Ah, thank you buddy. (Obed and Trevor laughing) Good to see you man. - Good to see you. - Super pumped to be here. - Yes. - So what should we do today? What's the plan? - [Obed] Today, the plan is to go to the market, let's say five hours.
- [Trevor] Five hours. - [Obed] Exploring the market in Kenya. We are going to see how the boiling pots. - [Trevor] Super local. - Yes, local stews, corns, beans, vegetables. - [Trevor] Amazing. - Chapati, all together. So we're going to very proud area. - Seeing all the good stuff. - Yes. - Awesome, let's go. - Let's go. Okay, here we are, buddy. Let's do it. - Another adventure.
- Local market. Full on adventure, and here we are with Jacky. - Hi guys. - She's taking us deep into the market with Obed as well, and this is amazing. - [Jacky] Githurai. - Yeah, Githurai Market. Let's go. Wow, it's like a labyrinth in here, guys. Look at this. There's fresh fruit, there's tomatoes, there's mangoes, there's peppers and beans and oh, and I'm excited to see what we can find to eat in a local market like this. This is amazing. So this is the way of life for the people here every day buying and selling it.
- [Jacky] Every day. - And you come and get what you need and then you go home and cook a nice family meal. Oh, what do we have here? Oh wow, look at that, beans. - Yeah, these are fresh beans. - Fresh beans. Oh my goodness. Looks good. Wow. Oh, look at this. It's a healthy lunch. Oh, look at this. So she's just added in green onion and regular onion and mixing, and here we go.
Look at that. Adding a little oil in there (oil sizzling) with the green onions and the onions. Amazing, oh, and look at that. Tomatoes going in next, right? - Yeah, it's going in there. - In the kitamu. Looks good. Here we go. (tomatoes sizzling) Oh, tomatoes going in, look at that. Wow. - And she's gonna let that tomato stew. - Look at that. Oh, here we go. It's all going in. (spoon tapping) - [Jacky] Three minutes.
- Three minutes, and it's all fresh firewood. That's gonna bring it extra aroma. Here we go. Oh my goodness, look at that color. Look at the juices bursting out of that. Oh, the juice is coming out of those tomatoes. - Yeah. - And the color, like you said. - Yeah, it's a really good deep red. - Wow. Oh, here it comes. This is the moment. - Yeah, we have. - This is the moment.
Look at this, guys. There it goes. - Everything comes together. - Wow. Look at that. The githeri going right in there. - [Jacky] Yeah. - [Trevor] The githeri is perfectly cooked, and the tomatoes are perfectly cooked too, right? - [Jacky] So now they just bring the githeri in, and we're good to go. - [Trevor] And it's ready to eat. - [Jacky] Yeah, ready to go. - [Trevor] Amazing. - [Jacky] Yeah. - Oh, a little more salt.
- Yeah. - Season it. So we're gonna have a full mixture of different beans and maize in one plate, right? - [Jacky] Yeah. - Beautiful, oh, look at that. That's the local githeri. - [Jacky] Yeah. - And then what, does this have a? - This is black beans. - Black beans. - Just on the side. - Add more in the food. - Look at that. - They usually say the black beans are really cool with running low on blood levels.
- [Trevor] Oh, a little tomato, but it's got chapati. - And the chapati's the salad they put on every dish. - Wow. Thank you. Look at that. Look at the color on there. Okay, should we try it out? So we got the local githeri in the market. - Would you like some avocado? Really goes well with it. - Oh, avocado? Okay. It goes well? - [Jacky] Yeah. - [Trevor] She's going to get an avocado right now.
- [Jacky] Right there. - Right there. Look at that, right here, fresh avocado. - [Jacky] Oh, thank you. I share with you. - [Trevor] Oh yeah, thank you. Oh, look at that. - [Jacky] Okay, right here. - And then you just add it on to your githeri. Take a little avocado, take some beans, the githeri maize mix. - We want to also get like the, you know, the black beans.
- Oh, take some black beans. - Just a little bit. - And some tomato. - Some tomatoes, yeah. - Oh wow. Let's try it out. (upbeat music) - That's good. - Oh my goodness. Those beans are just full of energy, and the tomatoes are nice and fresh. The avocado. - [Jacky] It's like a party. - It's like, yeah, it's like a party. Colorful, healthy party. I love how we're just right in the market having a delicious, most wholesome lunch.
- Yeah. - I could eat that every day, really. - [Jacky] Oh really? - Yeah, yeah. It's so healthy. Asante, Abby. Amazing. - Thank you. - Thank you, Abby. - Thank you. Okay, let's keep exploring. - All right. - Okay, here we are, guys, and let's just keep exploring this market. See what else we can find, and here we are. We found a smocha. - Smocha. - Which is a street roll, right? - Yeah. - Oh, look at this.
Oh, what do we got here? - [Jacky] The kachumbari. - [Trevor] Oh yeah, look at this. She's just chopping the tomatoes and onions that goes into this delicious smocha. How long has she been selling here? - Approximately seven years. - [Trevor] Seven years. Oh, look at this. So she's just chopping tomatoes and onions, and those are gonna go in to this smocha. Look at these hot dogs, ready to eat. - [Jacky] Yeah. - [Trevor] Look at those hot dogs. So those are gonna go into the smocha with the egg.
- [Jacky] Then she's gonna take a chapati. - [Trevor] Oh, chapati. - [Jacky] Yeah. She's gonna incorporate that with a smokey, and a egg. - [Trevor] Oh, a nice hot dog. Oh wow. - [Jacky] So we can choose sauces of. - [Trevor] Oh, look at that. Yeah, that looks good. - [Vendor] We have like a, we have tomato and we have barbecue sauce. - [Trevor] Oh, yum. - [Vendor] Chili as well. - [Trevor] Oh, chili, barbecue, and tomato. - [Vendor] Yeah. - [Trevor] Oh, so it's like a hot dog wrap, with barbecue and tomato.
- [Vendor] Yeah. - [Trevor] No, it looks good. - [Jacky] Now she's gonna add like a boiled egg and roll it. - [Trevor] Oh, yum. Look at that. It's like a hot dog with an egg and barbecue and tomato and onion. Looks good, and a chapati. - [Jacky] Yeah, some sauce. - [Trevor] Wow.
- [Jacky] Looks like a big burrito. - [Trevor] Wow, look at that. It's like a street burrito. - [Jacky] Yeah, it is. - Okay. Wow, thank you. - You're welcome. - Looks good. Look at that. That's full protein, egg, sausage, tomato, onion, and then it's got these three sauces, right? - [Jacky] The chili, tomato. - [Trevor] Chili, tomato, and barbecue. - [Vendor] Yeah, choma. - Choma, barbecue. Okay, try it out.
- Yeah, go for it. - Mm. Oh my God. Whoa, it's so delicious. Wow, it's like a sweet, spicy, amazing. - [Jacky] Burrito. - [Trevor] Burrito. - [Jacky] Sweet burrito. - A sweet burrito. How do you say delicious? (Jacky speaking foreign language) Very good. Asante, asante. - [Jacky] Thank you. - [Trevor] It was delicious. - Yeah, it was good. - It was really good. Let's keep exploring. Okay, next up guys, I think we are going to a local juice stall right here to cool down after all the heat in this market.
Look at this, local juice spot. The juice stall. Wow, look at this. - So we are having sugarcane juice. - [Trevor] Sugar cane. - They have a specialty here. - [Trevor] Oh, wow. - So they're gonna show us how they make it. - [Trevor] Yeah. - And all the ingredients, they mix it to make it a very healthy, so it's not just a sugar. - Amazing. Wow, look at all these juice. Turmeric, sugarcane, beetroot, aloe vera. - [Obed] Sugarcane, and okra. - Oh, so this is the sugarcane spot.
Oh, and then it comes here. Oh, it's a unique sugarcane style. Look at this, adding lemon into there and then going right in there. Oh, and then it comes through, and then here's the juice coming out here. Oh, ginger going in like a sandwich. It's like a sugarcane ginger sandwich there going in. Oh, there it is. Look at that, oh, and then it's strained. Oh, there it is. Thank you so much. Looks delicious. Ginger, lemon, and sugarcane. - And sugar.
- Oh my goodness. Mm. Wow. It's really good. - Thank you. - [Trevor] It is so delicious. Sweet and spicy from ginger, and then citrusy from lemon. - It's the meaning of a natural juice. - Yeah. - Simple and delicious. - It's so nice. You like things. It's good, right? Oh, and look at this. This is cactus. - Yeah, I like this. - [Trevor] Wow. - Make some juice out of this. - [Trevor] You can have cactus juice.
- [Employee] Yeah. - Oh yeah, there it is. Look at that cactus. Unique street cactus. - [Employee] Cucumber. - [Trevor] Oh, and cucumber. - What we do is put them together. - Oh, cucumber and cactus. Oh, and then, here we go. This is it. Cactus cucumber, and there it comes. Look at that, cactus cucumber. Okay, there we go. Cucumber cactus. Let's try it out. - All right. It's all right. - Oh wow, it's unique.
- It's different. - Not too sugary. - Oh, it's potent. Almost a little slimy in a way. - [Jacky] Slimy. - [Trevor] Slimy, and is it bitter a little bit? A little bitter or something? Yeah, and then the. - [Jacky] But good stuff. - Yeah, but good. It's, you can feel that it's healthy. - Yeah, yeah. - [Trevor] Ohh. - This is cassava. - [Trevor] Okay, so this is another uji power, right? - [Employee] Yeah, yeah.
- [Trevor] And she's added in. - [Employee] This is arrow root. - [Trevor] Arrow root, ground knot. - [Employee] Cassava. - [Trevor] Cassava. - Milk. - [Trevor] Milk, let's see how it's done. Okay. Wow. Here it is. Oh, look at that. Thank you. Look at that. - Use two hands. - Two hands. Uji power, there it is. Mm, oh. - This is the idea of what we call. - That's delicious.
- Yes. - Mm. - More than hot cream, huh? - Wow, it's very nutty. It's like a milky, nutty, almost like, taste like an upgraded milky peanut butter. - It's salty, aromatic. - Milky, nutty peanut butter with sweetness. Definitely a little sweet, too. Thank you, Winnie. - Thank you, guys. - Thank you so much. Asante. - Asante, asante. Thank you, thank you. Okay guys, next up we're going to find the local Rolex.
It should be right up ahead. Special Rolex Street wrap, I believe. Oh, look at this. - [Jacky] This the spot. - Oh, this is it right here. We found it guys. Hi Buck, how are you? - I'm fine. - [Trevor] Making the Rolex. - [Jacky] He's making the Rolex for us. - Amazing. This is the Rolex spot. We found a special Rolex stall in the market in Nairobi, and let's see how it's done.
It's a special street wrap, right? - Yeah, actually it is. It's called a Rolex is, basically a Ugandan creation that is extended in Kenya now. - Okay. - Even in the region. So the idea of calling it a Rolex was because a Rolex is a fancy item. - Yeah. - So people couldn't afford it. So they're happy to have a Rolex on the street. - And the food. - And the Rolex that you can eat basically. - Better than a Rolex. - Exactly, because food is everything. - Yeah.
Okay, so it's got onion, tomato, and pepper. - Yes, and pepper, but it can be also more than that. They can add some sauce, they can add some egg, like spices as you want. - [Trevor] So it's got tomato, onion. Okay, little bell pepper. - Two or three. - [Trevor] Okay, and then put three. Oh, there the eggs go in the street Rolex. - If you are busy and you are walking, you have a client. - Ooh, oil going on. - Grab it and have a lunch, so. - Look at that.
Okay, here's the moment. Here we go, the Rolex. - Here's the Rolex. Street rolex. So it's a luxury street food, right? - Yes, it has borrowed the luxury name. - And it's got the tomato, the bell pepper, the onion, eggs, and he's gonna slap a chapati on, right? - Yeah. These people, they have, it's really a big industry because you can find them all over Kenya. - Oh, here comes a flip. Oh, look at that flip. Oh, that chapati goes right on. That's really special. - [Obed] Very special.
- Magic. Here come the flip. Oh, look at that. Oh, and then he is gonna wrap it, roll it. That's why it's called the Rolex, right? - [Obed] Yeah, yeah, yeah. We just. - [Trevor] Can you cut it in half? - [Rolex Vendor] Yeah. - [Obed] This is a literal meaning of Rolex. - [Trevor] Rolled up nice. Can we just take? - [Rolex Vendor] Yes. - Oh, it's hot. Should we just go in? We go in. - [Obed] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Oh, oh, oh my goodness. It's so good. - You are okay? - Oh, it's so good when it's hot. - Yeah. - The chapati, the egg, the onion, tomato, and the street, the charcoal flavor is infused in there. It's nice. Wow, thank you Buck. - Yeah, welcome, welcome. Okay guys, the next up. There's more food up here in the market. I think this is just like a full on little local eating area.
We got all the stews and all the pots. Okay, we're going for more. Jacky's taking us for more. - Yeah, we're going to taste our watermelon. - [Trevor] Fresh watermelon. - Fresh watermelon. - Okay. Okay guys. So after that Rolex, we're gonna go get a little, I think a little cool down snack, a little watermelon perhaps, and then after that we're gonna go leave the market, and I think we're gonna find a special KFC, better than KFC, Kenyan fried chicken. Oh my goodness. Look what we found here.
All right, boss. Look at this. - [Jacky] Yeah. - Look at this amazing watermelon. - A whole station of watermelon. - Watermelon factory here. Look at this. Wow, so we can just take a. - We're gonna select one. - [Jacky] Yeah. One melon, and then they're gonna cut it and we're gonna share it. - [Trevor] Okay. Sounds good. - Yeah. Yeah, all right. Oh, here it is. - [Obed] Share with everyone here. - Oh man. Look at that.
Wow. - We going to share actually, today. - So Kenyan watermelon's quite famous. - They're very famous. - Very famous. - Yes. - Are they more juicy or more sweet? - More sweet. - [Trevor] More sweet. - [Obed] Sweet, yes, sweet. - [Trevor] Look at that. Try it out, Ting. Take a bite, Ting. - So sweet. - [Trevor] Oh, how is it? It's good. - So refreshing. - Refreshing. Okay, let's try a little watermelon.
Look at that, look at that. - From my biting. - Oh, it's so sweet. It's so sweet, and cooling. Hmm. I don't think I've ever tasted a watermelon that sweet in my life. It's super sweet. - This is a watermelon party today. We are going to sing. Okay, come over here. ♪ Jambo Kenya ♪ (singers singing in foreign language) ♪ Hakuna matata ♪ - Hakuna matata. I know that one. It means no worries. - Watermelon party. - Wow. Okay, and right while we're here, we've met this nice woman.
You're selling. - Mango. - [Trevor] Mango. Okay. - Let's do it. - Okay guys, right when we were eating those watermelons, we've met a nice lady, a nice vendor who's look at this, got a massive stockpile. She's a mango vendor, and look at this, wow. Look at all these mangoes, Kenyan mango. - Yeah, Kenyan mangoes. - Kenyan mango. Wow. Kenya mangoes are super famous, guys. Look at this. We've got hundreds of mangoes here. I've never tried a Kenyan mango before.
This is gonna. - [Jacky] First time. - [Trevor] First time, yeah. Oh, and pineapples here. Okay. - [Jacky] One juicy mango for us. - [Trevor] Okay. - [Jacky] And then we're gonna try it right here. - Okay. Oh, wow. Look at that giant knife. These look amazing, guys. Look at, there's hundreds of mangoes here. Right now is mango season? - Yeah, yeah. - Mango season. Oh, look at how soft that is.
Wow. Oh, thank you. Thank you, wow. Thank you so much. Okay, so here we are. We've got the Kenyan mango. Yeah. Famous, world famous Kenyan mango. - The Kenyan mango is also known for the region. They're exporting in other countries. - Ah. - It's known to be like the one provider for mango trees in our restaurant. - Oh. - So when we say natural, it's natural. This is nothing to taint. You just taste it. - Okay, just take a piece. Beautiful mango piece.
- Let's try it. - Let's try it out. Thank you. - Asante. - Mm. - Very good. - That's so sweet. - You are basically drinking a one liter twist of mango. - It's pure mango flavor. Pure, sweet mango. Oh, thank you so much. - You're welcome. - Amazing. - Visit Kenya and enjoy the mango experience. - Yeah, you gotta. That's extreme flavor. Extremely sweet. Thank you. - Asante. - Thank you, asante. Thank you. - We're now ending our tour at Githurai Market.
- Githurai 45 Market. It's time for the street. - Okay, guys, and next up, we are going back into downtown Nairobi area, and we're gonna finish up the day. We're gonna leave the market and we're gonna try the most famous, better than KFC, Kenyan fried chicken. Let's go check it out, and before the most extreme dish yet we found on the street, we're going to a local KFC joint, Kenyan fried chicken. Okay, here we are. Time for KFC. Gonna be good. Kenyan fried chicken. Just across the street. Let's go check it out, guys.
Oh, so this is the fried chicken up here. Kenyan fried chicken. Oh, oh, with chicken feet. Okay, so we just stepped out and we found a local little KFC joint. - It's, yes. - Kenyan fried chicken. - This the KFC, the Kenyan version. - [Trevor] Oh, chicken feet. - [Obed] Yes, chicken feet. There's nothing to throw here, but this mostly the village kitchen. - [Trevor] Oh, going right in. So it's fried chicken feet.
- [Obed] Yes. - [Trevor] Oh, and here it is. It's ready. So Kenyan fried chicken feet. That's what it should be. - [Chef] Kenyan fried chicken feet. - Yeah. Oh, a little salt on there. Oh, thank you. Okay, let's go try it out. Wow, there we are. So this is a specialty in Kenya? - Yeah, this is a special grill. So, and you can find only in this region. - Only in this region. - It's mostly in other countries, mostly they just throw these feet.
- Yeah, they give them to the. - In China they eat, it's pretty good. - Yeah, but here it's not common. - It's not common. - It's not common in Africa. - Oh, really? - Yes. - [Trevor] What's it marinated in? Is that like a soy sauce or something, or like a? - [Obed] There is mostly, mostly it's just grease. - [Trevor] Plain fry. - [Obed] Plain fry, yes. - Try it out.
Oh, it's very gelatin. Oh, it's like a upgraded french fry. Oh yeah. Like an upgraded french fry. It's like gelatin, and she seasons it well. It's definitely salty, but not too salty. Try it out. - I wanna try it. I've never tried it. - You never tried it? - No, not yet. - So it's a rare thing in Kenya. - Yeah. - Awesome, guys. Let's keep exploring. See what else? Oh, deep market. Oh my goodness.
This is extreme. Look at that, grilled goat head. Oh my goodness, that's a bit much. Oh my goodness, this is the soup. Oh, that's the head in there. Oh, how do you eat? - Now you can have it, they can slot it on the plate like this. - [Trevor] Yeah. - [Obed] And they make a curry out of it. - [Trevor] A curry? - [Obed] Yes. - [Trevor] Oh, and the head just went on. Oh my goodness. The head is right on there. That's extreme.
How do you eat the head? - We burn the skin to remove the head. - [Trevor] So burn the skin. - [Obed] Remove the hair. - Remove the hair, and then put in, make a soup. Oh my goodness. How many heads should we get? - [Obed] I mean, they're okay. We are more. - They want four head. Okay, four heads, four heads. Okay, okay, four heads. Oh, so they're gonna keep grilling. We're gonna get four heads, and everybody is gonna enjoy. Oh, it's hot.
Look at that. Oh, my goodness. That's extreme, guys. This is a local Kenyan goat head specialty. Wow. Okay, so we burnt about four heads now. The hair's getting removed on all of them, and then it's gonna go into a soup. Okay, oh so now time to wash the heads. Oh yeah, there you can see all this fur coming off. Oh yeah, there washing. Clean now. We're gonna try the blood sausage. Look at that. Oh yeah, what's inside there? - [Local] You see the stripes?
- Yeah. - There's blood, stomach. - Tripe, blood. - There's a part. - Oh, the stomach. - There's onion. - Onion. - [Trevor] Oh wow, that's right. - Let's take a bite. - Right? - Oh, it's good. Oh, it's delicious. It's like a blood sausage. Mmm. - So sweet, huh? - Very good. Okay guys, and the heads have been boiling for about 30 minutes, and they're just about ready. Take a look. Oh, there's the head.
Wow, I'm really curious how this is eaten. Look at that. There it is, with the meat master. Look at that. Okay, so he's just pulling all the cheek meat off. Oh, and there's more. Oh, there it is. - [Jacky] The second one. - Second one. Wow. Guys, he's just setting up the full four heads that we've ordered. We're gonna share with everybody here, and it's gonna be good. - It's gonna be exciting. It'll be a party on the street because we have everyone here and everyone is ready to eat.
We have four head. (knives sliding) - [Trevor] Oh, the meat mastery here. Oh, look at that. Wow, he's pulling off the cheek meat. Obed, what's this dish called? - This dish is kichwa cha mbuzi. - Kichwa mbuzi. Okay, so let's see how he's gonna make it. Tomato, tomato going in. - [Cook] This is what we call ugali. - [Trevor] Oh, and ugali. - [Cook] This is what we call ugali.
- Ugali. Oh, so, and then we got chili going in. Okay, let's try it. - Scoop the ugali. - Oh, take ugali. - A piece of the. - A piece of the cheek meat. Oh yeah, the head meat. Some sauce and some tomato. - And some tomato. Remember, there's chili. - Okay, and tomato and chili. Okay, let's try. Wow, that was delicious. It's like a nice seasoned cheek meat with a spicy chili and fresh tomato.
It's nice. Yeah, it's good. Okay guys, so we just finished that one taste of that goat head. Now we're gonna see another version in a tomato onion sauce. So two types of goat head. Let's see the second version. Oh, so we got a little onion, some oil. Oh, and then tomato, chopping some tomato, and then tomato going in. Look at that, and then as we speak, the goat head is being chopped in the back. Here it comes, look at that. Wow. Oh, look at that going right in. So we got tomato, we got goat head, we got onion.
Wow, and then a little salt in there. This is awesome. You can smell those tomatoes. You can smell the goat meat, the jiggly, fatty goat meat. Oh, there it is. Finished product. Oh, there it is, look at that. Wow, full goat head plate. It's here, buddy. - Yes. - Should we try it? Look at that, look at the color on there. Tomato, onion, and goat head. What's this called? - [Obed] Kichwa mbuzi. - [Trevor] Kichwa mbuzi.
- [Obed] Which is the literal meaning of goat head. - Let's try it out. Oh, that's delicious. That tomato, onion, and jiggly cheek meat is incredible. Thank you, boss. - Yes. - It was delicious. Thank you, thank you. Thanks so much for watching these videos, guys. I hope you enjoyed this full on Kenyan street food adventure.
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