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Wow, that's going to be full flavor. It's like art there. In this video, we're bringing you in deep to the most insane food of Mombasa and Kenya. A true culinary destination in Africa that I know you're going to love with eight insane foods that'll blow your mind. So, let's just get right into it. Let's eat. All right, check it out, guys. It's Trevor James. Good morning from Mombasa. In this video, we're meeting up with a couple local friends and they're taking us full on for an amazing Mombasa, Kenya street food tour. This is a multicultural city with Arabic, Swahili, and Indian roots. It's going to be an amazing day. Let's check it out.
Morning. Oed. Morning. How are you buddy? Fine. Good. How are you? Really good. Godfrey. Good to see you. See you too. Excited for today. I'm very excited. We have biryani. We have breakfast. We going to see the people cooking at the beaches. Oh, wow. Sounds amazing. So, it is another day in Mombasa. Yesterday was good. Let's try today again. Let's go, guys. Here we are. Swahili breakfast. I'm super curious. Come on. Here we are. Yeah. Swahili breakfast. Morning. Good. How are you? Oh, this is the lady, the owner of this place. Her name is called Malin. Huh?
Morning. How are you? Oh, look at that. So, this is where they do the swahili breakfast. This is the mandazi. Oh, mandazi. Yeah. In Nairobi they call it mandazzi. Here in Mombasa we call it mahamry. So first they roll out the dough. First they roll out the dough and they cut it into corners. You see? Now she spreads them like that. Then from here they take them. Oh. And then they fry them over here. Super interesting. Yeah. Super interesting. Making a lot of that. What else do we have here? This is vi. It's a whole potato that is been steamed. Then they peel it off. After peeling it off, they put this the red sauce which is chili and then cuts then
cuts them out and then marinates in the flour. Yeah. Now they put it right here. Oh wow. They're like masala potatoes. Yeah. Masala potatoes. So is this mainly only in Mombasa or you can find all throughout Kenya? Mainly it is only in Mombasa the coastal side. Coastal side because the influence of the Arabica that's why it's mainly based along the coastal side. What else do we have here? Here we have uh the chapati. So here you don't put any yeast on top of it. After that you will see the mama. That's how now you spread. And what do you eat the chapati with? Chapati you can eat it with beans,
green gum, beef stew. Oh. So this is the baja. Yeah. So the baja making it like a rolling it like a bowl and after that he puts it in the fire. Is this a common breakfast for you? It's a common breakfast. Most of the things taken in the breakfast, they're also taken in the evening. Really good snack for all day. They look delicious. I can't wait to try those. So what do we have here? Peas mixed with paper and chili. And yeah, spicy. Yeah, it's spicy. Oh, coconut in there, too. They will spray the coconut on top of it. This one is best when you take it with the mahamry or the chapati. So, I think we're having a big breakfast today, aren't we? Yeah. Very good. Oh, what do we have here? This is coconut
beans. Coconut beans. Yeah. There is soup. Oh, soup as well. Beef. Beef soup. That's a tomato potato gravy, right? Look at that. I'm overwhelmed, man. We are going to taste. Let's try it out. There's so many good foods to try in Kenya. So, what do we got? We got these two stews, right? The two stews and we got bajia. We got viazi. We have chapati. This is called katlesi. And here we have the peas. The peas with the coconut. These are kebabs. These are samosas. And this is spaghetti. Oh, spaghetti pastry. So, you just take a chapati. I take a piece of chapati. Oh, it's still so hot and fresh. Dip it in the sauce. Roll it like that. Take it down.
M. It almost tastes like a spaghetti sauce. That's true. Yeah. It's also maybe a little spicy. So, we have also the beans here. Oh, yeah. Take some of that. And then we got these beans. Oh, look at that. Oh, let's take it down. M. Oh, wow. You can really taste the coconut. The coconut flavor is so potent. So, should we try this one next? Yeah, we got this one also. We use it with the chapati. Take it with chapati. Oh, yeah. Scoop up a good chunk. Oh, it's coconut. Pure coconut flavor. I think this one my favorite. Wow, that was amazing. How are you? Hey, how are you guys? Fine, fine. Nice to meet you. You guys come here often? Yeah, every Sunday,
every weekend we are here. Oh, really? Thank you so much. Mombasa, beautiful city. Welcome, Masa. Thanks. Let's keep going. Here we are, guys. Briani. Swahili. Biryani. Should be good. This is it, right? Yeah. The biryani station. Yeah. Your name? Hassan. Trevor. Nice to meet you. Oh, look at these big pots. Oh, here we go. Onions going in. Wow. Making biryani. Oh, look at that. Amazing, guys. We just walked in and they're starting the making the manga boy biryani. Looks good. Oh, here comes the pots. Big paws. Wow. Here comes the meat.
Oh, for the biryani. Oh, the beef. Wow. Look at that tender beef. This is incredible. We're going to watch the full process. This is manga boy mombasa biryani. We got the beef going in. I've heard a lot of good stuff about this. This is just amazing. We got three big pots. These are going to be for biryani. We got the onions sizzling and the beef is being put in as we speak. Super excited to try this. It's going to be an amazing flavor. And this is Manga Boy Mombasa biryani. Oh, tomato sauce coming in. Look at that. Wow. That's going to be full flavor. Wow. And there's the mixing. Here we go.
Oh, amazing. Look at that. This is going to be so delicious. Look at this, guys. Full action biryani mombasa style. Wow. But the real secret is the love they put into it. And we're going to taste this later. Can't wait to try. Oh, here comes the potato. So, we got lots of secret spices in here. We've seen the tomatoes going in. We've seen a few other things, but we're going to keep it a mystery. So, the chefs keep their secret recipe. Wow. There it is. Full potato layer. It's like art there. Amazing. Wow. Look at that. Look at this. Here comes the rice. Wow. Basmatari. You can smell so many flavors coming from this basmari rice. From this biryani. It's all in there,
guys. The nuttiness of that basmati, the tomato, the secret signature masala. Wow. There's all the rice. And there it is, guys. Oh, little color on there. India. Little saffron. Saffron inside. Some oil. Oh, and here's the cover. All in one pot. So many cultures. Culture. The Swahili culture. The Indian culture. Cool. Okay, guys. And the moment of truth is coming up. They are going to be lifting the lids off of these 100 kg biryani pots any second now. We've been waiting all morning to see. And it's going to be good. Oh, the magical moment. Yes.
Oh, look at the color. That must be saffron on top. Here we go. This is the moment. Look at that. It smells amazing. It's got a little nutty aroma to it. So, the idea here is to give to people the birhani, which is a kind of like a community dish here. Yeah. Look at the color. We have a big uh Arabic community here. Arabic community. Yes. Muslim Swahili is a half Arabic half. Oh, this is the boss. Your good name. Abdul Aiz. You know me as Manga Boy. And how long have you been here? Eight years. Wow. This is unreal. I'm blown away how multicultural it is. Like you're saying from Oman, from Zanzabar, from India, from the Arab world, all infused here.
Swahili, African, everything coming together into one pot of biryani. This is your trailer. This is the eating cart. Here's the moment. This is it, guys. Transport. Oh, look at that. 100 kg biryani. Oh, look at that. Okay, here we go. Time for the beef gravy. Oh, there it is. Let's go. One, two, three. Oh, there it is. This manga boy. Yeah. In Mombasa there's no one like this biryani. That's one of the best smelling biryanis in Mumbai I've ever smelled in my life. Wow. Look at the color in there. Oh, totally different. Here comes the beef. Oh, look at how jiggly it is. Wow. Thank you guys. Manga boy. I can't wait to try that. Oh, and potato.
Masala. Yeah, masala gravy. Oh, masala. And salad. Yeah, this is worth flying to Mombasa for. I can tell already. Thank you for having us. Manga gravy. We can't wait to try. Here we are. Manga boy biryani. Look at that. So, you eat with hands, right? You eat with strictly with hands. Like this. A little bit. And you take a part of it. Oh, I got a big beef chunk there. Take a nice clump. M. M. Yeah, that's full flavor. It is. It's full of flavor. I'd say it's a nice smooth light biryani. It's not spicy. You can taste like a light tomatoy fluffy basmati. Yeah, really just full texture, full flavor in there, but not
overpowering. And that chili gravy they put on there, that is spicy. Thank you, man. Good boy. It's delicious. Oh my. So flavorful, bro. Thank you. You come next time. No problem. Yeah. Incredible. Biryani. Thank you. See you. Awesome, guys. We're going to keep exploring. Here we are. Spice market. Yeah. So, we are at the spice market. Should be good. We've tasted the biryani. So we are going to see where the spices they come from. So mostly they come from Zanzibar. Then they sold along this channel. Oh, Zanzibar. Yeah. So this is the largest markets that we have in the Mombasa Island. So we are going to get inside.
Have a look. Check on the also the African candies. The African snacks are used along these places. Huh. Let's take a look. Oh my. Look at all the colors here. So many spice. Wow. This one. This mango. This is dried mango. It's called achari. Dried mango. Is it sour or sweet? This one, no chili. Yeah. There are different flavors that we have. The ones with chili, the ones with no chili. Oh wow. Now this one we call them the African candy. The bubab seed. Oh, babubab. Yeah. The bubab seed from the bab tree. Yeah. Don't chew. Suck. Yeah. Just put it. So they just like that. Oh yeah. So they come in different flavors.
Different flavor. Sweet. They come. And we have another And because there's powder on the outside. What's this? Flavor. And those are different kind of fish that we have. Huh? See? Oh, there's so much shrimp pickle. Look at that. All shrimp with the tail too. With the tail. Yeah. Everything. M. Oh, that's delicious. You can eat this with only bread. Dry bread. It's so delicious. It tastes like a sambble. Very nice. Oh, and what's this now? This is the dry one. Dry shrimp. Yeah. Oh, look at those. Oh, special cheeky. This just one plain. I like this one. Yeah. Just taste tastes like a sambble. Oh, and this is
the banana stall. Banana. Zanzibar. Banana. Zanzibar banana. Yeah. Rich. Wow. Look at that. Let's taste that. Oh my goodness. Those are so sweet. Yeah. Oh my goodness. Very sweet. Let's take some of those to go. Those are so delicious. It's like a regular banana, but way more sweet and soft and delicious. A monkey banana. Monkey leg moose. Monkey banana. Little baby banana. So much. Let's get a couple of those. Red one. Okay. How are you? Welcome. Fine. So, this is Spice Girls. Oh, Spice Girls.
It's your shop. Where's the girls though? Girls is they are cooking. Oh, Simos. How do you use this? This one you soak with water. Okay. Then you dilute the water. Then the water you drink. Oh, you make like a tea. No, you can make a tea. You can just uh make like water. Only water. See this one? This is the sea moss powder. When you take a tea Oh, you can make a seamos tea. Tea? Yeah. Making a seamos tea. Just a little bit, I think, to go. Yeah, I want to try. Welcome. Thanks, boss. Welcome. Welcome, Spice Girls. Seamos powder.
Okay. And here we are. What do we got here? Oh, coffee. Hi, boss. How are you, my friend? Good. How are you? Welcome. Thank you. From Canada. Welcome to Kenya. Thank you. Loving Kenya. It's a strong Kenyan coffee. Oh, it's potent. It's so potent. Why don't we get some coffee for you? Uh, dab roast. D roast like this one. Oh, look at that big bag of coffee. Very strong. Thank you. So good. It's business. Amazing. He subscribed. Thank you. Thank you so much. Here we go. Awesome market. awesome market, the spice market area. I think we need to cool down now, though. Is there any dessert we could have? Yeah. So, from
here, we'll be going to an ice cream shop to chase some ice cream. Then, after that, we'll be proceeding with the other itinary plants. Amazing. Let's go. And next up, we're just exploring the back alleys on our way to a local ice cream, right? And here we are. Little ice cream shop. Yeah, this is a local ice cream. Mombasa ice cream. So the stopover after eating can have an ice cream on this heat. Yeah, let's go. We need it. Hi boss. How are you? Oh, what do you have here? What's special? Special is a paludas, milkshakes, ice creams, juices. Oh, paluda sounds good. Oh, wow. What's going in here? Is this vanilla?
Oh, saffron. Yeah, zapur. Saffron ice cream. Yeah. Oh, what do we got here? This is the same special. Oh, noodle. Yeah. So, we got saffron ice cream. We got noodle and flax seed in there. Oh, and then some milk. Yeah. Oh, and then some raisins. Oh, almond. Almond and Oh, and then mixing. Yeah. Oh, and then what's this? This is a sauce of Oh, wow. Look at that. Oh, there it is. The fuda. And then more ice cream on top. Oh, what's this ice cream? Vanilla. This is vanilla ice. Oh, vanilla. Yeah. Oh, and then some candy on top. Oh, with more cashew. Oh, and some syrup. That's extreme. Look at how sweet
that is. Thank you. Let's try it out. Oh, here we are. Time for this. Is the valuda, right? Yes. Wow. Let's try it out. Oh, there's more other ones. Oh, what's this? Pistachio. Pistachio. Oh my. It's a little too much, isn't it? So, we got vanilla, pistachio, and saffron, right? Yes. Let's just go in. Loaded with tons of looks like delicious syrup, almonds, raisins, candy, vanilla ice cream. Oh, let's try it out. Yeah. Oh my goodness. Wow. A little fruity with the raisins and the syrup. Yeah. M. And so cooling. Wow. That's amazing.
Thank you so much. Thank you. So nice. See you next time. Thanks. See you. Amazing. Let's keep going. Wow. Mombasa is amazing, isn't it? Yeah. They don't charge our money. Yeah. They didn't take our money. We ordered so many so much and they didn't take our money. Yeah. So nice. Oh my. And last up, we're driving out to the beach side of Mombasa to try a local Mombasa seafood feast. This was absolutely amazing. Here we are, guys. Seafood on the beach. Just look at this. Oh, it's beautiful up here. Look at this. Amazing. Green trees, fresh air, kids are playing soccer, and we're on the hunt for a coconut fish. It's supposed to be really delicious with ugali. Oh, here's a seafood delivery.
Oh, fresh seafood delivery. And there it is. So, this is going to be into coconut fish. Swahili specialty. Yeah. Really very delicious. Famous from Mombasa. Yeah. Famous for Mombasa. Wow. Oh, and more seafood. Oh, the squid for calamari. So, we're going to get the white snapper. We're going to get a lobster, some shrimp, and giant squid. Okay. So, it's seafood cleaning on the beach. How many octopus you sell every day? Three to four. And up here, oh, what's going on? To make it soft. You do that every day or is that just for camera? It's not for
camera. You actually tenderize like that? Yeah. Really? Wow. To make it soft. Yeah. What if it's high tide? What? What if there's too much water? Where do you throw? Just around there. Always have rocks. Yeah. Wow. And now the calamari. You do the same with the calamari. No, this one is different. Different technique. Yeah. Interesting guys. It's cool to come here to Mombasa to try. And this is beautiful here. Yeah, this one is beautiful. I noticed a lot of foreigners here. Is this like uh do they live here or do they just travel here for vacation? For vacation. So, it's a beautiful vacation spot. So, we've ordered a full grill here. We're going to try the local
Mombasa seafood. And chef is just adding in the charcoal. And uh it's going to be good. It's going to be really good. Okay, we're going in the kitchen. Coconut fish time. Wow. Oh, there's the coconut fish. The white snapper. Okay, so slicing is lime or lemon. Lime. So, we've been waiting for this oil to fry up. The Mombasa coconut fish. Here we go. Oh, coconut fish going in the white snapper. Look at that sizzle. Oh, and while our coconut fish is frying, chef here is going to add all of our grilled fish onto the grill here.
Wow. So, we got the squid, we got the lobster, we got the shrimp, chicken. Oh, look at that. Oh, here we are. Right on the grill. Octopus on the grill. How long you been cooking for? 2010. Since 2010. Yes. So, you've been Since 2010. Oh, you've been cooking for almost 15 years. Yeah. Oh, look at that. Honestly, I thought that was finished. Just a plain salt barbecue, but Chef added on this incredible marinade. Ginger, garlic, black pepper, cinnamon. It smells fantastic. Here we go. Time to make that calamari slice. Okay, we're going back in. This is the moment of truth. We got tomato, bell pepper, cilantro, onion sizzling in the oil, and then little water with the coconut cream. Oh, here's the fish. Does
it go in? Oh, it goes in. Look at that. Right in that cream. You can smell the creaminess of the coconut. Chef, you're amazing. Look at that. Okay, this is the moment of truth, guys. The coconut fish is ready. The sauce has thickened up. Yeah, it looks incredible. Look at that. Wow. You can smell the coconut. Here's the platter. Thank you, chef. Amazing work. You worked so hard. Oh. Oh my goodness. So, this is what we came here for. This coconut fish right here. Should we just get in? Yeah, let's get in. Let's just get in with ugali. With ugali, the cornmeal staple, right?
Yeah. Get some. Then you just squeeze it. Then crack like a hole. Then pip here and dip it in the sauce a bit. Oh, just take it down. M. The coconut is so smooth. It's like a tropical fish gravy. That's true. This sauce, the onion, the tomato, the coconut, and the fish flavor has infused in there, too. Oceany delight. Next, we have to try this seafood here. Yeah, cuz it's the mombasa marinade, right? Yeah. Let's take it down. So, should we just take a slice here? Yeah. Oh, there it is. Take it down.
Chef, amazing. Amazing food. Thank you. Loving maza. Thank you, Jeff. What do you think? O bed. This fish the best fish I've tasted in my entire life. Wow. Really? Trust me, I'm coming from the great legs of Africa. I live by the lake. I've never tasted any tasty fish. Wow. That's when you know it's good. So, we found a good spot. A very nice one. Everyone enjoying now? We are. Thank you, chef. That was amazing. Thank you. So good. Thank you. What an awesome day, guys. And we're just finishing up. We're exploring the streets of Mombasa now. And we're coming back to Manga Boy for a schwarma. Oh,
here we go. Chicken schwarma. Oh, little late night satisfaction. Wow, that's big chicken chunks. So, he's just chopping up the chicken, mixed it with salad. Oh, tomato sauce. Oh, more. One's mayo, one's ketchup. Wow. It's totally like a taco. Look at that schwarma taco. We're just going to take a little late night schwarma action here. Look at that. It's totally a schwarma taco. Amazing. And I love how he's mixed it with the mayo and the tomato sauce. Thank you, boss. Thank you. Let's try it out. M. Oh, that's good. Look at that. It's really satisfying. Floppy and delicious.
Thank you, boss. It's delicious. Amazing. Shwarma. Loving the food in Mombasa. Thank you so much for watching, guys. Hope you're enjoying this series. Please leave me a comment down below and click the subscribe and little bell notification button so you don't miss any of these videos. Thanks so much for watching, guys. Got to finish that schwarma. Amazing.
