Thankfully I'm not the only person daft enough to write about eating out in Rwanda on the internet. A few minutes googling throws up a number of hits, and I've spent a bit of time rooting about, seeing what the man onthe street has to say.
I found a review of the Chez Lando hotel, where I usually stay, written a couple of weeks ago:
This hotel is fantastic. The brochettes in the restaurant are top notch, but the pool is its crowning glory. What a swim!!
The brochettes are indeed very good. There is no swimming pool though.
What was it Johnny Rotten said about the man on the street? He was right. Tripadvisor has a lot to answer for. Here, idiots write about how some rancid pizza shop is the best restaurant in East Africa, or perhaps the epiphany they had when they tried mayonnaise with their chips for the first time. Here are some more choice cuts:
Menu with something to tempt everyone, including vegetarian and healthful foods as well a delicious variety of starters and entrees.
I love Indian fare...period!
Oh dear (ellipsis, period, exclamation mark).
Food blogs will never wipe out proper journo-reviewers like Jay Rayner, AA Gill, or Giles Coren. Those folks can write, all cleverful and professionful. They know a thing or two about what is on the plate in front of them. They are not cretins. Not even Michael Winner.
Anyhow, there is one good Kigali blog: cheap wines of kigali, written in a suitably drunken style by an anonymous lady who always carries a notebook in her handbag just in case there is wine. Check it out here.
Another short batch of reviews coming soon.
I found a review of the Chez Lando hotel, where I usually stay, written a couple of weeks ago:
This hotel is fantastic. The brochettes in the restaurant are top notch, but the pool is its crowning glory. What a swim!!
The brochettes are indeed very good. There is no swimming pool though.
What was it Johnny Rotten said about the man on the street? He was right. Tripadvisor has a lot to answer for. Here, idiots write about how some rancid pizza shop is the best restaurant in East Africa, or perhaps the epiphany they had when they tried mayonnaise with their chips for the first time. Here are some more choice cuts:
Menu with something to tempt everyone, including vegetarian and healthful foods as well a delicious variety of starters and entrees.
I love Indian fare...period!
Oh dear (ellipsis, period, exclamation mark).
Food blogs will never wipe out proper journo-reviewers like Jay Rayner, AA Gill, or Giles Coren. Those folks can write, all cleverful and professionful. They know a thing or two about what is on the plate in front of them. They are not cretins. Not even Michael Winner.
Anyhow, there is one good Kigali blog: cheap wines of kigali, written in a suitably drunken style by an anonymous lady who always carries a notebook in her handbag just in case there is wine. Check it out here.
Another short batch of reviews coming soon.
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