Inês Carvalho
Eating Nairobi from nyama choma pits to Eastleigh cafés
Based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Inês moved from Porto to Nairobi in 2016 and cooks her way through the city's nyama choma joints, Eastleigh's Somali cafés and the Saturday markets of Karen. She reviews with a home cook's eye, weighing a plate of pilau against what the same shillings buy at the next stall.
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