₦airaland Forum

Daytonbale:
Hausa Call it Garo Garo

Silentgroper:
Garos garos, this is one food they actually eat with protein oo, meat especially atleast from those I used to get this from , she sells meat with it.

Tuwo shinkafa ..

Those are the best gaysa food to eat ..

Then is this thing in which they add raw egg to their yam or potato even chicken and fry it together .. dunno what it's called but this one bangs too due to the yaji added to it ....



No one should ever try eating dokunnu though, that the worst food I have I ever eaten , the food is so bland Like ..

wiseone28:
The moment you enter north that's the only thing that smells everywhere till you leave 😁😁

I used to wonder what is always smelling like that in the evening till I got to know it

Silentgroper:
Since the very first I tasted yaji , I also don't joke with it .

E get one time wey dey chop am with bread sef ...

Very tasty thing .

Silentgroper:
They practicalky fry the egg with anything they can find . .. it's crazy but gaddemm it taste good ..


Btw, I have never been to the north. All these I encountered somewhere in the south west in an area called Sabo...

wiseone28:
oh, when you get there that's the only thing you will smell there especially in the evening. I taste one it was tasteless. Boiled yam then mixed with raw egg and fry. 😁

Silentgroper:
Dem no add yaji put??

wiseone28:
Na like that I buy am 😁 it was so tasteless..

I don't even know what is yaji

Onegai:
I've never had Indian street food before but I did eat home cooked and restaurant Indian food, I used to cook it at some point too (there was one Indian boy in my life back then and I was convinced Shah Rukh Khan would be my in-law...😔). I think I fell out of love with Indian food (same period I fell out of love with my Indian bros) because it kind of feels...heavy to my palate, just like Nigerian food.

Which is why I always love East Asian and South East Asian: bring that Sushi here, grill that Sichuan fish, how about some Japchae

Hausa food, it kind of looks like they depend mostly on non-traditional spices, which may be why it's unappealing to most. I don't know about their hygiene, I'm pretty sure if there was a Hausa food restaurant it would be hygienic.

Silentgroper:
Tasty grinded pepper..

Imagine grind pepper filled with seasonings..

The peppers they add to suya..

Maybe It has finished. Cause they add it without you even asking ..

I enjoyed the one I ate though..

Silentgroper:
Tasty grinded pepper..

Imagine grind pepper filled with seasonings..

The peppers they add to suya..

Maybe It has finished. Cause they add it without you even asking ..

I enjoyed the one I ate though..

wiseone28:
ok was the one you bought yam?

Silentgroper:
. Yeah it was yam

CodeTemplarr:
Their hygiene has a bad reputation and that will always affect how their meals are accepted by outsiders. I will be less willing to try out their meal compared to Calabar people's because of difference in reputation.

They dig water well close to soakway so imagine what water is being used for processing. Especially those household prepared small-chops. Imagine the water inside.

Coolgent:
Do they shit in nylon?

Obavoh:
Growing up in the North I didn’t really take note but I just realized that

Yoruba restaurant —> Yoruba+Igbo+Hausa Customers

Igbo restaurant —> Igbo+Yoruba+Calabar Customers

Calabar restaurant—> Yoruba+Igbo+Hausa+Calabar

Hausa restaurant—> Northerners

Just last month there was a small riot in the company I work for.
The Hausa woman that cooks in our Canteen serves only Northern food and soups.
We have 70% Northern workers and 30% Southerners.

The South boys usually prefer to leave the company and go to a restaurant far in the village just to eat lunch everyday. I have never seen them eat our food.

The company had to bring in a Calabar woman to cook for them after much protest. This woman’s food is more expensive but they don’t complain.

Flows001:
You guys should learn to be specific, not every Northerner or Northern state is the same.
Be reminded that Kwara, Kogi, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, e.t.c are all tagged "Northern" States (including Abuja).

The comments above are all specifically pointing towards the Hausas, hence, the word "North" shouldn't apply here because not only the Hausas live in Northern Nigeria

dom:
Try the Hausa Restaurant behind Frazier Suites in Abuja. A lot of varieties . Very tasty too.

Lithiumite:
When I was based in Abuja,there was this canteen we used to eat everyday which belonged to a southern borno woman,biu lga precisely......this woman's cooking was damn sumptuous,jollof,fried rice,rice a stew,vegetable,egusi even porridge beans,all were heavenly......omoh till today I still remember her food and I am from the south.....I am the type that loves meat to be very tender and this woman does justice to it all the time.....she cooks meat perfectly than most southerners I have seen.....this was about 17 years ago and I still remember her.

U09ce:
Most of the comments here are stereotypical. 'Too much seasoning' 'No meat' 'little oil' bla bla. Who set the standard for amount of seasoning, meat and oil?

You have your food which you enjoy, that's good. But don't disparage that of others.

There are a lot of foreign cuisines which people consider exotic but I don't savor them. That doesn't mean they aren't good.

Flows001:
You guys should learn to be specific, not every Northerner or Northern state is the same.
Be reminded that Kwara, Kogi, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, e.t.c are all tagged "Northern" States (including Abuja).

The comments above are all specifically pointing towards the Hausas, hence, the word "North" shouldn't apply here because not only the Hausas live in Northern Nigeria

folake4u:
I like Dambu Nama, Suya, Kilishi, Kosai (sprinkled with enough yaji).

I'm not a fan of Masa, tuwo, or fura.

Recently, I bought yaji all the way from Kaduna for my noodles. There's this flavour it gives.

Obavoh:
Hausa food is highly medicinal. We do not pack meat or fish to enjoy our soup.

The highest you can add is dried fish and that is optional.

We prefer to eat meat separately eg Suya, kilishi , Dambu Nama etc

Masa&Miyan Taushe (pumpkin soup)= ₦500

Tuwo with Miyan Kuka and dried fish= ₦800

Obavoh:
I have entered the Calabar’s woman canteen to eat a few times. The food is good but I love the Hausa food also.

Eba & Soup= ₦1,200. ( I have forgotten the name of the soup, please remind me )

Stew Rice with meat & fish= ₦1800

Pounded yam & Egwusi = ₦2000

I noticed that to eat southern Food you need to add a lot of Protein like Meat fish or Chicken to enjoy it but it is not the same in the North

Gerrard59:
I agree that their meals are healthy, but they are not filling. E no dey belly full person. But healthy and makes me trim? Yes.

pipnator00:
True. They serve their food in very small portion.
I used to get embarrassing stare when I go to their buffet, heap rice as much as I can eat.
These days, I no send anybody. After all I'm gonna pay!

Konquest:
In terms of taste buds acclimatization, I can deduce that you've almost become a far Northerner already since you like some of these meat-based cuisines above. Indeed, the peppery mix (or yaji)🌶️ consisting of dry peppers, peanuts, ginger, and some other secret spices is impressive!.

If you ever find yourself in the Allen Avenue area of Ikeja, I propose that you glide into the "University of Suya" to get some special Suya combo offers with their added "unique yaji taste" which you'll NOT find from other wannabe Suya outlets. ONLY the London-based "Obalende Suya" comes close. The Northern Hausa guy has been operating on Allen Avenue since the 1980s till it got rebranded to it's current name of University of Suya and it has a huge clientele among the Middle Class to the Upper Class.

As for the "yaji," you ordered from Kaduna for your noodles, what's significantly special about it?

Last but not least, I took the time to scan through the thread pages here and without a shadow of doubt, a lot of posters here talking down on Northern cuisines have deep-rooted prejudices and more.

LeeSmart:
@obavoh i once asked you if you have the intention of joining the Nigerian army or FRSC but i didn't get any response from you, well maybe you're okay with what you do. As for me i was only trying to help.

Now back to ur topic, it's really disheartening to see almost everyone condemning food from my region😢😢