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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by MICHEALADEX(m): 3:07pm On Sep 16, 2025

The Werey forgot he’s now eating intercontinental dish.

Let him go to Chinese restaurant and pay with his pension

Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by Sagefromtheeast: 3:08pm On Sep 16, 2025

Rebuker:
A Nigerian man has taken to social media to vent his frustration, calling out African food sellers in America for what he described as “outrageous prices.” According to him, he was charged a staggering $140 for just two plates of Egusi soup and small portions of pounded yam.

Expressing his anger, he lamented that African food sellers deliberately inflate prices, especially when selling to fellow Nigerians. “Tell me why I have to pay $40 excluding tax and tips for a plate of Egusi and small pounded yam that can’t even fill me up? Other people sell theirs for less than $15, and you are charging $40,” he complained.

The man explained that during his visit to an African restaurant yesterday, he was billed $140 for two plates of Egusi and pounded yam. When he demanded a breakdown, he was told the actual price per plate was $40, with additional charges for tax and tips.

Shocked, he questioned the sellers: “$40 for a plate of food, not gold?”

Vowing to take action, he declared that he would start exposing Nigerian food vendors who charge above $20 per plate. He added that even the $20 price tag should only apply if the restaurant has a fancy setting and a prime location.

Still venting his frustration, he asked: “Are you people the only ones who need money? Don’t others need money too?”

He further explained that many Africans in America are not eating local dishes simply because they lack options, but because they genuinely want to support their own people and help African-owned businesses thrive.

Watch the full video to hear everything he said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4ZXB-JD2U?si=4-eZd3CWHr6apsLv

Lol
Did he just say tax and Tips?
So TIPS is now part of the charges grin

Wonders are just beginning grin

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by KingWarri: 3:11pm On Sep 16, 2025

Eniolohunda:
Most African foods are imported from Africa. Oyibo no dey eat yam, egunsi, elaborate, garri etc

Brazil and other latin America countries produce cassava and yam too way more than Africa... All the ingredients to make an African dish is usually available in grocery stores....

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by KingWarri: 3:12pm On Sep 16, 2025

MICHEALADEX:
The Werey forgot he’s now eating intercontinental dish.

Let him go to Chinese restaurant and pay with his pension

Chinese restaurant are way cheaper... Stop supporting extortion

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by orikoku: 3:14pm On Sep 16, 2025

Oga, them force you to come buy the food? Abeg let us rest joor.

Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by Eniolohunda: 3:14pm On Sep 16, 2025

KingWarri:
Brazil and other latin America countries produce cassava and yam too way more than Africa... All the ingredients to make an African dish is usually available in grocery stores....

Then when you go to Walmart, HEB or Kroger, take a photo of the yam isle and upload it here, we will take you serious then.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by Josbreed: 3:18pm On Sep 16, 2025

@ $40, a plate is N60,000 not to talk of the $140 he was charged for 2 playes. They are tiffs.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by uuzba(m): 3:18pm On Sep 16, 2025

manuelkel:
Go to Chile or Ecuador and see 80% of African foodstuffs on their farmland.
They have all those things, the difference is mode of preparation.
The way Africans take yam might be different from theirs but these ingredients are surplus there. You can't even import them.

We have rubber trees in Nigeria and Asia.
Henry Ford (car inventor) in 1928, wanted to get rubber closer to USA.
Rubber tree will not grow in USA. It might manage small in Amazon forest, south America.
But the trees got diseased.
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The point is certain plants grow in certain places ONLY.
You can't just expect our Nigerian plants to grow in US.
There's no EBA there. Cassava no go grow. You gats' to import it make your eba. Simple.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by Konquest: 3:19pm On Sep 16, 2025

Rebuker:
A Nigerian man has taken to social media to vent his frustration, calling out African food sellers in America for what he described as “outrageous prices.” According to him, he was charged a staggering $140 for just two plates of Egusi soup and small portions of pounded yam.

Expressing his anger, he lamented that African food sellers deliberately inflate prices, especially when selling to fellow Nigerians. “Tell me why I have to pay $40 excluding tax and tips for a plate of Egusi and small pounded yam that can’t even fill me up? Other people sell theirs for less than $15, and you are charging $40,” he complained.

The man explained that during his visit to an African restaurant yesterday, he was billed $140 for two plates of Egusi and pounded yam. When he demanded a breakdown, he was told the actual price per plate was $40, with additional charges for tax and tips.

Shocked, he questioned the sellers: “$40 for a plate of food, not gold?”

Vowing to take action, he declared that he would start exposing Nigerian food vendors who charge above $20 per plate. He added that even the $20 price tag should only apply if the restaurant has a fancy setting and a prime location.

Still venting his frustration, he asked: “Are you people the only ones who need money? Don’t others need money too?”

He further explained that many Africans in America are not eating local dishes simply because they lack options, but because they genuinely want to support their own people and help African-owned businesses thrive.

Watch the full video to hear everything he said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4ZXB-JD2U?si=4-eZd3CWHr6apsLv

The dude said a lot. I wonder which of the 50 States he's based in? Some of the African restaurants on the East Coast def have that issue of inflated cost depending on the environment and location. Fortunately, US-based Latino, Caribbean and Asian restaurants have cuisines that use tropical food items and ingredients that are similar to African cuisines, so, he can check those out.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by uuzba(m): 3:21pm On Sep 16, 2025

KingWarri:
Brazil and other latin America countries produce cassava and yam too way more than Africa... All the ingredients to make an African dish is usually available in grocery stores....

But Brazil is not in US.
To carry it from Brazil to US is still importation for US.
So it will still be expensive in US.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by almarthins(m): 3:21pm On Sep 16, 2025

manuelkel:
Don't mind the werey, the way people think some times you begin to wonder if they're civilized.... $70 for a plate of egusi and fufu?? 😂

$70, ahh!
E too much o! Those sellers na thief dem be

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by Josbreed: 3:26pm On Sep 16, 2025

Afonja007:
Pure lie plate of egusi oha bitter leaf nsala here in austria is 10euros to 12euros

your 12 euros is $14, that is exactly what the op is fight for. Not $40 or $140 for 2 plates.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by Gotocourt: 3:36pm On Sep 16, 2025

Bahamas95:
Africans, most especially Nigerians have follow come wickedness. They take advantage of every opportunity to rip you.

Don't be surprised they will reduce the price if a white man enters to buy same portion of food and even be forming being nice to them....... Immediately they see an African the wickedness and greed in them will activate.

Respect bro💯, you know our people Wella. Same folks will be screaming na god oOoOO 😥

Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by FreeIgboho: 3:37pm On Sep 16, 2025

seunlayi:
If yam can grow in USA soil, I better go there with my wife to plant correct yam, open shops and start a seeking pounded yam.....$140 no be joke

You'd have wasted your time. People exaggerate on social media. See the prices of Nigerian food in a high end restaurant in NYC

nairalanda1:
When most of the ingredients are imported, and you got to pay all sorts of fees to bring them in, what do you expect?

Afonja007:
Pure lie plate of egusi oha bitter leaf nsala here in austria is 10euros to 12euros

No mind them

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by Blitzking: 3:47pm On Sep 16, 2025

Guess becos of rent and cost of logistics..but still expensive..

Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by Kushites: 3:56pm On Sep 16, 2025

manuelkel:
Stop being ignorant 😂 all these things you mentioned are sold in America and European markets.
Oyinbo dey plant yam, oyinbo dey plant beans,egusi,oyinbo dey plant cassava.....una funny.
Go to UK Birmingham, the Irish have farmlands that comprises of 80 percent of African meal ingredients.

You are LYING.

Which oyinbo plants egusi and cassava?

The Irish have what in Birmingham?

Name the farmlands. Where in Birmingham?

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by AngelicBeing: 3:58pm On Sep 16, 2025

Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by OlujobaSamuel: 4:04pm On Sep 16, 2025

I don't have issues with the price, na so we too dey pay crazy amount for foreign meals here, even our local meals are overpriced, na how we like am.
Na the issue of adding tips to tax be my own, is it compulsory to give tips, make Una explain abeg
Also, how is tips calculated

Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by OlujobaSamuel: 4:06pm On Sep 16, 2025

Sagefromtheeast:
Lol
Did he just say tax and Tips?
So TIPS is now part of the charges
Wonders are just beginning

Na the only thing wey me sef see for the report be that

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by plaetton: 4:15pm On Sep 16, 2025

Rebuker:
A Nigerian man has taken to social media to vent his frustration, calling out African food sellers in America for what he described as “outrageous prices.” According to him, he was charged a staggering $140 for just two plates of Egusi soup and small portions of pounded yam.

Expressing his anger, he lamented that African food sellers deliberately inflate prices, especially when selling to fellow Nigerians. “Tell me why I have to pay $40 excluding tax and tips for a plate of Egusi and small pounded yam that can’t even fill me up? Other people sell theirs for less than $15, and you are charging $40,” he complained.

The man explained that during his visit to an African restaurant yesterday, he was billed $140 for two plates of Egusi and pounded yam. When he demanded a breakdown, he was told the actual price per plate was $40, with additional charges for tax and tips.

Shocked, he questioned the sellers: “$40 for a plate of food, not gold?”

Vowing to take action, he declared that he would start exposing Nigerian food vendors who charge above $20 per plate. He added that even the $20 price tag should only apply if the restaurant has a fancy setting and a prime location.

Still venting his frustration, he asked: “Are you people the only ones who need money? Don’t others need money too?”

He further explained that many Africans in America are not eating local dishes simply because they lack options, but because they genuinely want to support their own people and help African-owned businesses thrive.

Watch the full video to hear everything he said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4ZXB-JD2U?si=4-eZd3CWHr6apsLv

He is lying.
Otherwise, he would have included the receipt or menu list.
My guess is that he ordered egusi and pounded yam, and then most likely added dry fish or stockfish, or fresh fish or something expensive, and probably a beer or some other drink.

When the final bill arrived, he was shocked, because he had already finished his meal.
Then he turned to complain.
The menu list with prices were surely presented to him before his order.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by Apogee14: 4:16pm On Sep 16, 2025

It's not easy to sell African food in the west. Most times your only clients are Africans because naija food is not universally appreciated like say Chinese or Italian food. So your customers na naija. Most of these nsijas have wives who cook and it's only those living alone who you see in the restaurants. Even those ones work shifts a d don't have strength to be coming everyday. They only come weekends. Go to any naija restaurants in the west it's mostly empty. And so profit must be .ade to keep the shop open from the few who patronize. And so they must pay council tax and other taxes and pay their workers livable wage and rent and buy the foodstuff before they make any profit and yet no customers. In fact I am shocked one plate of food is not 50 pounds because it's a tough business in the UK.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by RaptorX: 4:22pm On Sep 16, 2025

The maximum for pounded yam I have ever eaten in a Nigerian restaurant in the US with tax is $26 some even less around $21, so I don't understand what this man is saying about $140 for two plates. And restaurants don't normally charge tips upfront, tips are optional not mandatory only tax is mandatory.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by Dancebreaker: 4:24pm On Sep 16, 2025

manuelkel:
Go to Chile or Ecuador and see 80% of African foodstuffs on their farmland.
They have all those things, the difference is mode of preparation.
The way Africans take yam might be different from theirs but these ingredients are surplus there. You can't even import them.

People forget that many of these so-called African food came from South America. The Portuguese were the first to bring melon seeds to Oba of Benin as a present.

The Benin called it ogi-isi. Basically foreign or Tokunbo seeds. Today, people call it egusi.

Cocoa and others. Plantain is even an Asian plant originally.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by dotedote: 4:26pm On Sep 16, 2025

For Manchester England here na £16 a plate (with Oríṣiríṣi) [i][/i]

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by steeltrust: 4:34pm On Sep 16, 2025

What he said is true and that why I stopped going to these restaurants to buy food
Even the local grocery store are so over priced

And you see them complain that Africans prefer to eat Chinese or Korean food over their own food That because those food are cheap and also sweet

I took my family to an African restaurant and spent almost 400$ and spent less than 150$ at a Korean restaurant and the Chinese it not even up to 60$ and the food was too much and we had to keep for the next day

Nigerians and Africans we do too much
Even back home that how they over priced things and then later cause artificial inflation and blaming the govt

They need to stop
It too much

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by doncartel: 4:43pm On Sep 16, 2025

uuzba:
I think it's more a thing of making a statement.
McDonalds were determined to SPREAD their burger around the WHOLE country...
To make everybody participate in the AMERICAN junk food culture.
That's the mission. That's why it's as cheap as possible.
KFC just trying to one-up McDonalds.
Well, then, go ahead spread it round.
Both eateries have overseas branches... Because they want to spread their mission to all countries.
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Nigerian shop don't want to spread. They just want to make a quick buck.
and are now stressing the living daylights out of the only few customers they have.

Yeah, another idea is for them to include western food that are popular in their location, to entice non-African customers.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by nwirinedu(m): 4:48pm On Sep 16, 2025

I used to rant about this wondering why a tiny plate of eba or fufu cost almost 100 dollars over there but the reality is that freshly cooked food is more expensive in the west.
A number of factors are at play here:

1. The high cost of shipping them overseas caused by stringent requirements to ensure that are safe for consumption
2. Labelling and packaging cost which add to the overall cost of the food.
3. High of registering them over there. There is a silent battle against freshly cooked food in the US, people are incentivized to cook less and buy readymade foods which can be cooked in less the 5 minutes.
4. Special permits, FDA approvals and other approvals which add to the cost, don’t forget Trump
has increased tariff for countries like Nigeria this has added to the cost of food.

No real African food is cooked in less than 5 minutes. Freshly cooked foods is more expensive because of the time it takes to cook and the fact that the ingredients are natural.

Same applies to freshly cooked foods from other countries in the world like India, China, and the likes.
I agree with OP on one thing sha, Nigerians over there tend to exploit their brethren when it comes to food, not just food but other things like Uber and other services. A social engineered trait.

You can reduce your food costs by cooking them yourself, offcourse when your livelihood is based on number of hours worked going to the market to pick what the cook becomes a project.

Try to find ways to adapt or copy the Japanese, eat less per day you will actually live longer.
The high cost is an acknowledgement of the superiority of the African menu, know that.

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by nwirinedu(m): 4:49pm On Sep 16, 2025

Sagefromtheeast:
Lol
Did he just say tax and Tips?
So TIPS is now part of the charges
Wonders are just beginning

Can you try this in any Nigerian fast food that sells Eba and Fufu?

Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by NOETHNICITY(m): 4:58pm On Sep 16, 2025

This same food I can get for 5k here in Lagos with a very big goat meat. In fact I don vex make I go eat am right away

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Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by hillary22: 5:05pm On Sep 16, 2025

who send you go there?

That is a place for the rich

stop going there if you don't have money

u get the point now.......

Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by emmaskyblue(m): 5:12pm On Sep 16, 2025

Logistics cost is high.

Re: Man Calls Out African Food Sellers In America Over Expensive Pounded Yam & Egusi by Akinfemmy(m): 5:28pm On Sep 16, 2025

Eniolohunda:
Most African foods are imported from Africa. Oyibo no dey eat yam, egunsi, elaborate, garri etc

Garri itself is not even an African food. The Portuguese introduced it, and what makes you think that Europeans don't eat yams? You do know that egusi is also melon, and it's part of their delicacy. In all you do, try to seek wisdom.

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