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| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by chiagozien(m): 3:55pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
I don't want to try any Yoruba food |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by AlphaTaikun: 3:56pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
FutureFocus:You know the drill... The famous cuisine nexus of the pounded yam-loving tri-states of Ekiti, Ondo, Ijesa (in Osun). Pounded yam and well-garnished efo riro, obe egusi with eran ogunfe (goat meat). |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by wman(m): 4:04pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Ofe Owerri Ofe Oha |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by wman(m): 4:06pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
chiagozien:There are over 371 tribes in Nigeria. You didn't need to specifically mention that you don't want to try a Yoruba dish. The opposite of Igbo is not Yoruba. |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by Gerrard59(m): 4:06pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
folake4u:Thanks for the correction, as it has been modified. I was right to have added the question. I have eaten Banga from Delta, but I guess I have to eat it again to truly know the difference from its Akwa/Cross version. Before now, trying dishes I was not brought up with was hard, but after eating Asian dishes, I am open to anything and everything. During my welcome party, I ate natto (fermented Japanese beans that has an unpleasant smell) and my prof was shocked. ![]() So, henceforth, anything goes. |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by EmekaBlue(m): 4:10pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Amala ati ewedu with gbegiri and all d mende mende inside |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by Newbie2024(m): 4:11pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Kaczynski:Why not cut your hand or leg and cook and confirm if it is sweet like cow meat 🍖 ![]() |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by Rexymania(m): 4:11pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Amala and ewedu Hausa get food o |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by SmartPolician: 4:14pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
VOsimhen144:Seun, you need to have thumb down for comments like this |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by tnerro1(m): 4:14pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
VOsimhen144:You don try bread and moi moi together, just open the bread preferably the unsliced ones and put the moi moi inside and call it bread bugger, e dey sweet well well😁 |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by chidan1214: 4:14pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
ericmor:Now u don hearram So thank VOsimenhen... |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by FutureFocus: 4:15pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
AlphaTaikun:That’s why it’s extremely important to have a stop over in Akure on the way to Abuja in those days |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by sylve11: 4:16pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by AngelicBeing: 4:17pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Mariangeles:For now NON, because I have practically eaten almost all Nigerian cuisine, the question however is when will Mariangeles eat SWALLOWED FOOD ![]() |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by chidan1214: 4:21pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Silentgroper:Abacha don kpai oooooh We dey wait for the one wey dey there now But I know say he go disappoint us like buburi until he commot for there after he done kpai una finish I nor follow oooooh ![]() |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by AlphaTaikun: 4:29pm On Nov 09, 2025*. Modified: 10:09am On Nov 10, 2025 |
FutureFocus:Indeed, Akure in Ondo State isn't far from the Ekiti and Osun "regional food" borderlands. They have special plant-based ingredients from the local farms they add to their soups. I had my own culinary experience with the mind-blowing Ekiti-styled pounded yam combo delicacy and more while on a visit to "Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort and Conference Center." Big props to those who make these tasty cuisines from different parts of Nigeria because cooking is indeed an art. |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by folake4u: 4:30pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Gerrard59:Lol no wahala. Black soup is really nice and medicinal. Asides eba, I use it to eat rice or yam. Anytime I travel and visit home, my mum welcomes me with Black soup or Banga soup. They're my top favourite soups. Generally, I'm not adventurous with food and quite a picky eater. I ate afang soup last year courtesy of Poco sending to me, I was skeptical of eating it but it was really nice. Since then, I've not eaten it because if I try a restaurant and it's not at par to what I tasted previously, I might dislike it. I have a very weird taste bud. Fermented beans? Wowww. I could never. How about sushi? I can't wrap my head around eating raw fish. |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by LARRYOBRAIN(m): 4:30pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Wrong combo 😁😁😁 VOsimhen144: |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by Mariangeles(op): 4:35pm On Nov 09, 2025*. Modified: 8:33pm On Nov 10, 2025 |
AngelicBeing:I've eaten utara before naa. It just isn't "my thing" naturally. I used to eat it to just please my mum, because she kept calling me nne, and gave me extra meat and okporoko for the effort. 🤣Let me even shock you: I used to rinse soup off meat before I could eat it, but now, I can boldly eat soup meat and okporoko without rinsing. Freshly cooked o.😀 |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by Mariangeles(op): 4:38pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
wman:Ofe oha is sweet. You will like it. Especially if it's spicy, and made with black fish and okporoko. |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by OlujobaSamuel: 4:39pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Love800:Cat meat is sweet ooo, taste like chicken but with stronger bones |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by OlujobaSamuel: 4:41pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Any food from Akwa/Cross, I go eat am, just mention sey Na food from that side, I'm interested already, Na the hygiene of the person cooking go come determine if e go enter my mouth or not |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by doncartel: 4:41pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Ganja soup. It will make you sleep but when you wake up na reggae music you go dey sing. |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by AngelicBeing: 4:48pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Mariangeles:What's utara? Huh, rinse soup off meat before eating it Probably your taste bud detest SWALLOWED FOOD, OK, I get, that it is not what you like naturally. Just like l hate SWINE MEAT with all my being ![]() Is UTARA a Swallowed Food? How come l am just hearing the Word UTARA? Meanwhile l ate okra soup with Rice in Niger Republic, and l have also eaten cassava veggies at Eastern Africa when l visited. I have eaten European/ North American/ Middle Eastern foods as well, I am good with eating food from different countries l visit except SWINE and SNAKE MEAT ooooooooo ![]() |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by Nazgul: 4:50pm On Nov 09, 2025*. Modified: 8:54pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
You know, when people talk about exploring dishes from different parts of Nigeria, I just smile. Because honestly, I’ve already tried almost everything from other regions. Soups, stews, snacks, even street foods. From the East, I’ve had my fair share of Ofe Nsala, Afang, Oha, and Abacha. From the West, I’ve tasted Amala, Ewedu, Ofada, and of course Jollof with attitude. Even from the South-South, I’ve enjoyed Banga, Starch, and Fisherman Soup. But when it comes to the North...I don’t even know where to start. I don’t know their delicacies by name. I only hear things like Tuwo something and Miyan something, but I can’t tell what they actually look or taste like. How do I try food I can’t even identify? |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by Gerrard59(m): 5:07pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
folake4u:Then, I look forward to eating it. Generally, I'm not adventurous with food and quite a picky eater. I ate afang soup last year courtesy of Poco sending to me, I was skeptical of eating it but it was really nice. Since then, I've not eaten it because if I try a restaurant and it's not at par to what I tasted previously, I might dislike it. I have a very weird taste bud.Afang is delicious! No doubts about it. But there is another soup known as Editan, which is not as sweet as Afang, but healthier and medicinal. The cooking process is more tedious and longer than Afang. The price too is higher. For an inexplicable reason, I don't like eating Edikanikong after the day it has been prepared. Since you just got started with the soup, continue that way until you get used to it because the freshness of the Afang leaves is important, and I insist the cook's origin matters, to me at least. Fermented beans? Wowww. I could never. How about sushi? I can't wrap my head around eating raw fish.Smells bad, but I ate it without issues. Sushi is just there. To me, nothing appetising about it. I understand the craving by those who haven't eaten it or lovers of anything Japanese who have never visited the country. But it is just there. A sushi restaurant was the first place I was taken to by the lab's secretary and a fellow student after I arrived in the city. To me, it seems the Chinese have better dishes (especially as a West African) compared to the Japanese, and they are easy to prepare. I have met a fellow Nigerian who has been here for almost a decade and does not know how to prepare Japanese meals because they are too tiny in portions (I agree wholeheartedly). Japanese dishes are good for weight loss. It is actually good to try a dish at every given opportunity. I have eaten curry rice and vowed never to continue because it is just there. Rice and any of our soups are better. I look forward to eating Durian (a fruit), which smells bad. Interestingly, Mainland Chinese love it even though their cousins in Southeast Asia don't like it. I love Indian dishes. |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by Mariangeles(op): 5:11pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
AngelicBeing:Yes. Utara is swallow food in Igbo Utara akpu: fufu. Utara ji: pounded yam. Utara ede: pounded cocoyam. |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by Love800(m): 5:30pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Wow. I heard its the sweetest meat in naija. OlujobaSamuel: |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by Love800(m): 5:34pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Nice one. When my yoruba colleagues were roasting it in school then, i was afraid to touch it. I appreciate. Ray07: |
| Re: Which Nigerian Food From Another Region Would You Like To Try Out? by AngelicBeing: 5:45pm On Nov 09, 2025 |
Mariangeles:l have eaten all the UTARAS that you mentioned above, Merci Beaucoup, Thanks ![]() |
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