Most UNIQUE Street Food in Africa!! SWAHILI Food Paradise in Mombasa, Kenya!!

Wow, that's gonna be full flavor, it's like art there. In this video, we're bringing you in deep to the most insane food of Mombasa and Kenya, a true culinary destination in Africa that I know you're gonna love, with eight insane foods that'll blow your mind. So let's just get right into it, let's eat. All right, check it out guys, it's Trevor James, good morning from Mombasa. In this video, we're meeting up with a couple local friends and they're taking us full on for an amazing Mombasa-Kenya street food tour. This is a multicultural city with Arabic, Swahili, and Indian roots. It's gonna be an amazing day, let's check it out. Morning, Obed. How are you, buddy? Really good, really good. Godfrey, good to see you. Excited for today. Sounds amazing. Let's go, guys. Here we are, Swahili breakfast. I'm super curious. Come on, here we are. Swahili breakfast. Morning. Good, how are you? Morning. How are you? Oh, look at this. Oh, mandazi, yeah. So, first they roll out the dough. Oh, and then they fry them over here. Super interesting. What else do we have here? Oh, wow. And then cuts? And then marinates in the flour. Now they put it right here. Oh, wow, they're like masala potatoes? Yeah, masala potatoes. So, is this mainly only in Mombasa or you can find all throughout Kenya? Mainly it is only in Mombasa, the coastal side. Coastal side. Because the influence of the Arabic, that's why it's mainly based along the coastal side. What else do we have here? Here we have the chapati. So, here I don't put any yeast on top of it. After that, you'll see the mama, that's how now you spread. And what do you eat the chapati with? Chapati, you can eat it with beans, green gram, beef stew. Oh, so this is the bajia? The bajia, yeah. So, the bajia, making it, like rolling it, like a ball. Oh, yeah. Then after that, you put it in the fire. Is this a common breakfast for you? It's a common breakfast. Most of the things taken in the breakfast, they're also taken in the evening. Really good snack for all day. All day. They look delicious. I can't wait to try those. So, what do we have here? Peas mixed with the paper. And chili? And chili, yeah. It's spicy? Yeah, it's spicy. Oh, coconut in there, too? Yeah, they will spray the coconut on top of it. Oh. This one is best when you take it with the mahambri or the chapati. So, I think we're having a big breakfast today, aren't we? A very big one. Oh, what do we have here? This is coconut beans. Coconut beans? Yeah, there is the soup. Oh, soup as well. Beef? Beef, yeah. Beef soup. That's the tomato, potato gravy, right? Yeah. Look at that. I'm overwhelmed, man. We are going first. Let's try it out. There's so many good foods to try in Kenya. So, what do we got? We got these two stews, right? We got the two stews. And we got bajia, we got biazi, we have chapati. This is called katlesi. Oh! And here we have the peas. The peas with the coconut. With the coconut. These are kebabs, these are samosas, and this is spaghetti. Oh, a spaghetti pastry. So, you just take a chapati? Yeah, take a piece of chapati. Oh, it's still so hot and fresh. Dip it in the sauce. Roll it like that? Like this, yeah. Take it down. Mmm. It almost tastes like a spaghetti sauce. That's true, yeah. It's also maybe a little spicy. So, we have also the beans here. Oh, yeah. Take some of that. And then we got these beans. Oh, look at that. Oh, let's take it down. Mmm. Oh, wow. You can really taste the coconut. The coconut flavor is so potent. So, should we try this one next? Yeah, this one also we use it with the chapati. Take it with chapati? Take the chapati. Oh, yeah. Scoop up a good chunk. Oh. Mmm. Oh, it's coconut. Pure coconut flavor. I think this one my favorite. Wow. That was amazing. Hey, how are you guys? Fine, fine. Nice to meet you. You guys come here often? Yeah, every Sunday, every weekend we are here. Oh, really? Thank you so much. Mombasa, beautiful city. Welcome to Mombasa. Thanks, thanks. Let's keep going. Here we are, guys. Biryani. Swahili biryani. Should be good. This is it, right? Yeah. The biryani station. Yeah. Your name? Hassan. Hassan? Trevor, nice to meet you. Oh, look at these big pots. Oh, here we go. Onions going in. Wow, making biryani. Oh, look at that. Amazing, guys. We just walked in and they're starting to making the mango boy biryani. Looks good. Oh, here comes the pots. Big pots. Wow. Here comes the meat. Oh, for the biryani. Oh, the beef. Wow, look at that tender beef. This is incredible. We're gonna watch the full process. This is mango boy Mombasa biryani. We got the beef going in. I've heard a lot of good stuff about this. This is just amazing. We got three big pots. These are gonna be for biryani. We got the onions sizzling and the beef is being put in as we speak. Super excited to try this. It's gonna be an amazing, amazing flavor. And this is mango boy Mombasa biryani. Oh, tomato sauce coming in. Look at that. Wow, that's gonna be full flavor. Wow, there's the mixing. Here we go. Oh, amazing. Look at that. This is gonna be so delicious. Look at this, guys. Full action biryani, Mombasa style. Wow, but the real secret is the love they put into it. And we're gonna taste this later. Can't wait to try. Oh, here comes the potato. So we got lots of secret spices in here. We've seen the tomatoes going in. We've seen a few other things, but we're gonna keep it a mystery so the chefs keep their secret recipe. Wow, there it is, full potato layer. It's like art there. Amazing, wow. Look at that. Look at this, here comes the rice. Wow, basmati. You can smell so many flavors coming from this basmati rice, from this biryani. It's all in there, guys. The nuttiness of that basmati, the tomato, the secret signature masala. Wow, there's all the rice. And there it is, guys. Oh, little color on there. Little saffron, maybe. Oh, and here's the cover, all in one pot. So many cultures. Swahili? Indian culture. Cool. Okay, guys, and the moment of truth is coming up. They are gonna be lifting the lids off of these 100 kg biryani pots any second now. We've been waiting all morning to see, and it's gonna be good. Oh, the magical moment. Yes. Oh, look at the color. That must be saffron on top. Here we go, this is the moment. Look at that. It smells amazing. It's got a little nutty aroma to it. So the idea here is to give people the biryani, which is a kind of like a community dish here. Yeah, look at the color. We have a big Arabic community here. Arabic community. Yes, mostly Swahili, but Swahili is half Arabic. Yeah. Oh, this is the boss. Your good name? Abdulaziz. Manga boy. And how long have you been here? Eight years. Wow, this is unreal. I'm blown away how multicultural it is. Like you're saying, from Oman, from Zanzibar, from India, from the Arab world, all infused here, Swahili, African, everything coming together into one pot of biryani. This is the eating part. Here's the moment. This is it, guys. Transport. Oh, look at that. 100 kg biryani. Oh, look at that. Okay, here we go. Time for the beef gravy. Oh, there it is. Let's go. One, two, three, go. There it is. This is Manga boy. Manga boy biryani. Yeah, in Mombasa, there's no one like this biryani. That's one of the best smelling biryanis I've ever smelled in my life. Wow, look at the color in there. Oh. It's totally difficult. Here comes the beef. Oh, look at how jiggly it is. Wow, thank you guys. Manga boy. I can't wait to try that. Oh, and potato. Masala. Masala gravy. Oh, and salad. Yeah. This is worth flying to Mombasa for. I can tell already. Thank you for having us. I can't wait to try. And here we are. Manga boy biryani. Look at that. So you eat with hands, right? We eat strictly with hands, like this. Oh, yeah. Oh, I got a big beef chunk there. Take a nice clump. Mm. That's full flavor. Mm. I'd say it's a nice, smooth, light biryani. It's not spicy. You can taste like a light tomato-y, fluffy basmati. Really just full texture, full flavor in there, but not overpowering. And that chili gravy they put on there, that is spicy. Thank you, Manga boy. It's delicious. Thank you. Oh my, so flavorful. Thank you. You come next time, no problem. Yeah. Incredible biryani. Thank you. See you. Awesome, guys. We're gonna keep exploring. Here we are. Spice market. Yeah, so we are at the spice market. Should be good. We've tasted the biryani, so we are going to see where the spices, they come from. So mostly they come from Zanzibar, then they're sold along this town. Oh, Zanzibar? Yeah. So this is the largest market that we have in the Mombasa Island. So we are going to get inside, have a look, check on also the African candies, the African snacks that are used along these places. Let's take a look. Oh my, look at all the colors here. So many spice. This is dried mango, it's called achari. Achari? Yeah. Dried mango. Is it sour or sweet? This one no chili. No chili? Yeah. There are different flavors that we have. The ones with chili, the ones with no chili. Oh wow. Now this one we call them the African candy. The baobab seed. Oh, baobab. Yeah, the baobab seed. From the baobab tree? Yeah. You don't chew, you suck it. Suck, suck, suck. Yeah, just put it. Okay. So you just, just let that. Yeah. Oh, it's sweet. Different flavors. Different flavor. It's sweet. They come with different flavors. And we have another flavor. And it's got this powder on the outside. What's this? That's a baobab. That's another flavor. And those are different kind of chili that we have, huh? See, these are chili. Oh, there's so much. Shrimp pickle. Look at that. Whole shrimp. With the tail too. With the tail, yeah, everything you eat. Okay, everything. Mmm. Oh. That's delicious. You can eat this with only bread. Wow. Dry bread. It's so delicious. It tastes like a sambal. Very nice. Oh, and what's this? No, this is the dry one. Dry shrimp. Yeah. Oh, look at those. Oh. This one, plain. I like this one. Yeah. It tastes like a sambal. Oh, and this is the banana stall. Banana, Zanzibar banana. Zanzibar banana. Yeah, original from Zanzibar. Wow, look at that. Let's taste that. Oh my goodness. Those are so sweet. Oh my goodness. Very sweet. Let's take some of those to go. Those are so delicious. It's like a regular banana, but way more sweet and soft and delicious. That's a monkey banana. Yeah. Those monkey like most. Monkey banana. Yeah. Little baby bananas. Let's get a couple of those, red ones. Okay. How are you? Welcome, fine, fine. So this is spice girls. Oh, spice girls. Spice girls. This is your shop. Where's the girls though? The girls is, they are cooking. Oh, sea moss. How do you use this? This one, you soak with water. Okay. Then you dilute the water. Then the water, you drink. Oh, you make like a tea. No, you can make a tea. Yeah. You can just make like water, only water. See this one? This is the sea moss powder. When you take a tea. Oh, you can make a sea moss tea. Yeah, I'm making a sea moss tea. Just a little bit. I think to go. Yeah, I want to try. Welcome. Thanks boss. Welcome, welcome, welcome. Spice girls. Sea moss powder and sea moss water. Okay, and here we are. What do we got here? Oh, coffee. Hi boss. How are you my friend? Good, how are you? Welcome. Thank you. Where are you from? Canada. Canada? Yeah. Welcome to Kenya. Thank you. Loving Kenya. This is strong Kenyan coffee. Oh, it's potent. It's so potent. Why don't we get some coffee for you? That rose, like this one. Oh, look at that big bag of coffee. Very strong. Thank you. Thank you, so good. It's business. Amazing. Please subscribe. Thank you. That's nice. Thank you so much. There we go. Yeah. Awesome market. The spice market area. I think we need to cool down now though. Yeah. Is there any dessert we could have? Yeah, so from here we'll be going to an ice cream shop. Ice cream. To taste some ice cream. Then after that we'll be proceeding with the other itinerary plans. Amazing, let's go. The next step, we're just exploring the back alleys on our way to a local ice cream, right? Ice cream shop, yeah. And here we are. Little ice cream shop. Yeah, this is a local ice cream shop. This is a Mombasa ice cream. Mombasa ice cream. So, the stopover after eating can have an ice cream. Let's go. On this heat. Yeah, let's go, we need it. Hi, boss. How are you? Oh, what do you have here? What's special? What's special is a Faluda's milkshake ice cream. Oh, Faluda sounds good. Oh, wow, what's going in here? Is this vanilla? Kesar badam. Oh, saffron. Yeah, saffron. Saffron ice cream. Yeah, yeah. Oh, what do we got here? This is a special. Oh, noodle. Yeah. So, we got saffron ice cream, we got noodle and flaxseed in there. Oh, and then some milk. Oh, and then some raisins. Oh, almond. Oh, and then mixing. Oh, and then what's this? Oh, wow, look at that. Oh, there it is, the Faluda. And then more ice cream on top. Oh, what's this ice cream, vanilla? Oh, vanilla, yeah. Oh, and then some candy on top. Oh, with more cashew. Oh, and some syrup. That's extreme. Look at how sweet that is. Thank you. Let's try it out. Oh, here we are. Time for this is the Faluda, right? Faluda. Wow, let's try it out. Oh, there's more. Oh, what's this? Pistachio? Oh, my, it's a little too much, isn't it? So we got vanilla, pistachio, and saffron, right? Yes. Let's just go in. Loaded with tons of, looks like delicious syrup, almonds, raisins, candy, vanilla ice cream. Oh, let's try it out. Oh, my goodness. Wow, a little fruity with the raisins and the syrup. And the syrup, yeah. And so cooling. Wow, that's amazing. Thank you so much. Thank you, so nice. See you next time, thanks. See you. Amazing, amazing. Let's keep going. Wow, Mombasa's amazing, isn't it? Yeah, they don't charge our money. Yeah. They didn't take our money. We ordered so much, and they didn't take our money. Yeah, so nice. Oh, my. And last up, we're driving out to the beach side of Mombasa to try a local Mombasa seafood feast. This is absolutely amazing. Here we are, guys. Seafood on the beach. Just look at this. Oh, it's beautiful up here. Look at this. Amazing. Green trees, fresh air. Kids are playing soccer. And we're on the hunt for a coconut fish. It's supposed to be really delicious with ugali. Oh, here's a seafood delivery. Oh, fresh seafood delivery. And there it is. So this is gonna be into coconut fish. Swahili specialty? Really? Very delicious. Famous from Mombasa? Yeah, famous from Mombasa. Wow. Oh, and more seafood. Oh, the squid for calamari. So we're gonna get the white snapper. We're gonna get a lobster, some shrimp, and giant squid. Okay, so it's seafood cleaning on the beach. How many octopus do you sell every day? Three to four. Three to four? Yeah. And up to here. Oh, what's going on? To make it soft. To make it soft? Yeah. You do that every day, or is that just for camera? Yeah, yeah. It's not for camera? Yeah. You actually tenderize like that? Yeah, yeah. Really? Wow. To make it soft. To make it soft? Yeah. What if it's high tide? What? What if there's too much water? Where do you throw? Just around there. Always have rocks. Yeah. Wow. And now the calamari. You do the same with the calamari? No, this one is different. Different technique. Yeah. Interesting, guys. It's cool to come here to Mombasa to try. Yeah. And this is beautiful here. Yeah, this one is beautiful. I notice a lot of foreigners here. Is this like, do they live here, or do they just travel here for vacation? They just travel here for vacation. Vacation. So it's a beautiful vacation spot. So we've ordered a full grill here. We're gonna try the local Mombasa seafood, and chef is just adding in the charcoal, and it's gonna be good. It's gonna be really good. Okay, we're going in the kitchen. Coconut fish time. Wow. Oh, there's the coconut fish. The white snapper. Okay, so slicing. It's lime or lemon? Lime. It's lime. So we've been waiting for this oil to fry up. The Mombasa coconut fish. Here we go. Oh, coconut fish going in. The white snapper. Look at that sizzle. Oh. And while our coconut fish is frying, chef here is gonna add all of our grilled fish onto the grill here. Wow, so we got the squid, we got the lobster, we got the shrimp, chicken. Oh, look at that. Oh, here we are. Right on the grill. Octopus on the grill. How long you been cooking for? Since 2010. Yes. Since 2010. Oh, you've been cooking for almost 15 years. Oh, look at that. Honestly, I thought that that was finished, just a plain salt barbecue, but chef's added on this incredible marinade. Ginger, garlic, black pepper, cinnamon. It smells fantastic. Here we go. Time to make that calamari slice. Okay, we're going back in. This is the moment of truth. We got tomato, bell pepper, cilantro, onion, sizzling in the oil, and then a little water with the coconut cream. Oh, here's the fish. Does it go in? Oh, it goes in. Look at that, right in that cream. And you can smell the creaminess of the coconut. Chef, you're amazing. You're amazing. Look at that. Okay, this is the moment of truth, guys. The coconut fish is ready. The sauce has thickened up. Yeah, it looks incredible. Look at that. Wow, you can smell the coconut. Here's the platter. Thank you, chef. Amazing work. You work so hard. Oh, oh my goodness. So this is what we came here for. This coconut fish right here. Should we just get in? Yeah, let's get in. Let's just get in? With ugali. The cornmeal staple, right? There's some, then you just squeeze it. Squeeze it? Squeeze it, then crack like a hole, then pick here, and dip it in the sauce of fish. Oh. Oh, just take it down. Mm. The coconut is so smooth. It's like a tropical fish gravy. That's true. This sauce, the onion, the tomato, the coconut, and the fish flavor has infused in there, too. Oceany delight. Next, we have to try this seafood here. Because it's the mambasa marinade, right? Let's take it down. So should we just take a slice here? Oh, there it is. Take it down. Mm. Oh, chef. Amazing. Amazing food. Thank you. Loving mambasa. Thank you, chef. What do you think, Obed? Wow, really? Wow. That's when you know it's good. So we found a good spot. Everyone enjoying now? Thank you, chef. That was amazing. Thank you. So good. Thank you. What an awesome day, guys. And we're just finishing up. We're exploring the streets of mambasa now, and we're coming back to Mangaboy for a shawarma. Oh, here we go. Chicken shawarma. Oh. A little late night satisfaction. Wow, that's big chicken chunks. So he's just chopping up the chicken, mixed it with salad. Oh, tomato sauce. Oh, more. One's mayo, one's ketchup. Wow. Look at that. Fully loaded with chicken. It's totally like a taco. Look at that. Shawarma taco. We're just gonna take a little late night shawarma action here. Look at that. It's totally a shawarma taco. Amazing. And I love how he's mixed it with the mayo and the tomato sauce. Thank you, boss. Thank you. Let's try it out. That's good. Look at that. It's really satisfying. Floppy and delicious. Thank you, boss. It's delicious. Amazing shawarma. Loving the food in Mombasa. Thank you so much for watching, guys. Hope you're enjoying this series. Please leave me a comment down below and click the subscribe and little bell notification button so you don't miss any of these videos. Thanks so much for watching, guys. Gotta finish that shawarma. Amazing.