Eating Around the World in
2 cities
By Alexis K. Rusita
U
Chinese
FOOD
An ‘on budget’ healthy eating hack I land-
ed on one cold evening walk in virginia, after
my travel group and I had absolutely had it
with junk food and I was personally craving
weird staples like brown sugar, and rice. we all
shared family portions of noodles, egg-fried
rice, chicken in cashew nut, stir fried meats,
spring rolls, and for the first time Fortune
cookies which are not intended for consump-
tion by the way!
ganda is known for its vibrant colored Matooke, Kenya for its delicious green Sukuma, France for its
cheesy Croque Madam/Monsieur but the USA is notorious for its multi-cultural array of Cuisines.
Italian
Fast Food
There’s plenty of giant size pizza slices
dubbed New york slices (3 of those slices on
a hungry day and you are good) so when I got
the opportunity to dine at this little cute Italian
restaurant right next to the UN I treated my
self to a pasta dish with broccoli, sausage
pieces & spinach with white wine sauce
Whether you already know it or not, the “cultural” food
in the USA as a whole are burgers and crispy fried chicken.
Let me start by saying McDonalds burgers are nothing to
write home about.
I stumbled on to Popeyes, known for their southern
american style fried chicken which is admittedly crunchy
and way better than KFC’s own fried chicken, I decided to
experiment further and try their other sides so I tried their
french beans (nasty and tasteless) and their mac n’ cheese
tastes like plastic.
Spanish
Caribbean
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My home-sick stomach had never felt so at home
with my second caribbean cuisine experience ever!
Negril BK’s
plantain was the best I’ve ever tasted outside a
Ugandan or West African Kitchen and the ribs the
best I’ve got my hands on since the last time I was
at spurs in nairobi
One Saturday morn-
ing I was treated to
my first brunch in the
big city and it was an
all Spanish restaurant
where I devoured in a
Spanish style scram-
bled egg wrap with av-
ocado, rice and beans
on the side!
Mexican
My favorite fast food
joint had to be Chipotle
and though I did a very
simple rice bowl with
chicken, guacamole,
and sour cream my
homesick appetite really
embraced this close to
home meal!
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