EDITORIAL
HAPPY
HOLIDAYS,
The good news is: You are in Nairobi, aka the East African party capital where the
abundance of restaurants, bars, and funky people to party the night away with is dizzying.
The bad news is: by the time the present season is stored in your memory drive you’ll have
nursed more hangovers and consumed more Alka Seltzer than you ever thought possible.
That’s what happens during Drinkcember, but it’s a small price to pay for a season that will
remain a topic of conversation for years to come.
Embrace it, own it. In this issue
dedicated to the holidays, that’s
exactly what we did!
With their MTV EMA Best African
Act award bagged, Sauti Sol is very
much the band of the moment.
It was with this in mind that we
decided to invite them over for a
Yummy Christmas dinner. Somehow
they got the wrong end of the stick
and thought they were the ones
meant to be cooking US dinner.
Much hilarity and some great behind
the scenes pictures ensued. Enjoy
it all in our main feature, Rock Star
Kitchen.
In our Producer to Plate section,
we detail what it took to get Kenya’s
most-beloved Christmas dinner
guest, the mbuzi, from the goat
market at Kiamaiko to a Cookswell
oven and then onto our plates for
the Yummy Office Christmas party.
Our Holiday section includes a
guide to the booziest bars to enjoy
this Holiday season. Whether you’re
in the mood for after-work cocktails
with your co-workers or looking for
a more chic evening sipping wine
and champagne with your friends or
significant other, take a look at our
extensive guide and get your party
personality on!
Apropos of Champagne, our guest
writer Peter Tilly reveals what is
likely more than you knew there was
to know about this quintessential
festive drink. Hard-booze lover
Jackson Biko gets on the bandwagon
as he too bows to the boss of all
holiday drinks, the Bubbly. Wine
Chick Agnes Peillet reveals a boozy
way to short-circuit the physical
effects of that fancy schmancy drink
thanks to some (literally) half-baked
beauty remedies.
While our health-conscious
Wellness columnist Amy Selbach
gives us tips to avoid holidayinduced muffin tops by keeping
anything that resembles them or
the sugary cocktails well away from
your mouths, our food experimenter
Charity Keita let’s us in on what she
packs in her suitcases to spice up
a coastal outing in the kitchen and
under the stars.
Oh and before I forget: please,
Dear Reader, look out for the Yummy
card advert. We’ve been working
on the Yummy card for a really
long time, getting some of the best
restaurants to sign up to offer you
awesome discounts, and now we
finally get to share it! It’s just a
small, black, credit card-like piece
EatOut’s Yummy Team
of plastic with the Yummy logo and
your name engraved on it that gets
you discounts at restaurants every
day. So go ahead, sign up for it for
free (that’s right – I said free) by
logging on to: yummy.co.ke/card. It’s
a win-win! You get special offers,
VIP invitations to foodie events and
10 to 15% off of your meals. And
us? We’ll go into the holidays with a
smile on our faces!
Happy Holidays Folks!
Hiyabel Tewoldemedhin
General Manager
EatOut Africa
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