authentic meals
We partner with Traveling Spoon to bring you an amazing cultural food experience. Mama Shida will take you on a tour of the senses at Mbuyuni market where you will purchase your ingredients for the meal. You will then walk with her down past town to her small, friendly village, Njoro, where you will weave your way through laundry hanging on lines, chicken picking through scraps, and mamas making local brew or harvesting tobacco, and arrive at her home. Get ready to use your body strength to stir Ugali, sort rice, and peel hard skinned bananas, as you learn how to make traditional foods. When all of the food has been cooked using both traditional fire and the kerosene stove, you will sit together and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
Fresh & Organic
It’s impossible for it to be any other way here! All food is local, fresh, and organic. In fact it has probably been harvested (or killed) in the past day or two.
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“Amazing authentic cooking experience!! This was an incredibly welcoming and awesome experience from the start! William (Marissa’s husband) met us at a local coffee shop to drive us to his mother’s home in a village right near downtown Moshi. His mother welcomed us into her home with lots of other family members and neighbors. We felt like family too! We had made suggestions about types of foods that we wanted to learn about and they were incredibly accommodating. It was a wonderful hands on experience and really fun to learn how to make foods that we had already been eating (and love) in Tanzania. We also enjoyed spending time with Marissa and William’s two adorable children and other family members. We were also very impressed that they were able to easily accommodate a severe food allergy without hesitation. If you are looking for a unique, authentic experience, look no further. You found it! This experience will go above and beyond!”
“ It was a great experience! The host felt like a long lost friend and we were catching up. She was refreshing to say the least. Honestly I loved everything. I loved the fact that the host house is near the city center. I also loved that she allowed me to help in the kitchen. I got to learn a few things I did not know. What is great about this host is that her house is truly welcoming and I got to interact with her family. Her grandmother was great when it came to talking about the traditions and nothing beats good company and great food! Hands down the best meat stew I have ever had.”
