Cameroonian Cuisine

The Cameroonian cuisine is traditional but you can also find ingredients and dishes that the Americans and Portuguese brought in. You will notice that the French settlers in the 1800′s made a huge impact at the Cameroonian cuisine as omelets and French bread is very common.

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Staplefood

Regular staple foods in Cameroon is cassava (a root which can be poisonous if not prepared properly), plantain (looks like huge bananas) which you normally fry, peanuts (particurly in the north),  corn and yams.

The Cameroonians like spicy sauces containing pepper and curries. They also eat alot of fufu and basically eat what the season has to offer.

If you don’t like spicy food before you arrive to Cameroon, you will love it (or be forced to learn to love it) at the time you leave Cameroon. They love spices and love to spice up all kinds of food.

However cassava and fufu is not spicy at all. You can also order fish, corn, lots of fresh fruit if you really can not eat spicy food.

Cameroonian Restaurant

Here is a small selection of what might be on the menu in a normal, mid-price Cameroonian restaurant:

Ndole

The main ingredient in Ndole is bitterleaf (which almost is like spinach). You then mix it with shrimps, peanuts,tomates, melon seeds, onions, garlic and pepper. The color of this dish is green and might not look very welcoming, but it is really good, but as most Cameroonian food: Spicy!

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Grilled fish

All restaurants in the west (near the sea) will serve you an big nice grilled fish. If you love fish, you will love Cameroon. The fish can be served with cassava, rice, plantain or just plain fish.

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