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Cuisines in Cameroon are very tasty. Cuisines in Cameroon offer an exotic culinary experience. The guests and the visitors will get adequate information from the Cameroon travel Guide.

Information on Cameroon

The people of Cameroon are very lively and enthusiastic. Cameroon began its independence with an insurrection which was suppressed only with the help of French forces. There followed 20 years of oppressive government under President Ahmadou Ahidjo. Nonetheless, Cameroon saw investment in agriculture, education, health care and transport.

Cuisines in Cameroon

Cuisines in Cameroon include staple foods like cassava, yam, rice, plantain, potato, maize, beans and millet. The French introduced French bread and Italian pasta, which are not as widely consumed for the price which is very high.

For most inhabitants the main source of protein is fish, with poultry and meat being too classy for anything other than special occasions. There are also bush meat which is commonly consumed. Some of the most widely popular species are the pangolin, the porcupine and the giant rat. There is also a thriving trade in such exotic bush meat species as chimpanzee and gorilla.

The Cuisine in Cameroon is one of the most diverse in Africa which is due to its location on the crossroads between the north, west, and centre of the continent. There is also the profound influence of French food which is a legacy of the colonial age. The Cameroonian specialties includes foods like brochettes which is a kind of barbecued kebab that is made from either chicken, beef or goat, sangah which is a mixture of maize, cassava leaf and palmnut juice and ndoleh which is a spicy stew containing bitter leaf greens, meat, shrimp, pork rind and peanut paste.

Restaurants and bars in Cameroon

There are many restaurants and bars that serve the guests and the visitors with delicious food and refreshing drinks. The restaurants and bars include:

• Snack Bar Restau. le Tremplin
• Snack Bar Restau. La Côte d'Or
• Le Marseillais Plus chez Azar
• 4ème Protocole Sarl
• Quick'Air
• Les Alliés Bar Restaurant
• Café de Paris