The Chill ‘N Grill 1st Edition held Nov 2nd 2014
You know there are times when you sit down and think of doing something then the idea seems so far fetched and unachievable but the more you think of it the more excited you get about this seemingly unachievable idea, well this was me and The Chill ‘N Grill. From the time my mama told me to do a Koroga, almost 2 years ago, to this year when I actually started working on it the idea has metamorphosed from just a Koroga into a korga/self bbq with food and farmers market.
The last month into planning this event was stressful, so many times I asked my self WTH I got my self into but ooooh boy was it worth it. I got such overwhelming support from friends and family and even more support from people who follow my blog or are part of my Facebook Nairobi Foodies Club or even total strangers. We had a good crowd who all had fun and each group brought me to tears each time I asked them if they liked the afternoon and each and every one of them said they LOVED it!! and despite the small things that they thought need improving they all wanted me to hold one in December (NOT POSSIBLE 🙂 I love you all and God bless you for all your support.
Thank you to my sponsors and supporters, EABL, DSTV Kenya, Chefs-on-legs, Wanderjoy Party World and Kenchic, Pukka Kenya Photographers , CooksWell Jikos and all the vendors (Mr. Donut, Just Fresh, Anzu Artisan Ice pops, amongst others for believing in me when most people did not
Below is the day in picture. Next event will be held in early February be on the look out
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Remember next one is in early February so keep checking!!
Children Cooking Classes
So I’ve been holding cooking classes in my house for this holiday and it has been quite interesting. This is one of those things that you do once or twice but never take it seriously so this time I said I have to do it. I live in Nyayo Embakasi, lovely estate with lots of young families, perfect place to start. I advertised and got a couple of students and started.
Honestly my experience this time was a bit different, I think mainly because I was dealing with children who were not family and also who did not know each other. I had different age groups; 4-6, 7-10, 11-14 and 15-18. Now the you children are quite nice to deal with, you always start with telling them to wash their hands then sing a nursery rhyme or two or a Sunday school song, you then laugh a little before you get down to business. The first class we made a chocolate mug cake and some sandwiches where we shaped the cheese and veggies like animals
How cool right???? The kids had lots of fun with this but the only mistake I did was trying to show them how to do all the preparation themselves, I should probably have done half of it prior as this is what I did with subsequent classes. Now because I did not do all the prep my class went longer than the stipulated 45 mins to 1.25 hours. We all know how kids below 5 get when asked to do something for too long, jumpy fidgety and they just want to play, at this point you feel like you can place them in a free ads in Nigeria and SELL IT!! OLX style just so that you can get some quiet then buy them back later after they make a tour of Nigeria and play all they want they can come back and cook some more. But since I could never do that my conscience would not even let me I had to be patient, I encouraged them to sing and in no time we were back to cooking. The kids love it, only problem came when it was time to eat the veggies that was a struggle but all in all we loved the experience and the parents were happy too. HERE is the timetable I had this holiday, but I can always do one on a Saturday in my house or yours. Do contact me if you’re interested. I also do classes during chamas or just when you are having a girls afternoon or night call me we can do cakes, cocktails or even just pilau
Rolex (Egg Rolled in Chapati)
There is nothing as interesting going to a new country and discovering their street food. On my recent trip to Uganda I kept asking my girlfriends to take me somewhere I’d eat food that the locals eat on the go and is available right on the streets. I guess for kenyans this would be maindi choma (roasted maize), smokies with kachumbari (some form of sausage with salsa), boiled egg with salsa, mshikakis etcs.
In Uganda rolex is famous, I have heard of it for years and I always wondered why they called olex as there is really no correlation to the watch brand, but its mighty tasty and I suppose that is all that matters. I had this at a street corner near Makerere I honestly do not remember the name of the area. Its quite a fast meal, I was quite impressed by the fact that they add cabbages to their omelet. The process is quite simple. The photos below were taken at the street vendors “kitchen”
HAPPY COOKING!!
1. Make your chapati before hand. mix all the ingredients for your omelet in a cup pour it on the pan . I used; onions, green pepper, red bell pepper, cabbage, tomatoes and dhania, I cooked the omelet in a little oil then once cooked place the capati on the cooked omelet
2. Turn the omelet and chapati and start to roll. For my homemade one I added lettuce, red bell peer and sweet chilli sauce. You can be very creative at this point, add cheese, spinach, any other vegetables
3. Roll the chapati and egg completely
4. Pack it or eat it. How cool is this recycled carry pocket that they use?
5. HAPPY EATING!!!
