Battle is on for best eatery in Kampala
Last year saw the successful introduction of the Kampala Restaurant Week, it turned out to be such a huge success that comes at the beginning of June Pearl Guide shall bring us another bigger and better edition.
Whereas last year’s event featured 40 eateries, this time around there will be no fewer than 50 with a mixture of fancy joints such as Medditeraneo, Kampala Serena Hotel, and Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo down to the less posh Little Donkey, Nimaro et al.
We are reliably informed that last year’s Kampala Restaurant Week was attended by more than 12,000 punters with the chief attraction being the discounted prices.
It is a safe bet that when one is looking at the top end joints, when you add up the starters, main course and a sweet, coffee one can easily part with Shs 75,000 or more.
What to expect
Kampala Restaurant week is slated to begin June 1 to 11. This time around there will be no guess work in terms of expected damage with a prix fixe menu of a tenner for a starter which would naturally preclude caviar or smoked salmon but nevertheless a starter of some merit would be availed.
Main courses are going to coast in at Shs 25,000 and here one can expect a decent meal and finally a dessert for Shs 10,000.
A new entrant on board this year is Tusker Lite who has promised a complimentary drink for each participating diner and restaurant which of course is too bad for wine lovers and teetotalers.
Other participants
The inclusion of Chaine des Rotisseurs who boast of well more than 25,000 members and are an International Association of Gastronomy in close to 100 countries including Uganda is certainly a feather in the cap of KRW.
As might be expected, not everyone will qualify to be reviewed by Chaine; rather this domain shall be reserved for the few top tier restaurants in the pack. These shall be competing for the innovation and outstanding service award to those places will have demonstrated not only outstanding service, but excellent first rate culinary creations.
Looking at the participating restaurants, conspicuously absent are any of the local establishments that serve matooke, empombo, ground nut sauce and whatever comes to mind in terms of local ethnic fare.
To my way of thinking, this is surely a glaring anomaly and all the more so when you consider that most Ugandans eat Ugandan food day in and day out. I am by no means suggesting that Ugandans do not eat foreign food rather were restaurant week to be held in Milan you can bet your bottom dollar that it would feature a great many Italian restaurants. As the saying goes, when in Rome do as the Romans.
Why is it unique
Main courses are going to coast in at Shs 25,000 and here one can expect a decent meal and finally a dessert for Shs 10,000.
