Food and Drink Guide to Cameroon: Wetin to Chop and Drink

Why Cameroon na country wey love food well well

Dem dey call Cameroon "Africa for miniature," and the food show am well. With pass 250 different ethnic groups, you go see rich stew for south, roasted meat for north, and strong French baguette habit everywhere. Chop dey plenty, e dey social, e dey built around starchy food plus one sauce wey get correct taste.

Popular dishes make you try

• Ndolé — the dish wey be like national dish for Cameroon: bitterleaf wey dem cook with ground groundnut, dry fish or shrimp, and meat. E rich, e small bitter, e go satisfy your belle well.
• Poulet DG ("Directeur Général chicken") — fried chicken with plantain, pepper and vegetables; dem dey chop am for celebration.
• Eru — wild leaf wey dem cut fine mix with waterleaf, palm oil and meat or fish, e popular for Southwest.
• Achu — pounded cocoyam with yellow palm-oil soup, na Northwest specialty.
• Koki — black-eyed pea pudding wey dem steam for leaf.

Roadside chop and small chops

Roadside chop na half of the fun. Look out for:

• Soya — grilled beef wey dem spice for stick, na the northern cousin of suya, dem dey sell for night stall.
• Poisson braisé — whole fish wey dem roast for charcoal, dem go serve am with miondo (fermented cassava stick) and hot pepper sauce.
• Puff-puff — sweet fried dough balls, e sweet well with morning coffee.
• Beignets-haricots-bouillie — fritters, beans and pap, na the classic Cameroonian breakfast.
• Plantain chips and roasted corn with coconut for roadside.

Expect say you go pay around 1,000–3,000 CFA francs (about 1.50–4.50 EUR) for one correct roadside plate.

Wetin to drink

• Coffee and cocoa — Cameroon dey grow both; ask for local arabica for Western Highlands.
• Beer — "33" Export, Castel and Mützig dey everywhere; cold bottle na national ritual.
• Palm wine (matango) — e ferment natural, dem tap am fresh, e cloudy and e get life.
• Bil-bil — northern millet beer wey dem serve for calabash.
• Folere/bissap — sour hibiscus juice, and fresh ginger drink, na refreshing option for those wey no dey drink alcohol.

Practical chop tips

• Wash and chop with your right hand when una dey share community dish.
• Tap water no reliable; stick to bottled or filtered water.
• Tell the cook "piment" if you want am spicy, or ask make dem keep the pepper for side.
• No be compulsory to tip but if you round up e go make dem happy.
• Markets like Marché Central for Yaoundé or Marché Mokolo good well for fruit and small chops.

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