My Favourite Street Food.

Steem greetings @everyone and welcome to my blog as I participate in a contest titled “My favourite street food”. Street food is one of those unique cultures of Cameroon.

^{Roasted Fish}

What is your favourite street food, and where is it commonly found?

There are several street foods prepared by vendors along the streets of Bamenda, North West region of Cameroon. This is one of the most commonly eaten fast foods in my area.

One of the favourite street foods I love so much is fried pork meat with plantains. It is spicy and good during cold weather conditions as it is garnished with some hot chillis.

^{Fried pork meat with plantain}

This is mostly prepared for lunch or dinner. You cannot eat it in the morning hours because vendors sell it only in the afternoon and evening hours.

Another favourite street food is puff puff and beans. This is commonly called “acho’ombo”. It is commonly prepared early in the morning or the evening as breakfast or dinner. During afternoon hours it is difficult to buy acho’combo.

^{Acho’ombo is fried beans with puff puff .}

What ingredients are used to prepare it?

All the street foods mentioned above have a common spice that is usually used to prepare fish, pork or beans.

The common spices are basil, celery, onion, white pepper, seasoning cube, salt, garlic and vegetable oil.

What makes this street food special to you? And how often do you consume it?

All the street foods I mentioned above contain lots of proteins. To stay healthy, it is not good to consume it most often.

For me, I consume them once in a while. For instance, I can eat them once a month. Most often I do not even like buying it from street vendors because I'm sceptical about the hygienic condition. I sometimes prefer to prepare it myself at home.

Would you recommend it to others? Why or why not?

I will recommend the roasted fish to others because it is somehow healthier to eat it than the others. After all, you can select your fish alive before it is roasted for you to eat.

In a nutshell, street food to me is good during cold weather but during summer here, I do not like street food because of too much harmattan dust. During the harmattan season, I prepared it myself at home.

I am inviting @pelon53, @rafk, @aviral123 and @m-fdo to participate in the contest.