If Baek Jong-won says he will go to Africa to cook later, I will share how Koreans cook it.
I visited West Africa while living as an expatriate in Africa.
While living in Korea, it was a time when I realized how precious ‘one meal’ was in a completely different environment.
First of all, cooking and eating in Africa can be considered a ‘test of local adaptability.’
First of all, the supermarket is very good.
However, even if there is, there is a set date for the goods to arrive, and it is not an environment where fresh food is overflowing like in Korea.
The price is not cheap either. Local prices are cheap, but almost all imported food ingredients are more expensive than in Korea.
For example, the daily wage here is 3,000 won for locals, and Coca-Cola is 700 won.
Preparing food ingredients
Usually, when staying for a long period of time or going out to work, I take a large amount of side dishes, seasonings, cup noodles, and dried foods from Korea.
It is difficult to find basic seasonings (soy sauce, red pepper paste, soybean paste, ramen soup, etc.) locally, and even if they are available, the taste is different because they are Chinese brands.
Things like ramen, seaweed, anchovies, seaweed, red pepper powder, and sesame oil are really precious.
In most cases, refrigeration/freezing is virtually impossible.
Mainly dried food
Take it with you.
What you can get locally
Chicken, goat, fish, rice (jasmine), onion, tomato, potato, mango, banana.
During the rainy season, electricity is often out, there are many mosquitoes, and the environment is extreme.
Breakfast is roughly potatoes, bread, and coffee.
The staple food for lunch and dinner is rice (local rice) and stew (based on chicken, onions, and tomatoes).
Cooking a meal with Koreans is a pain. (If you don’t have a housekeeper)
The locals eat with their hands, so it was difficult to find a spoon in many areas.
Supply and storage
If freezing is a problem in Antarctica, the opposite is true in Africa.
Heat and bugs are a problem
Im.
Food spoils quickly due to moisture, and bugs easily form in rice.
Even if you have a refrigerator, if the electricity goes out, that’s it.
Things like canned food, seaweed, and ramen brought from Korea.
Really emergency food
It’s level.
If it rains or the power goes out, that may be the only meal you have.
the pleasure of eating
Still, there are some good points.
Fresh tropical fruits, seafood, home-grown chicken, mango juice… These things are much cheaper and more abundant than in Korea.
If you get the chance, it’s nice to try the night market or street food sold by locals.
However,
Prepare for an upset stomach
And it is a good environment for smokers to become heavy smokers.
I play WoW, look at my ping, I can’t even dream of raids or wedges.
It’s a 3-5 hour flight to Europe, and in Paris, a pack of Marlboro Gold costs 10,000 won.
Here, a pack of cigarettes costs 1,500 won.
I smoked a lot in the alcove.
The potatoes and baguette shown in the photo are 300 won together.