Our friends at The Old York have been generous enough to lend us the space to cook & host dinner to raise money for Free The Children.

Come out for some delicious food, drinks and good times!

We'll have a $35 fixed menu and 2 seatings; one at 6pm and another at 9pm.

Get your tickets or donate here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunday-dinner-for-free-the-children-tickets-19647550352?aff=efbevent

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Bwana Ray’s Sunday Koroga (Dinner)

What is a “Koroga”?

Koroga, literally means ‘to stir’ in Swahili. A koroga party usually entails a group of people getting together, usually outdoors, to stir up a big pot of deliciousness, drink and be merry.

Since it’s November, in Canada, we’ll stay indoors and my Dad (Ray) & I will cook up a traditional koroga style meal for our guests.

Prix Fixe menu:

Starter:

• Sukuma wiki vegetable soup

o A veggie soup made of assorted veggies and collard greens/kale/spinach

o In Swahili, Sukuma wiki literally means to push/stretch the week – this name was given to spinach stew dishes that people would cook so that they’d last the rest of the week….maybe till pay day.

o Sukuma wiki is traditionally served as a stew but my Dad would always make it in a soup style when we’d go fishing up in the foothills of My Kenya.

Mains:

• Jeera (cumin) style chicken

o This is the staple of the koroga style dinner – a thick, rich chicken curry flavoured with onions, tomatoes, chillies, cumin….but no water! Dad always exclaims proudly: there’s not a drop of water in my gravy!

• Kachumbari

o A very popular salad dish in Kenya, made of tomatoes, onions, green chilles, coriander, salt & pepper

• Cabbage

o Stir fried, still kinda crunchy (and probably with bacon) – this is another typical side

• Sweet & spicy mangoes

o We slice up mangoes and let them marinate in sugar, salt, paprika & chili powder. An essential side.

• Rice

o “It’s great when you’re hungry and you want 2000 of something” – Mitch Hedberg

Dessert

• Mandazi’s

o It’s fried, it’s bread, it’s kinda like our timbit. This is a very typical coastal dish found all over East Africa.

• Fried Banana’s

o Banana’s fried in butter and sugar