Buying African food stuff in Rome- A food market adventure!

One thing I planned on doing upon my arrival in Rome was to go to an open international market to buy some African food items . Sooooo I rang my longtime friend Jeanne to help me locate one and yesssss....we set out to visit the "Emmanuel Emiele" market down town Rome.

You can tell by the excitement on my face!

Guess what....I  just spotted items like plantains,  yams, cocoyams, palm oil, stuck-fish, crayfish, yam flour.....almost everything I had on my market list. 

Now this feels like I am home! 

I am tempted to buy each item...and so my friend Jeanne is teasing me about wanting to buy the entire market ( laughing😃) . I am such a foodie guys so you can imagine how my face lit up right ....!By the way have you visited my food blog @ Akwe's cuisine? 

In Cameroon, we eat cocoyams in various forms. My staple food is achu served with achu soup ( yellow soup) . Achu is made from pounded cocoyams while the soup is made by using a combination of traditional spices, a variety of beef, palm oil, and limestone ( locally called kangwa) . I even saw kangwa at the market....yes "kangwa".

It was a great day we had exploring the market. We bought a variety of African food items before leaving the market. 

Thank you Jeanne for your immense help . 

Pictures courtesy of Jeanne Faye and Mabi Azefor Fominyen. 

I can't get enough of these!

By Mabi Azefor Fominyen 

Did I ever mention that I love eating grapes?  Well,  I simply can't get over these very sweet and juicy grapes. Since my arrival in Rome, I can't stop harvesting these fresh grapes 🍇 from our yard ! 

Simply irresistible!  

I can't stop eating them! 

I love having them after meals! Let me hurry up  now to wash these .....so I can leave them in the fridge to get cold a bit. 

Do you love eating 🍇 grapes? Let me hear from you .