OUT OF AN AFRICAN KITCHEN

Preparing delicious dishes and serving them in a dazzling choice of settings is what the Ngare team loves to do best. It is a daunting challenge to prepare food in the middle of nowhere for guests who come from all four corners of the world.

Our kitchen is simple: our food is good; our food is never fancy. And not a buffet in sight.

We draw inspiration from the finest ingredients Tanzania and Africa as whole has to offer: beautiful vegetables from the highlands, tropical fruits a-plenty from the coast, cheese from a renowned supplier just outside Arusha, prawns from Coast area and Zanzibar, freshwater fish from Lake Victoria and beef from the Arusha and Shinyanga. Tanzania cuisine is deeply influenced by Arab-inspired Swahili dishes from the coast and Indian food from the significant community that has called this country home for many generations.

We know that not one chef in the world could prepare a picnic to compete with an Ngare picnic served under a lone tree with traditional fire place in the middle of the short grass plains of the Maasai land with giraffe, buffalo and others as dining companions.

Nothing is ever too much trouble for the Ngare kitchen team. Gluten free?Easy. Vegan? No problem. Low sodium, kosher, no garlic, Chinese, food allergies, Halaal and food preferences are all in a day’s work. The children only like fish fingers. Done. Our guests appreciate that our food is honest, fresh and, most of all, prepared and cooked with love. And served with love.

WHAT THE CHEFS ARE PREPARING

OUR GUESTS NEVER GO HUNGRY

• To their immense delight, the chefs have worked out that guests could eat up to no less than twelve times a day. Not to say that guests have to eat that much, but just in case they might be puckish, there is always something delicious on hand.
• On arrival at the lodge (after who knows what kind of journey) a little something is always welcome whilst unpacking.
• Lunch can be enjoyed on the suite’s deck, at the lodge, best of all, a Ngare picnic shades.
• Toast the sunset with bitings (a lovely East African word for snacks) with a classic East African mojito, known as a dawa, in the Maasai boma
• Where to have dinner tonight? Maybe an elegant candlelit dinner in the lodge or a romantic dinner for two on the nice garden? Or perhaps Ngare Lodge’s signature family-style barbeque where tall chefs in tall hats grill to perfection fat juicy steaks, prawns from the coast or Swahilispiced kuku.
• After a restful night’s sleep, a knock on the door and a butler discreetly leaves fresh orange juice, steaming coffee and a newly baked something in the lobby.
• A good start to another day in Africa
• Breakfast, too, is a widely-flung affair – on the balcony, at the lodge.