Ghana Tastes: Day 37 A New Number One: Make Fufu, Not War

Accra - Today Tim and I got much done despite a very late start due to rain. We headed straight over to highly recommended Buka Restaurant in Osu. It was very difficult to find owing to the fact that it was virtually unmarked and located on an unpaved side street. Despite all this, the food was well prepared and presented, and the service was attentive and very familiar with vegetarian customers (for which I give brownie points!). The restaurant was located on an upstairs outdoor terrace with latticework ceiling, bamboo walls, and ironwork furniture. This was the busiest restaurant we have been to yet. And yet, despite its popularity the price was very reasonable. The Buka is now our number one restaurant in Ghana for authentic Ghanaian food, finally bumping down the Country Kitchen, our long-time favorite.

Afterwards we went to two different grocery stores. On the way to the stores we saw a Baptist church, the first I have seen with such a traditional design, built before independence in 1953. The first grocery store was called Saagar Impex. It caters to Indian customers and has an area with housewares and shrines. The second store called Lara Mart, caters to Lebanese customers. There was no alcohol or pork for purchase as in every other store, they did have an extensive meat department with sheep delivered directly to the store for butchering on the premises. A young lady working at the Lara Mart had on a "Made In Ghana" Tshirt.

Lara Mart Employee

On the way back to the car we stopped by a local store run by an entrepreneur named Auntie Martha. We heard them pounding fufu in the yard and decided to stop by to document it. I actually got a chance to try it!

When we reached home, a young lady from an Oklahoma group had on the most appropriate Tshirt for the day: "Make Fufu, Not War - You Are Invited".