Moyo

We went to Moyo back in 2009 and had a great meal and a great time so we decided to go back. They serve food from all over the continent and it has a great atmosphere with musicians, face painters, dancers- you’ve never heard happy birthday sung like this. We had 2 birthdays at neighboring tables and it was like a mini-concert.

The menu is a bit daunting because you don’t know what 80% of the things actually are, but sometimes it's better just to go for it.

The Wife went with a fillet of beef, but for the life of me I can’t remember anything about where this dish was from or what the sauce was…

I was far too focused on my own dish, but hers was really, really good. Served over sliced potatoes, the sauce was a little sweet and had a nice mild heat.

I had the Ethiopian ostrich steaks…

The meat was heavily seasoned with cinnamon, cardamom, clove and who knows what else. The spices were about a quarter of an inch thick around the rare fillet.

Ostrich is very lean so you need to eat it rare to medium rare. If you’ve never had it, it’s much more like a red meat than poultry. It was spectacular and the mashed pumpkin with peanut butter was the perfect companion. I WILL go back here to have this again before we leave.