A food monkz observation

You might think all I know is food. Sorry to knock ur hustle. Choco knows one or two things about football, like on Wednesday 8th of May, Sir Alex Fergerson resigned. A few good friends and I watched him being interviewed on BBC while we were knocking down some bottles of water. Anyways we couldnt help but notice the presenter, who my guy said is a veteran BBC broadcaster. Well this led us to the obvious question we Nigerians ask when gathered together, either to drink, occupy Ojota, or just in a jobless state. This tyme it was about our veteran tv presenters, from Madam Benamaisia Opia, to Cyril Stober, Patrick Doyle and finally my favourite, Frank Olize…..What happened to that man?….Wow, the only thing that kept us in the palour at 9:00pm on a Sunday night was Newsline, anchored by Frank "the man" Olize…..

                                                      

It's funny how I typed his name on Google and didn't see anything worthwhile on him besides comments from other people's blogs about his daughter Jennifer…Abeg, google Jeromi Clark, Larry King, or even Jerry springer and see how many slaps of info google go give u, but our own Hero Uncle Frank has no history online. I'm very sure if you google Ogbeni "Wizkid", you'll find an epistle on that one o…well the good part is that the man is doing well for himself; heard he's got a nice home in VGC and his family is well-to-do. Thank God…but let's gist about this guy sef…From all I can remember, a young, good looking man that got our mumz glued to the tv set with a calm unique voice, always in the right frame of mind even after delivering bad news to the public. That to me was the best part, having to deliver the sickest of news to the Nigerian public and still find a way to end the show with more than just a smile. There was even a time that they used mouth to 'kee' him jst like they did frank Spencer, but God pass them, the Man is well. 

     These days on-air presenters are treated like gods, with all more respect and ovation. But the truth is a lot of these guyz took their roots from veteran Nigerian presenters like Uncle Frank. Funny enough, one of my favourite on-air personalties is "Mazino" of Smooth 98.7, with his compelling voice and appealing personality that reminds me of the great Frank Olize…..I hope Frank gets more rewards on this earth (as e nor be teacher) for his great contributions, not only to journalism but to the lives of Nigerianz…..if say Uncle Frank na food, i would have rated him 7 spoonz…….well, its back to drinking waters with the boyz again…Cheerz

     

The Alhaja Moment

 Pati rice....That red, sweet tasting formulation that brings great women under a tree to achieve one goal. "Alhaja's yoruba pati rice", this one different.....This is how it started, Friday 3rd of may, 9:30 pm, I notice my landlady's toyota highlander outside the compound. 'Twas unusual, so I popped open the gate to see her with a legion of gangster looking women with weapons of steel in their hands stirring large pots…OMG, its on, {party wan happen so o!} Joy was what I felt cos when Alhaja is cooking outside, I should be expecting a big bowl of food… Well, Thank God, they were almost done, I could smell that lovely flavoured pati rice and all I wanted was my share of the fun; turns out alhaja's son was getting married the next day, not like I planned to attend, buv that food wasn't leaving this compound wivout me having a go at it. 

Alhaja's my very lovely landlady that takes care of boys, no doubt I was gonna have a fill, but to my surprise, an hour later, the flames and firewood were out….ah! Wetin I do alhaja na? Abi my rent no complete?…….12:30 no show, omo sleep hard me that night ooo

  7:30 am, sat morning, Am up. Ran straight to the balcony, omo the ladies are back o, cooking like they work for Unicef. the way things are this morning, no need to make breakfast na, this food must show today. So I went down to greet Alhaja. "Alhaja, Eku ise" and her response was "SHOKO, I'M BRINGING YOUR OWN O"…….Abeg imagine how I felt…..

   
Anywayz, 3 hours later that morning {hunger don nearly kee me} alhaja made it up to me with a big bowl of that firewood cooked, rich tasting DERICA RED party Jollof rice and ram. Chai! See Groove….no time o, na to lock door before boyz show.
  On-point, Alhaja's food has never failed to impress me. I've always found it interesting that Yoruba pari rice tastes the same way, since i was a kid... how them dey take do am sef, especially in this lagos? Some trade secret i guess…Abeg jst incase u sabi the recipe, abeg help ur bouy  

 
  Well, Alhaja's Red Alert Jollof Rice has 7spoons in my longer-throat rating, the rice wasn't sticky, plus the thing sweet die and most importantly, she na my Landlady…Cheerz!        

Chronicles of a food monger

Well, this is how it started, asking mummy for food first thing in the morning without doing nothing! Anywayz, food has taught me so many lessons, from getting caught fapping kpomo to coping with food mongers who were always eager to eat my share...So this is me finding my way into the hearts of other peoples pots and my reaction before the sitdown...

Today I journeyed into G.R.A Ikeja (actually i do that everyday of the week, cuz I kinda work in G.R.A) to a place formerly known as Sandra's Bar, {popular for its adventurous ladies of the night}, now Continental Bar, it serves as home to a mad tasting amala joint. I must admit, at this point I really don't care how much sweat goes into that amala @ the point of preparation; all I know is that I want it wiv some ila {okro} and gbegiri with some egufe to go...

Now the amazin' thing is some people really don't think this combination is ill, but as far as I am concerned, its the bomb. The ruff texture of amala coated with draw draw okro and iru {aka dawadawa} and just a lil touch of mashed beanz transformed into gbegiri....jst GRAND, the stew is thick and nice, plus its jst the right amount.
   I hear that the great city of Ibadan is the best place to enjoy this meal, but sumthing tells me that this guys will give Ibadan a good run for their money, cos after 2 okele's of amala in this heavenly mixture, you'll forget the arrogance of the ladies serving and the fact that u're having this meal in a very hot weather...
   So for me, I rate them 5 spoons.....Enjoy.

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