Paris –Africa

For the price of a metro ticket you can travel from the Champs Elysees to the heart of Africa. Get off at the Chateau Rouge stop and you’ll be in the thick of it. Rue de Poissoniers host a fabulous market, busiest on a Sunday, fresh produce and much, much more. Leg of goat &  pigs trotters at the Boucherie d' Afrique, the ripest, pungent mangos at the fruit stalls.

Watch the constant movement of the street vendors, as they duck and dive from the “gendarmerie..” selling fresh ears of corn piled precariously  high onto supermarket trollies. And these strange vegetables called "safou" in the Congo and “prunes” in Cameroon They taste something like a slightly tart avocado with a large pip.. I've had them roast on a fire, but was told that stewed with tomatoes they're superb. 

Safou

I found alot of my goodies at El Mundo store, 28 rue Poulet. Monsieur the store keeper was most helpful and ever so gracious about  us taking lots 
of fotos in his shop. Look at these "Kikwanga" fufu sticks-  I’m still learning to appreciate their taste and strange texture, but they look so wholesome and appealing-l I WILL find a way to enjoy them..

Kikwanga

and  these shredded greens “mfumbwa” found in another shop. Mfumbwa which is a general name for wild greens in Congo, Angola and other central and west African countries. Spinach is always a good substitute.

shredded mfumbwa