The majority of Malagasy eat rice 3 times a day. The price of rice to them is like the price of oil to us. Wet rice in the morning, dry rice for lunch, then any combination of the 2 for dinner. With veg and meat if you can afford it. I eat lunch at Akany every week day, so get my fair share of rice, and am findng myself craving it sometimes in the evenings as well. There have been a couple of occassions where I've had left over rice for breaky too! Sounds healthy BUT most of it is white rice, so pretty junky really. So I try to get my wholegrains from oats in the morning instead.
Most little shops in villages sell some form of fried stuff. sweet, savoury, in between, battered fried veg, potato cake things with or without curry, Moof balls (like a doughnut really), deep fried bananas, and my favourite wheat free options, little cakes made of rice or casava flour. Yet to find one in Ambohidratrimo to top the awesome ones in Ambatolampy though. For 1.6p you can buy one, but it's hard to carry that denomination of coin around with you, so I ususally buy 10 at a time and stuff myself silly. Coffee shops are a little walk in store where you stand to drink your coffee with condensed milk and stuff yourself with fried cakes. I am in my no coffee phase right now, so haven't had the pleasure (or opposite, I've heard mixed reviews!) of the Madagscar coffee experience. Choclate on the other hand, MY OH MY they make good chocolate here! Must be the vanilla.
The rhum (rum) is Mada is AMAZING. So good it's dangerous. Of course you mix with coca cola, so, once again, how healthy! 1 pound 50 will buy you 500ml rhum and a big bottle of coke - although I haven't yet drank 1 of these to myself luckily. I'm glad I have good toothpaste with me.
So, despite having good intentions of a good vegetable rich diet here (which, apart from all the afore mentioned calories, I do!), I will probably leave Madagascar with a few extra kgs. Oh well, gotta get into the local scene!
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