If the amount of fast-food restaurants opening up in Ghana is anything
to go by, chicken and fried rice seems to be overtaking kenkey as a
staple of the Ghanaian diet. From roadside vendors to international
chains like Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), chicken and fried
rice features on every menu and is sold on every street corner. Below is
a lost is a list of all the gut-busting fast food restaurants in Accra.
None of the international chains have spread beyond Accra - yet!
CHICKEN REPUBLIC
Similar to most franchised chicken joints, also serves Ghanaian staples like jollof rice
PAPA'S PIZZA
Big pizzas, a variety of toppings and very reasonably priced. Look
out for cheap Monday deals and three-for-two offers on Wednesdays! They
also do tasty wings and now deliver too. Has a drive-thru feel as they
come to your car to take your order.
PAPAYE
The McDonald's of Ghana, Papaye's
red and yellow frontage is instantly recognisable. Excellent grilled and
crispy-fried chicken, fried fish and grilled fish kebabs. Very
inexpensive, take away or eat in.
FRANKIE'S
One of the country's oldest fast food hangouts serving burgers, pizzas, fries and milkshakes as well as Lebanese fast food.
KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN (KFC)
Further satisfying Accra's love for fried chicken, KFC is now available at four locations across Accra.
FASTFOOD IN GHANA
Friday, 3 January 2014
J.D.'s Fast Foods
JD's Fast Food is a top of the range, mobile catering company based in Perth, Western Australia. With variety of menu options, catering vans and professional, reliable service, JD's Fast Food is said to be the perfect choice for a special catering needs. JD's Fast Foods is also known in Ghana and can be located on the Kasoa road and in Dansoman.They serve, Hamburgers,various types of Chicken sandwiches and products,french fries,soft drinks,Banku with variety of Soups,Jollof rice,fried rice,Fufu with different kinds of Soups and Breakfast items.JD's Fast Food produces local and western foods.
Mr Bigg's Fast Food Restaurant
Mr Bigg's falls under the exoctic fast foods founded 1973 in Nigeria. Their products includes Nigerian delicacies and UAC foods-branded products. Mr. Bigg's specialty is meat pie. A common lunch might also include scotch eggs, a sugared donut, chicken and soft drinks. While western fare such as hamburgers is served, Nigerian delicacies such as jollof rice,fried rice and moin moin are more popular. Their packaging and pricing is higher and therefore needs certain societal people to purchase their food. Mr. Bigg's is Nigeria's first chain of fast food restaurants, there are currently around 170 locations in Nigeria,including the country's first drive-through restaurant,with another four locations in Ghana.
Indomie Instant Noodles Fast Food
Noodles is enjoyed by almost every Ghanaian and Foreigners. It is fast when preparing. This image above is Indomie instant noodles fast food which comes with varieties, Indomie pepper chicken and Indomie nion. A pack of cooked Indomie comes as a plain fried noodles,but can be served with various additional ingredients include a sunny side egg or omelette,corned beef or chicken,sliced vegetable and chili,sausage,shrimp and toppings like scallions and grated cheese. The noodles can be eaten anytime except dawn since it will not help our health. It can be purchase by any societal class and eaten by both Adults and Children.
Ga Kenkey And Fried Fish
The image above is Kenkey and fried fish. Kenkey is a
popular food of Ga the tribe in Ghana.
It is made of corn. It goes through processes
drying, soaking ,milling of the corn, and a dough is made before one can
proceed to mould it into a round object covered by corn husks before it is boiled. Then a fish is fried to
match it. It important to note that Kenkey can taken with grinded pepper or
stew of different kinds. The Gas who see
Kenkey as a Chief food call it ”Komey k3 Kena” meaning Kenkey and fish. In fact
is a fast food afforded by all class of people and can be enjoyed any time of
the day except at dawn due to the fact that one can be able to burn the starch
around that time. Though it is a chief food of the Gas, it is consumed by all
the other tribes. It will interest one to know that foreigners trooping into
the Country also enjoy this popular delicacy.
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
SOME LOCAL FAST FOOD
Local fast food in Ghana include Hausa kooko, Waakye,Kelewele(sliced fried plantain),Fried Yam,Roasted Yam and Plantain,Roasted maize,Gari with Beans etc.these fast foods are locally made Ghanaian foods which are made and sold outside our homes.these are foods we can get as quick as possible to quiche one's hunger. they can be found mostly everywhere on there streets in Ghana,most Ghanaians refer to these fast foods as joints. Many ghanaians buy kooko in the morning as breakfast,it also serves as a form of income and work for the sellers.Waakye is been also bought by most ghanaians and it has no specific time of eating it some people eat it in the morning,others in the afternoon and evening as well.Kelewele is often bought mostly in the evenings because it is mostly sold in the evening, kelewele is eaten along side with groundnuts,well some people prefers it without the groundnuts.since is not something heavy,Ghanaians eat it after supper.
DIFFERENT TYPE OF LOCAL FOODS. |
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