Local Produce

The 'Chickwanga' Man and his state of the art delivery vehicle

This is the Local Produce man and his little helper. We call him the 'Chickwanga' Man! Chickwanga is just one of the many local produce items we buy here in Malongo. Certain dishes on our Menu's have traditional accompaniments and these are only available from Cabinda. 


The most recogniseable of these is the almost legendary 'Chickwanga'. (See below). We serve this with what is without doubt the most popular of all the National Dishes, Feijoada, which is a Pork and Bean Stew, with Pigs Ears, Feet, Sausage, Cabbage and Carrots. It isn't that bad really, although I steer well clear of the Ears and Feet! Chickwanga is popular all over West Africa. It is made from boiled Mandioca, which is then ground down to a paste and left for a week. This is then divided in two, half of which is reboiled, then mixed with the remaining half and moulded into shape. It is then wrapped in Banana leaves and then re-boiled for around 40 minutes. After this it is ready! Yum yum! 

Wrapped in Banana Leaf, this is how Chickwanga is delivered to us. 

Chickwanga - Like eating sweaty feet

Other local items we buy in include:


Mandioca - A root type vegetable which is a cross between a parsnip and a potato (its disgusting).
Banana Pao - A type of Banana, but very hard. This is Boiled then peeled. 
Gindungoo - The nuclear Chilli pepper as shown in an earlier post.
Funge de Bom Bom - No other description for this other than 'Thick Wall Paper Paste'. Completely gross. 
Funge de Milho - A Corn based Polenta type starch dish. 
Kitaba - Ground Peanuts, made into a hard paste. This is actually very tasty. 
Sacafolha - A green spinach type leaf vegetable that is boiled and minced down to a pulp, usually served with fish - (Again shown in an earlier post).
Cove - A hard and stale tasting cabbage. Very gross. 

Mandioca - No thanks Chef, I'm full.