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YouTuber Khoai lang wanders to visit the market in Kibera slum

During his trip to Kenya, YouTuber Khoai lang thang (Dinh Vo Hoai Phuong) visited the market inside the world's third largest slum - Kibera.

With a population of 600,000 to 1 million people, this is the second largest slum in Africa and the third largest in the world. Located about 5km from the center of the capital Nairobi, Kibera has an area of ​​only 2.5km2, accounting for less than 1% of the capital's area.

Because of the complicated political and social situation in this area, Mr. Phuong hired a local man to guide him. At Mr. Phuong's request, this man went with him to the market to buy food to cook a meal that Kenyans eat every day.

Left photo: People buy water at a public water supply point. Right photo: A market in Kibera selling many used clothes.

The road to the market is quite winding, difficult to travel and all dirt roads. The market is quite large and tangled like a maze but the stalls are very simple and rudimentary. Most of the stalls only sell basic vegetables such as cucumbers, tomatoes, shallots, corn, etc.

The special thing about this market is that the prices are incredibly cheap. They usually sell by the bunch or by the number of tubers and fruits, not by weight. You can buy an avocado for 1-2,000 VND, tomatoes for 2,000 VND/fruit, cabbage for 12,000 VND/piece, 50,000 VND can buy a bucket of potatoes...

The male YouTuber also discovered an extremely special item: pebbles. Each piece of stone is sold for 1,000 VND to eat. Locals say that this stone helps provide minerals, especially for pregnant women.

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The stone (white) is sold for 1,000 VND/piece.

In addition to food, the market also has a clothing section with unbeatable prices. Many stalls sell used clothes: shorts for 6,000 VND/piece, jeans for 60,000 VND/piece, dresses for 100,000 VND/piece…

All stalls have clear prices posted above, creating a sense of trust for buyers, no need to bargain.

Before that, Mr. Phuong also visited a supermarket in the area. The goods in the supermarket were more diverse but the prices were still quite cheap. Only dragon fruit was several times more expensive than in Vietnam – 150,000 VND/kg, perhaps because it was expensive, this fruit was left unsold and withered on the shelves.

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If calculated in Vietnamese currency, fruits in supermarkets in Kenya are quite cheap.

Another surprise is that Kenyan cuisine uses a lot of cooking oil, so the bottles of oil in supermarkets are packaged in very large quantities – usually 10-20 liters each. The 1-2 liter bottles are rarely chosen by people.

Kenyans also love bottled soft drinks. Each bottle usually comes in a few liters.

Meanwhile, in the Kibera slum, people do not have a water supply system. They have two ways to get water for daily use: One is to bring a can to a public water tap to buy it for about 2,000 VND/can. If they want water delivered to their home, the price will be 4,000 VND/can.

After arriving at the guide's small kitchen, the group set about cooking a typical Kenyan meal under the guidance of a local woman.

The meal menu includes 4 dishes: Chapati, beef stir-fried with bell peppers, Mukimo and stir-fried cabbage. All are traditional dishes and familiar to Kenyans.

Chapati is made from flour mixed with pureed carrots, then sugar, salt, and warm water are added until the dough is sticky. The dough is rolled thin, cut into long pieces, rolled, flattened, and fried in a pan without adding oil. Because while kneading the dough, the woman added a lot of cooking oil to the dough mixture.

Mukimo is a familiar dish on the streets and in restaurants. It is made from boiled and mashed potatoes, added with boiled squash and chopped boiled corn, mixed well.

Stir-fried beef with bell peppers, carrots, and tomatoes is prepared quite similar to stir-fried beef in Vietnam but is cooked more tender.

The final dish is shredded cabbage stir-fried with shredded carrots.

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Hearty meal and suitable for Vietnamese taste

The family meal was quite complete and was rated by YouTubers as delicious and suitable for their taste.

He also said that it takes 2-3 hours to prepare this meal and is considered a luxury meal for Kenyan workers. Normally, poor people here only eat one dish and rarely have fruit for dessert because it is quite expensive compared to their income level.

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