Sao Tome and Principe Eating

Eating

Eating Fish is a staple of the São Toméan diet, often served with breadfruit and mashed, cooked bananas. The variety of fish is wide, including flying fish at certain times of year. Inland, many São Toméans get their protein from buzios, large land snails. Sea snails are also quite common along the coast. In spite of the abject poverty, São Toméans can always count on some sustenance from the wide array of tropical fruits. The hotels in the capital offer European-style fare at European prices. Drinking Beer is readily available everywhere, though São Toméans are not known as big drinkers. Inland, palm wine is available very inexpensively from vendors along the road. Palm wine is best consumed in the morning. In the capital, whiskey and other spirits are popular among the elites.