Restaurant Les Roniers Doum - Niamey, Niger

Saturday lunch @ Restaurant Les Roniers Doum

Capitaine fumé

Salade composée espagnole

 Le Capitaine Meunière, bananes plantain

Bière Niger "conjoncture pour les intimes"

More about my February 2013 visit to Niamey, Niger. Eating at Hotel Terminus' restaurant Toukounia and outdoor grill, Amandine restaurant, and restaurant Les Roniers. Plus my Turkish Airlines experience.

Amandine restaurant - Niamey, Niger

Amandine is a Lebanese-run restaurant/cafe/bakery in the center of Niamey. It is well-known among the expats as a quick and convenient lunch place with minimal risk of food poisoning...

Salade du jour

(Frozen) Pizza with anchovies, capers, olives

Kefta with potatoes

More about my February 2013 visit to Niamey, Niger. Eating at Hotel Terminus' restaurant Toukounia and outdoor grill, Amandine restaurant, and restaurant Les Roniers. Plus my Turkish Airlines experience.

Hotel Terminus Restaurant Toukounia & Grill - Niamey, Niger

Lunch @ Restaurant Toukounia, located in Hotel Terminus

 

Hors d'oeuvre - salade

Capitaine au four, riz pilaf

Salade verte

 For dessert, some delicious local strawberries

In the evenings, Hotel Terminus has an open-air grill serving some excellent Nigerien beef.

Freshly made green chillies and tomato relish.

Côte de boeuf

 Steak frites

More about my February 2013 visit to Niamey, Niger. Eating at Hotel Terminus' restaurant Toukounia and outdoor grill, Amandine restaurant, and restaurant Les Roniers. Plus my Turkish Airlines experience.

Visiting Niamey - Niger

Niamey is the capital of Niger. The main only tourist site in town is the Musée National Boubou Hama. Other attractions include a pirogue boat ride on the Niger river and the wild giraffes in Kouré, about an hour's drive outside Niamey.

Musée National Boubou Hama - zoo

Musée National Boubou Hama - The uranium exhibit with some "grès très radioactif" (very radioactive sandstone) on the floor

Musée National Boubou Hama - a traditional house

Musée National Boubou Hama - handicraft center

Some kids on the 'Chinese bridge'

Mobile plastic wares seller

The mighty Niger river - the previous town upstream is Gao, Mali.

Straw seller with his work camel

Piles of rice sacks

Sunset from the terrace of Grand Hotel - a favorite gathering place among the local expats - while enjoying some brochettes 

The battle of the mobile operators: French Orange versus Indian Airtel. Wondering what Foula is ? Hint: Niger has the highest birth rate in the world.

And another ad for Coke: one billion reasons to believe in Africa!

More about my February 2013 visit to Niamey, Niger. Eating at Hotel Terminus' restaurant Toukounia and outdoor grill, Amandine restaurant, and restaurant Les Roniers. Plus my Turkish Airlines experience.