Eating experience in Dunga Beach

I chose the area for an eating experience in Dunga Beach which close relate to my project area – water hyacinth and local environment. The area has strong character of lake, fish related life and economy, other activities related to wetland resources. Local people mostly support their life on these local resources.

The place I visited is just behind the fish selling bay and fish market, the time is around 12.30. except for the fish selling, the area has a fair amount of restaurant facilities including both formal and informal ones.

I'm in the shade under the tree fish market

The eating place is very informal- a shaded space under a tree. The mid-aged woman cooking and selling chapati and beans-stew, which I think is the most common choice in the area and also the only choice here. She has a small chair and two very simple cooking stoves for her business.

The eating space for customers has an old wooden table with two benches for as much as 6 persons.

I ordered beans and chopped chapati

12:40~13:15

During this time, not many costumers except for me and my friend. Occasionally there are a few local people who work in the area come to buy lunch

13:15~14:30

Some fisher men who finished the morning fishing time

come to relax and have food. Then they will have a whole after noon for relax.

After 14:30

very a few other people like women who finished the mid day work come for a chapati which is very cheap (~20KSH)

I got to know that fishermen is the biggest and regular costumer here, some time there can be outside visitors like tourists and school team. So it is obvious that the fishery is so important that drag the other services and activities.