Grace Shop

Dar es Salaam


This informal eatery shares space with a bridal hire shop. There's no menu, but the lunchtime meal (ready around noon) includes tasty local staples such as ugali, spiced pilau, beans, mchicha (a dark green vegetable similar to spinach), cabbage, fried chicken, fish and goat.


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