The Atypical Nigerian Man
When I finally decided to get married, a couple of friends expressed their worry and concern for my soon- to- be wife. This was because, according to them, I was an excuse of a Nigerian Foodie, as my nutritional preferences were totally out of the regular Nigerian ‘Plats favoris’ of Egusi accompanied with Eba, Amala and Ewedu and of course the award-winning Nigerian Jollof.
Living in Lagos is almost synonymous to being an angry bird at the dining table or traffic-stuck car as the case may be as it is never certain where the traffic allows you to have your meal. For an unconventional Nigerian-Lagos-Living- Man like me, who would rather have clean veggies, sandwich, stuffed veggies and food options that have been French christened like “de rejuver” or parfait and in most cases names that I cannot even pronounce. One might begin to wonder how I made it through every passing day. This led to my discovery the treasure that is my google maps, and with a caption as simple as “where to find fresh foods in Ikeja”, I led a blissful Bachelor life.
For me, it is the ease that comes with every discovery on my Google Maps, I love to find and try out new vegetarian restaurants which seem very unpopular in my region, but this has saved me from trying to eat just about anything to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
You know what they say about birds of the same feather; on the other hand, is my wife, who contrary to “popular” opinion is beyond grateful for an atypical Nigerian husband; sometimes I begin to wonder if she’s a greater fan of the google maps than myself. ‘So fresh neighbourhood market’ and a few other options she has had to explore make it easy to lead an Unconventional healthy life and maybe “marriage’ in a place where clean eating would rather go into extinction.
I put my foot down, stuck to my nutritional convictions, and with the help of my google maps, you can say, I can eat my cake (no scratch that) I can eat my veggies and have it.
So my new found passion is what i love sharing on google maps