Nigeria

Tony had drinks with Shina Peller, owner of Club Quilox, (a music venue) and Banky Wellington, record label owner, actor/director, artist, advertiser, real estate, chef-in-training.

Bourdain had: Pepper soup (“It burns, it burns real good,” Bourdain says) Dinner date: Kadaria Ahmed, journalist, editor, and TV host who moderates presidential debates.

Tony met with an economics expert to talk about the financial ecosystem of this marketplace. Young people learn to take apart and fix phones for a living.

Bourdain ate: Pounded yam (“the ubiquitous starch of Nigerian cuisine,” per Bourdain), egusi soup (stew of goat meat, melon seeds, fish stock, and chilis). Lunch date: Tunji Andrews, journalist, radio host and expert on the Nigerian economy.

Bourdain had: Beer and lunch. Lunch dates: Femi Kuti and Seun Kuti, both musicians, and Yeni Kuti, the owner of New Afrika Shrine—all are children of Afrobeat lengend Fela Kuti.

Bourdain ate: Masa (griddle cakes made from sticky rice, sugar, potash—a mineral-rich salt), fura (millet and milk compote), danwake (bean-flour dumplings served with tomatoes), moringa salad, kuli-kuli powder (ground peanut). Lunch date: His Royal Highness, Alhaji Musa Muhammadu Dogonkadai, Sarkin Hausawan Agege.

Bourdain had: Ewedu (Yoruba soup: crayfish, chilis, locust beans), jollof rice, goat meat, pounded yam, beer. Lunch dates: Atim Ukoh, her mom Iquo Ukoh, and friend Ozoz Sokoh—food bloggers.

While Bourdain didn’t eat here, he met some of Lagos’ brightest young developers and we just couldn’t leave them off this list. Bourdain met: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Andela cofounder; Seni Sulyman, Andela Nigeria country director; and Shalom Ayidu and Blessing Ebowe, trainees of the program.