Margaret Small, the Kenyan entrepreneur who owns Kenya Kitchen restaurant in North London made a surprising street interview with Surgen TV. The 32 year old impressed with her mastery of the Kenyan heritage and culture despite having lived in the UK for a better part of her life.
She proudly showed her Kenyan bracelet which she declared was a Kenyan identity tag.
“This is how we identify each other. If you don’t have this, you’re not Kenyan,” she opined.
She told Surgen TV that Kenyans are mostly united by good parties, and then she flexed to the popular “Anguka Nayo” dance, going down so smooth, you’d think she was brought up Eastlando.
“Kenyans love a good party. Where there’s a party, you’ll always find a Kenyan,” she said.
Nyama Choma is Kenya’s national dish?
Small answered a couple of quickfire questions including Kenya having a national park within its capital city and also being a leading coffee exporter. She explained that Kenyans are super fast athletes because of the high altitude training and said our national animal is the lion.
Asked about our national dish, she told SurgenTV that “nyama choma is the real deal.” However, some Kenyans in the comments section thought she missed a mark by not mentioning our beloved ugali.
Busia Background
Small was brought up in Funyula, Busia County. She relocated to Europe in order to reunite with her dad when she was only 14 years old. The father works as an accountant in UK.
Due to a substantial number of people who have busy schedules in London, Small realized that there was a market niche for selling food online. And she had a plan: mastering a variety of recipes and cooking the most delicious cuisines.
Her expertise would pay handsomely as she created a loyal base of raving fans. She ended up receiving numerous positive feedback and referrals. She once sold her food at an event and the people were impressed.
Her father then offered some capital which she used to start and operate Kenya Kitchen.
“I felt that there is a gap in the market for Kenyan food. There were so many cuisines out there that were not Kenyan. Given the fact that we have so many tribes in Kenya and each has its own cuisine, those are the kind of the things I just wanted to tell people our story through food,” she told Chams Media.
Kenyan Kitchen sells ugali, tilapia fish, sukuma wiki, githeri, matoke, viazi karai and nyama choma. Small sources the food from the local market with some of the spices originating from Kenya.