I heard seafood was exceptionally good in Mozambique. I grew up in a landlocked country so it took me some time to learn to appreciate food from the sea on my plate. But over time i grew fond of it.
And i went to Mozambique. Intl dial code +258. It's summer there when it's winter in Amsterdam. It rains a lot in the summer there. The official language is Portuguese and the coast is a couple of thousand kilometrs long. The sea is warm and at some places very clean. And they sell grilled chicken at the beach instead of grilled tiger prawn. I went around asking for seafood, searching it left and right, in urban and rural areas, in tents and fancy restaurants overlooking the sea, but no one had seafood. Everyone was offering chicken instead.
I was very disappointed and returned from Mozambique without eating seafood there...
A week has passed since. I had some aquaculture shrimp since then and my disappointment is fading. But it's still there.
And tonight we watched some trailers of the upcoming Food Film Festival ( March 16-18, Studio K). They all indicate that there is not much sealife left in the oceans and we should cut back on our fish & seafood consumotion. Great, i guess the Mozambiqeans are well informed and they don't sell their precious resources to unfriendly white tourists. Fine by me. However, i don't think the chicken consumption is any more sustainable than the fish & shrimp craze!
Here we come, lab meat and vegetarian food era!
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