22 April 2020

Video: The "Best Ever Food Review Show" visits Namibia!

One of the most popular and fastest-growing food-themed channels on YouTube, the "Best Ever Food Review Show", recently* travelled to Namibia to explore the local cuisine of the Southern African country. While in Windhoek, the host of the show, Sonny Side, meets Namibian comedian Slick the Dick (@slickthadick) and the two take off to a tour through the city's local street food scene. Sonny gets to try some boerewors in Otjomuise, chicken liver scrambled eggs at the Wernhil Flea Market, "walkie talkie" at the Tukondjeni Market in Okuryangava and finally some Kapana and, of course, mopane wors at the Single Quarters in Katutura
In the second video, Sonny travels up north to Kamanjab in Namibia's Kunene Region to meet - and eat with - the Himba people. Accompanied by local woman Uno (@unounotjari), the he visits a traditional Himba village and gets to try some cooked sheep, some mopane worms and pap. 
In the third and final episode, Sonny travels to the Ombu Cultural Village where he meets his guide Gersoliena Karita. The Ombu Cultural Village is a living museum that includes a traditional Herero homestead, comprising 9 houses with dinstinctive original designs and building methods dating back to 1880, and other periodic designs over the last 150 years. At Ombu, Sonny is invited to try a traditional breakfast consisting of dry out mushrooms, spinach, biltong and tripe, as well as ground beans, traditional sour milk, grilled cow testicals (yes, balls!), cooked goat meat, cooked goat intestines and the "smiley". 






Ombu Cultural Village is situated about 48 km from Otjiwarongo and 122 km from Okahandja on the B1. It is conveniently located half-way between Etosha National Park and Windhoek.


The "Best Ever Food Review Show", or just BEFRS, is a team of hungry storytellers on a mission to hunt down and document the most unique cuisine from around the world, encouraging empathy, understanding and appreciation of different cultures through their food. The viral YouTube channel has amassed over 5 million social media followers, with an average of 30 million video views on YouTube each month.

*the show was filmed earlier this year before the coronavirus pandemic broke out!

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