Ekiti Gastronomic vibes part 1

 

Ado-Ekiti sunday morning Iyan vibe is a evolving cultural concept with a gastronomic value.

i grew up in Ado-Ekiti to understand that owanbe parties happens on saturday nights later saturday afternoon/evening and Ado-Ekiti been the capital of Ekiti-State the christian population dominates so sunday mornings are always 80 percent of church activities so you scarcely find a buka where food is sold...... this informed some set of people as the scarcity of food on sunday mornings continued, the cache to my observation with the people that came for the owambes were majorly not living here, even the other part guests living here will be kinda tired to want to cook on sunday mornings, but i trust some houses will still do. this write up makes me remember the smell of Rice chicken and dodo, listening to some old jams in my grandpa's house after church.

Now, the sunday morning food scarcity has systematically created a culture in Ado-Ekiti now making iyan an available food in almost every part of Ado-Ekiti, infact... you'll get more than iyan in some of the buka's that sell iyan on sunday mornings like having a live band singing while the iyan is going on. 

Ekiti has well over 25 indigeneous soups to go with it some are, Egusi,Ila, Efo, Panpata, Obe Osun, Obe Efirin, Obe Ira, 

if you find yourself in Ado-Ekiti on any sunday morning lookout for it, i bet you won't regret the experience.

Ogbeni Babajide Fajuyi 

writes from Ado-Ekiti.

August 2024.

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