The only surprise was the way-off packaging. Not only did the food come dripping and all the covers stained with curry, but even the cling wrap looked like it had been wrapped by an amateur in haste.
The food, though? As the expected Taste Budz standards – tasty! I had no idea what chips poutine was when I placed the order, but from the pictures, it looked inviting and appetizing enough.
I would soon gather that chips poutine is a popular Canadian dish. The cheese stitches the chips together, while the juicy vegetable toppings make it look like pizza but not anywhere close in terms of taste. It is highly pliable and may taste flat initially, until you add gravy or, in my case, the pilau soup.
It is highly addictive – one of those dishes that you never get tired of eating even when full. As for the chicken pilau, Taste Budz, located in Ntinda, has one of the most authentic pilau dishes in Uganda.
Whether dry or wet; beef, chicken, or even plain; their pilau just oozes that original Asian touch that you hardly find anywhere else. The chicken pilau is so good that you can’t tell whether it was rice cooked with the chicken or chicken cooked with the rice (chefs can tell you the huge difference this can make).
The portions may be so un-Ugandan (read little), but they are well within the Shs 17,000 and Shs 15,000, respectively. In the end, it was hard to choose what was more tasty between the chips poutine and the chicken pilau.
fkisakye@observer.ug
Source: The Observer
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