Since there were lusaniya options of Shs 30,000 for ‘small’, Shs 45,000 for medium and Shs 75,000 for large, I foolishly convinced myself that the Shs 30k one was surely the one for the single diners. How wrong!
I even told the waitress she was delivering the wrong order to me, because I had ordered the small lusaniya and not this large one! “Sir, this is what you ordered; a small lusaniya,” she said.
I reluctantly accepted my order. Their ‘small’ platter can serve up three to four diners. KZ occupies the entire top floor of Nalukwago Plaza in the space previously occupied by Baguma restaurant.
If this is their business strategy to attract clientele, it is surely working for when The Observer visited last week, it was a full house. And if they sustain these food portions for this price, we, the diners and the eateries, will surely have a meeting about why we have been scammed all along.
So, what is on this lusaniya? It is mainly a bit of every local Ugandan food – sweet potatoes, pumpkin slices, extremely well-steamed matooke, luwombo-cooked groundnut paste, pot-like cooked meats, yams, nakati...
Just imagine very tasty ‘mukolo’ food all heaped onto your platter. Seeing that they are Muslims – at least from their attire – it is little wonder that everything is tasty.
For diners nearby and are interested in local food on a cheap and a proper face-to-face luncheon chat, KZ is the place. The spaces between the tables give proper chat vibes. I was even feeling too guilty asking about the large platter.
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