The FIRST Zimbabwean Restaurant in the U.S. | Zweli's Durham Nc | Trying Zimbabwean Food First Time
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- The FIRST Zimbabwean Restaurant in the U.S. | Zweli's Durham Nc | Trying Zimbabwean Food First Time
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That's over pricing 16 dollars for sausage I'm Zimbabwean and we pay a minimum of 2 bucks for that daylight robbery 😂😂😂😂😂
In England you pay between 6-10 pounds
@@adrianfernand33s we’re not in England and it’s not England sausage foh
@@ronaldinhoacmilan88 it's imported from SA my guy 😂😂
@@ronaldinhoacmilan88 I am from Zimbabwe so I would know bruh
Sausage is suppose to be a food that People of all economic classes can afford because its made with chopped spare-parts and intenstines, unless youre putting some ingredient in there thats worth its weight in gold (Like black truffles) then theres absolutely NO reason to charge $16 for sausage. Mans got robbed legally in broaddaylight
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What did the jollof rice taste like?
I just made Egusi soup and Fufu a few days ago. Now, I have to taste an African dish first before I make it, but I'll definitely make my own.... after seeing the price gouging you received!!!
Also try Gullah red rice, when the ancestors from various parts of west Africa came over, they wanted to make jollof but the ingredients in USA was slightly different , so they made a new rice dish. You can always find it Charleston as 70% of enslaved ppl came through there.
awesome but im from Zimbabwe and you could have had all that for half the price in Zimbabwe. Maybe they had to import some of the ingredients and other factors, are the reason for those prices. Chakalaka is actually of South African origin as well as Boerewors but Dovi(Peanut Butter) Chicken and Oxtail are straight up Zim dishes. Enjoy
Don’t shit you don’t bro and you clearly not Zimbabwean Chakalaka is a staright up Zimbabwean dish and like all the other dishes on that menu, i know because we grew ip on it in mashonaland down in Zimbabwe, and Boerewores just like biltong were introduced to both Zimbabwe and South africa by the white dutch people/afrikaans living in both Zimbabwe and south africa but you probably wouldn’t know that, you would rather just open your mouth and spit sh*t you clueless about
“If u like beans like I do that's why I be farting all the time” 🤣
Come to wilmington. Try indochine for Thai. Pho cafe for Vietnamese. And then there’s a bunch of other restaurants. Those two alone worth the 2 hour drive
I live in a big city and I promise you oxtails don't cost that much!!! 💯
I miss palace international African restaurant with the real tilapia fish with the gravy and the fried pastry with the lamb
I never heard of it
Yessssssss! There food was soooo good!
Uber Eats menu is drastically different from the in house menus of a good amount of restaurants I use to order from.....menu items were different at times too.
Their backstory deserves more research. Often times there's a justifiable reason for the pricing. Who's actually making and shipping the sausage (e.g.). The distance. It's a regional delicacy that most of the Zim community probably greatly appreciates.
Um nope.....we don't care for the back story....charge a fair price...simple
Exactly, food cost. A lot off these ingredients may have to be imported.
That Jimmie Dean link wasn't imported from nowheres lol
17 dollars for a sausage wit no bun or sauce they definitely scamming in there
I would wait for it to become a thing. I need a few more spots, so i know whats good and bad.
Bro come down to South Carolina for a vid I know many great restaurants
I been saying this for years, restaurants in the south been getting over on prices for yrs, I don’t get it? I’m from New York and never paid that high for food
Some foods are higher and housing is cheaper in the south.
They didn’t cook the dovi for long enough to get rid of the bitter after taste
the pricing is disgraceful.
Somebody's at the register taxing on the side. $10 per order. Marc weins in Africa right now eating that same spread for 10 ZWDs
Where's the rice in $25.00 oxtail meal
Naw I'm not taking out a loan to eat food.
This was a hard review. Probably shouldn't have done this one. It is more hurtful than helpful
That adding in tip crap should be against the law
Damn, guess after the country being so poor for so long the owners wanted ALL the money they can get. Prices are outrageous lmao.
They should not charge extra money for some nonsense. To fix that you need to go to the state of North Carolina and complain. And it definitely should not be no automatic charge if you taking it to go. I might be in North Carolina next month. If I give this place a try and I see the charge on my bill I am going to not only call the people in North Carolina. The right people North Carolina I’m also going to reach out to senators, etc..
they giving you that tourist price
I love their food and they do amazing things for Durham! They are an amazing business owners and great experience too!
GREAT !!!!
I think the point is that it's too expensive.
Amazing things like what?
They need to stop stealing from customers! Anytime an establishment charges you for something without your knowledge and authorization, then that is STEALING!
I hate how places charge one person gratuity...WTF?
Living wage charge is garbage.
It's called Dobi. Not Dovi. I am from Zim.
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It's called dovi
Actually, it's dovi in Shona (the most widely spoken indigenous language in Zimbabwe), and idobi in Ndebele (the second most widely spoken indigenous language in Zimbabwe).
$16.99?
Them prices ridiculous
At least the chinese give u a buffet for 16$ lol they scammin 😅
Lol items not on the me u seems to be a problem nationwide with some black owned restaurants, rather from the states, the carribbean, or African, we have that problem.
You got ripped off.... little food for the dollar...
Scammers 🛑🛑🛑👀👀‼️‼️‼️
Overpriced!
The way my guy butchering the zim words is jokes
$17 dollars for the sausage that's madness
The people selling that food for that price have no shame!!!
As a born and raised Zimbabwean this was embarrassing for us....a complete scam
Welcome to anything African in Europe
@laurence complete scam
IDU-- what scam? Are you referring to the restaurants food, or the review of the restaurant and the restaurant's food?
2 expensive😮
True story. The only Zimbabwean thing there is the oxtail….
That’s the problem I have with African Restaurants! They are soooo expensive!! I make my own African meals! I get ALL of the ingredients from local African/Indian store! I followed the recipe, everything came out great!! I spent about the same for these ingredients, as I pay for ingredients for similar meals I’ve been making for years!!
You are making Africa as a country, comparing it to India, but Africa is continent with 54 countries, and they all have their own cultures their own Foods..
As someone who's family is from ghana. We have the same problems in nyc and now that i moved to NC. I want to find african spots to try but I'm never a fan of places charging alot and either not giving alot or quality is lacking. That was my experience at Ghanaian places in nyc. I'll see how places are while living in NC
@@Lemlem7682 Exactly! African covers them all. Yes, Kenyan, Moroccan, Ghanaian Tanzanian….just to name a few.
@@Lemlem7682 The funny thing is - Africa - ETHIOPIA and India were synonymous. The empire and people stretched and spanned. At any rate, you miss his point.
@@Lemlem7682 Teach! Sister, Africa is an exciting place, for those who have the Vision to see what it is!!
Overpaying for a simple chicken and rice dish, a big piece of sausage, a rice seasoned with ketchup (Jollof) and oxtail (mostly bones), and baked beans? Yeah no, I’m good. I’ve had various African cuisine but none of it is worth this price. I’d much rather get some Asian food for that price. Africans eat this stuff for pennies on the dollar.
Nope I wouldn’t have bought a 17 dollar sausage 😂 and then another 6 dollar fee that they can’t explain. I would have told them to adjust their prices
It’s quite ridiculous smh
Boerewors and Chakalaka is actually South African food but it’s popular in neighboring countries like Zimbabwe
Boerewors is Southern African not South African.
He didn't have the authentic Boerewors and chakalaka then he complains as if he had the authentic one, the most authentic one can only be found at South Africa Township chisa nyama and that's it just like you only find an authentic peri peri chicken at a township chicken dust or Nandos
@@sithabelamandlawenkosiwodu6298 Boerewors and chakalaka are originally from South Africa, then moved around the SADC region
@@obakengtaje1759 going by your line of thinking authentic peri peri chicken can only be found in Mozambique not at Nando's as Nando's simply borrowed (mild word for stole) the recipe from Mozambique.
@@obakengtaje1759 my comment was debunking what was written here by @Azania saying that boerewors is South African and using that to take away from it being Zimbabwean. You are correct. Boerewors is Southern African food not just South African.
Wont be going there!!! Ive been looking for different African restaurants. That is absolutely insane!
No authentic Zimbabwean meals as well. They definitely ripped him off
So are you saying you aren't going to this restaurant because you can't afford it? He gave a review of some of the items, but not everything. Don't say you're trying to support or try African Restaurants if your only excuse is the price.
@Adrian Fernandes do you have anything positive to say about this restaurant? I was just wondering if you've been here the way you hating on them🤷🏿♀️
Y'all better learn how to cook and stopped getting robbed. If you can't cook go to UA-cam it will give you step by step directions. Everything is price gouged nowadays. Hell the $1.00 is not a dollar anymore
You gotta Try Hady’s Restaurant International Cuisine in Raleigh NC. Authentic East African food and they have a great story as well
Man imma tell ya one thing, Boerewors is definitely not Zimbabwean, it's South African,actually its one of our staple meats....secondly, for $17 bruuh😂you'd probably get enough to eat for 2 weeks around here in SA🤷🏾♂️
Of course and at the time we speak of an authentic top notch chisa nyama with pap, gravy, 2 veggies, 2 salads and chakalaka on the side not the nonsense he just had
Imma tell you straight up you delusional, we got our own Boerewores in Zimbabwe, matter of fact i have never tasted boerewores from South africa i have been to south africa and the meat that side generally tastes like crap you have got to buy from the organic section to even buy decent tasting meat unlike Zimbabwe which mostly sell organic meat in almost all butcheries and supermarkets, Zimbabwe is unlike namibia or botswana who consume south african food almost entirely, in Zimbabwe its not like that at all, if you walk into our grocery stores like Bon Marché, OK Mart, Harry’s, Trade Center, OK ZIMBABWE, Food World, TM pic n pay, SPAR, N Richards, metropeech, Greens Supermarket, Food lovers Market, Gain, the list is endles you will barely see any South african products except maybe koo beans and amstel lager and occassionally Rhodes beans, those are usually the south african products on display even then products that were once popular like koo and Rhodes beans are being overtaken by local products such as Cashel Valley beans and Olivine beans everything else from cooking oil to bread to salt, sugar, snacks, meat, milk, mealie meal, rice, pasta i mean everything to even dog food is all zimbabwean and clearly labelled proudly zimbabwean, this goes to even the cosmetics, your lotions, you will see lotions and creams such as elegance lotion, ingrams camphor made in belmont in Zimbabwe, and a whole lot of other brands, be it lotions, shower gel, bathing soaps very recently we have began to see a few products from dubai and lotions like nivea and razac from poland/Germany and USA respectively but they are still of no much significance compared to local products so its really important for you to not lie and say Boerewors is South african….nope thats a blatant lie it was introduced to Zimbabwe and south africa by white dutch people/afrikaans living in both countries back in the day infact the name boerewors it self is afrikaans just like biltong.
Please utilise google if you are unsure about certain things
I suspect they over charged you just cuz. 👎🏾 Sounds like you paid the Black American tax. Double 👎🏾👎🏾
We south African's are shocked at the price u paid for these meals.
For $16 you could've gotten 10 of those "boerewors sausages" here
Why are south africans even commenting on this review, its a review for Zimbabwean food, stuff we buy from grocery stores and clearly labelled proudly Zimbabwean, the motherland, so what y’all doing here, SAns always wanna be all up in other peoples business and be claiming to own stuff, y’all so corny. We grew up on this food some of it introduced to us by White dutch people/afrikaans like Boerewors and biltong but we embraced it and made it our own and created different variations of flavours unique to Zimbabwe, our bean stew is some of the best out there as well, i have tasted chakalaka made in other countries its not all that moreover in other parts of zimbabwe its just known as been stew and in northern zimbabwe thats were is mostly known as chakalaka and its nothing like the stew in SA or that canned chakalaka they have which taste like piss, if you try zimbabwean canned food you will come to realise it tastes a thousand times better than South african canned food, our meat taste better generally as it is mostly organic, south african beef tastes like soy chunks no kidding.
You were supposed to have the chakalaka with the sausage bro that shiii slaps
why didn't they just put it in the same container 🤔
@@indigobeauty1 Right! It would have fit.
Boi they treated you like a "smallie" a "maga" or an "akata". Be wise...cause they don't care anything about your economic struggles Sir! They have a high sense of themselves and prefer the dollars of American Europeans, exotic Asians and their descent. If you're not pushing the S-Class S 63 AMG coupe or something in that wheelhouse, unfortunately, as much as your review is appreciated, if you're not gonna say, "that ish is bussin" then scrap it altogether! You go so we don't have to. That's painfully obvious at times. But I dont care what Mark Wiens said about it or Spectrum News, this past spring. They're prices don't appeal to me. Nor does the food look that appetizing in photography. But as entrepreneurs, they're hoping for 1-5 Michelin stars B! That's every immigrant restaurateur's mentality. Especially after they've read about a Nobu's, Marquis Bistro, Ruth Chris, or Bonefish my guy. Otherwise, until financially able, one must relegate themselves to more modestly priced establishments...such as, IHOP, Hooters & the KFC. My girl start talking about Longhorn Steakhouse or Cheesecake Factory, I'm turning this bih around! 🤣 You know how much gas is?!! After all, I'm not an investment broker!
59 dollars 🤣🤣🙆🏾♂️ life over there is really expensive.. This equates to just over R1000... I could cook all three of these meals for 15 people ...or 10 people( oxtail prices are ridiculous these days)
Those oxtails these days are priced like a ribeye steak
I've had oxtail at Jamaican restaurants and it's really good BUT I also worry I'm gonna have to go to the dentist after because it's like a minefield of bones. That said, all of that seems kinda overpriced to me.
That's the biggest problem with oxtails. They need to make boneless oxtails
@@creativecreature4138 lmao what? The bones are important af
Good thing he not at a Jamaican Restaurant now
Stop the madness with these prices and portions!! Perhaps some more market research is needed and customer feedback!! Please !!
I would’ve gave this a “IDK Shawty” rating lol
Listen …… 😩😩😩😩 they overcharged TF outa me yo
@@mr.chimetime I see! 😂
Bro why you got African music in the background bro you silly 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tip for takeout?
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Where is the rice or even 2 sides? For $26. Hell naw!!!
Both Chakalaka and BoereWors are South African dishes. 😅😅
The the jollof is Nigerian too, man got finessed
I'm with you on that bro all the time people be serving that food like whatever doesn't matter if it's a hamburger chicken tenders or whatever they just give it to you and they think that's what we supposed to get but that's wrong you need to look at that before you serve it to that customer if it's not big enough for something that you would eat don't serve it to him take that to the side and give them something bigger to what the standard portion is for that order according to what that person is paying for if you cannot do that then there's a problem with that service they need to exit or fix it.
U dropped the 🏀 from the Getty up lord... from beginning to end 😢😢😢.when you can't pronounce the name LORD 😢😢
Wow!! I definitely wouldn't have paid $16.99 for that one sausage. Chime my brother sometimes you be getting robbed
I gotta agree with you brotha ✊🏽✊🏽 they be taking advantage of lil ole me lol
That was the wildest one for me.... $17... for a damn sausage???
@@garlandragland and not even a full rope
They robbin themselves smh
😮😮😮 Daylight robbery. R1366 for THAT? WOOOOOOOOW! Not worth it. They robbed this man. You can get all those items everyday for like 2-3 weeks in South Africa for that price.
the beans and rice went with the sausage. sausage couldn't fit in the white container.
In the thumbnail I thought that sausage was a turd for a minutes.
Those Zimbabwe food prices are too high.....really.....$16.99 for a sausage.
SMH yea that was a bit ridiculous
@@mr.chimetime in England it's 7 pounds max and that one did not even look nice one
The sour Dovi chicken after-twste is supposed to be like that. It's part of the charm.
They robbing you. We pay a maximum of 5 dollars for everything you bought.
boerewors beef sausage is South African and not Zimbabwean. I guess they took advantage because their neighbors. Not sure about that $16 though. Chakalaka is also South African. Not very authentic to Zimbabwe that's for sure. Try going to a South African restaurant next to get a proper menu. What you just had didn't look good at all.
Why would Africans sell oxtails if they weren't restricted to the undesirable cuts?? That's dumb.
$16.99 for that sausage is plain highway robbery
Are they still in business??? They know damn well they serving some Bull🤦🏽
Yo! the comments are just, I can't. 😭😭😭☺️His comments.
We used to it 🤣😂 paying a lot for small portions of food.
Look good but I can't afford it 😲
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not cutie lol
@Miss C Vlog lol why u care 😂 🤣
@@peachesdatrucker6397 I don't
Find a bonefish they're also called bone Daddy want to be high and type s*** but the carrots will do to you what I can do to you even if you don't like carrots cuz I don't swore fish smothered okay anyway
I've eaten here before and never came back. The food is overpriced and mid. My oxtails had more fat than beef and the Jollof rice was not good.
Nah zweli's is trash, the boereworse go together you just needed pap with that now that would have been a taste of South African bbq
A reminder that not every culture has good food…if its not popular by this point, it’s probably not good 😬
That’s the Africans for you… over charge with minimum effort! Just like the hair braiding smh 🙄
Found the racist
You so corny, i would love to see your braiding skills plus you not worthy of spitting the garbage you wrote honestly, i can’t even be angry at africans being disrespected by the likes of you, if you were white maybe just maybe i would be a little offended.
“The Africans”… 😬
@@Berzertles yeah I’m not African… I’m American! I wasn’t born in Africa! Goofy
No way I would pay that much especially for that much. Scam.
Yeah they scamming hard dang bruh🤦
The prices and fees are complete 🗑️🗑️🗑️ #AintNoWay
Luved the honest review but them Dang prices were terrible 😢😢
I would not have paid $16 for that sausage.
The african music took me out😂
This is why people don’t try new food they overpriced food what do you expect
I knew the Chakalaka would slap😂... But it kinda didn't look right, it needed way more shredded carrots....
16.99 for just a piece of sausage, no rice or sauce. That charge is crazy since you are not even eating in the restaurant.
This place is a rip off. Overpriced and hidden charges? Pass
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS PRICING!
I hate your swearing but love the honesty in your reviews
If I get there and the food cost this much money, I will learn how to cook it myself lol 😂. And I’m not playing.
Y’all have no money back home so the price can’t be like that smh
17 dollas for that Jimmie Dean link lol
So why the little bitty servings ? Why?
16 for sausage... Just sausage.. Naw man..
It was quite ridiculous smh