Eat like Bourdain

Drink date: Accompanied by Shina Peller, owner of Club Quilox, and Banky Wellington, record label owner, actor/director, artist, advertiser, real estate, chef-in-training.

Bourdain had: Pepper soup (“It burns, it burns real good,” Bourdain says)

Dinner date: Kadaria Ahmed, journalist, editor, and TV host who moderates presidential debates.

Bourdain ate: Pounded yam (“the ubiquitous starch of Nigerian cuisine,” per Bourdain), egusi soup (stew of goat meat, melon seeds, fish stock, and chilis).

Lunch date: Tunji Andrews, journalist, radio host and expert on the Nigerian economy.

Bourdain ate: Masa (griddle cakes made from sticky rice, sugar, potash—a mineral-rich salt), fura (millet and milk compote), danwake (bean-flour dumplings served with tomatoes), moringa salad, kuli-kuli powder (ground peanut).

Lunch date: His Royal Highness, Alhaji Musa Muhammadu Dogonkadai, Sarkin Hausawan Agege.

Bourdain had: A home-cooked meal.

Lunch date: Edoato Agbeniyi, musician, and activist and Yomi Messou, son of neighborhood leader.

Bourdain had: Ewedu (Yoruba soup: crayfish, chilis, locust beans), jollof rice, goat meat, pounded yam, beer.

Lunch dates: Atim Ukoh, her mom Iquo Ukoh, and friend Ozoz Sokoh—food bloggers.

Bourdain had: Beer and lunch.

Lunch dates: Femi Kuti and Seun Kuti, both musicians, and Yeni Kuti, the owner of New Afrika Shrine—all are children of Afrobeat lengend Fela Kuti.

Bourdain met: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Andela cofounder; Seni Sulyman, Andela Nigeria country director; and Shalom Ayidu and Blessing Ebowe, trainees of the program.

Bourdain met: Temi Kogbe, a vinyl digger, collector, and trader of rare West African vinyl. He also runs Odion Livingstone and Livingstone Studio, two music labels dedicated to releasing Africa’s unearthed gems from the past.