It’s called Corriente Bar and Grill, but nobody cares for that name. Everybody just calls it Saitoti. Corriente is a type of cow from Spain. Saitoti, I assumed, was the owner. Like everybody else in Nairobi, I have always heard of Saitoti’s legend, a local famous for its meat.
So I recently walked in from the biting cold to meet a friend. It was like any other local; intimate, full of music and the sweet scent of meat and conversation. From my seat, I could see the cooks bent over steaming pots. A sign over the kitchen announced, “Soup Available.”
