Comments on: Madagascar Food: A Culinary Travel Guide

By: Grace

Grace — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 04:40:47 +0000

Pretty cool and well written article. I am also Malagasy living in the US, so this brings back good memories, now I crave some of my Malagasy favorite food koba and the fresh seafood oh and voanjobory lol glad you got to visit our beautiful country 🙂 yes we are a mix of Asian and African basically we are Blasian lol

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 11:45:11 +0000

In reply to Muriel. Thank you for the compliment and addition, Muriel. I believe we did try mofo gasy. They are like poppers or pancakes, right? However, I'm not sure we realized that it was bread made from rice flour. However, given everything else we know and experienced with Malagasy food, it makes sense that traditional "Malagasy bread" is made with rice flour.

By: Muriel

Muriel — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 07:55:29 +0000

I am Malagasy and I wanted to thank you for your article. You have very well described our main local specialties. We can see that you have tasted our dishes! However there is one mofo that you have omitted: Mofo Gasy which is our traditional bread, made with rice flour. Did you taste it during your trip? Hope you will next time, it’s not bad (hihihi). I really enjoyed reading your experiences about our local food. Thank you!

By: Daniel Noll

Daniel Noll — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:32:13 +0000

In reply to Bama. Thanks for sharing this culinary-linguistic connection between Indonesia and Madagascar, Bama. Very cool. We explain a bit more of the Austronesian connection (and greater cultural interconnection of Madagascar as a whole) in our Madagascar Travel Guide. In that article, there are also some photos of Malagasy people whose appearance suggests a connection with Southeast Asia.

By: Bama

Bama — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 01:13:48 +0000

Madagascar’s past connection with Indonesia is the main reason why I’ve always wanted to go there. For example, in this post you mentioned about laoka as a term for any side dish. In Indonesia we call it lauk. Madagascar’s uniqueness as the only country in the African region where the people speak a language that belongs to the Austronesian language family is an interesting fact many people are unaware of.

By: Audrey Scott

Audrey Scott — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:42:29 +0000

In reply to Veronika Primm. The lemurs and baobabs are the biggest draw to Madagascar. But, it's always nice when the local food is tasty and unique as well!

By: Veronika Primm

Veronika Primm — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:52:52 +0000

Well, I’ve already been wanting to visit Madagascar enough, mainly thanks to the Baobabs and the lemurs. And now you show me this delicious food? Wow wow! I’d have that banana peanut cake any minute. Yum. Thanks for the inspiration, Madagascar has just moved higher up my list 😀