KanwuliaExtra:



Then your mouth will also smell like 'vaggi' wey no baff for 3 months!
You go take that mouth dey tok to customers and clients.
Ta!

KanwuliaExtra:


I don't think you understand. JUST LIKE I CAN'T STAND THE SMELL OF WEED. . . OR 'IGBO'!
Nothing to do with inferiority.

Some of our foods STINK!

The first time I tried to buy a house, my agent took me to a Nigerian family's home.

OMO! As soon as we entered the house. . . .NA OKPOROKO DIE DIA O.
I had to leave. The whole house was STINKING!

The only Black American guy I tried to date. . .and served him fufu and egusi soup. . . .thinking I was giving a 'special naija delicacy'. . . .I NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN AFTER THAT. He did not even bother to explain.

Some certain smells are just toooooooooooooo offensive to those not accustomed to it.

ibkayee:
It's common courtesy not to bring strong smelling foods into shared spaces but this one just has an inferiority complex

It's one thing to acknowledge that some foods have strong smells, especially to people who aren't familiar with it and another thing to attribute it to being dirty and lower class like she's doing.

There are Nigerian dishes that have a neutral smell that people can bring into the office alternatively so it isn't necessarily a 'Nigerian food' thing

British 'office' foods that 'stink' as well:

- Vinegar with their chips
- Cheese and onion crisps
- Greasy bacon
- Microwaved scotch eggs
- Marmite

KanwuliaExtra:


Just waka je je. . . .it is not worth the stress.
Dem go gossip the matter till kingdom come.

Dem go dey tok. . . ."hey guys! do you remember when kiki brought 'fermented fish' to the lounge and made everyone sick"?
Even when new employees that don't know you come. . . they will use that story to introduce you ke.

It is not about inferiority complex. . . . it is just not a comfortable situation to be in.

Once you enter lounge. . . efry body go just bail. One by one. . . .dem go juss dey disappia.
THEY WILL MAKE SURE THEY AVOID THE LOUNGE OR BREAKROOM WHENEVER YOU ARE WORKING.

1Sharon:


Smh..they weren't aerating the house

cayorday89:

But it can make someone feel inferior and I won't doubt it's what is affecting the lady making the video just to be accepted, I mean she grew up eating or seeing others eat it in Naija before going over there, except she left as a child.

1Sharon:


Smh..they weren't aerating the house

KanwuliaExtra:


You want to sell your house and you are cooking OKPOROKO inside it?

Knowing fully well you can get a potential tenant at any moment? If I felt that way as a Nigerian, you can imagine how people of other races felt.

Just like that PUNGENT INDIAN CURRY AND SPICE MESS. I cannot live in ANY HOUSE INDIANS OCCUPY. I WILL NOT EVEN GO BUY GAS IN ANY OF THEIR GAS STATIONS. The smell is toooooooooooooooooooooo offensive.

Of course they didn't. It was all over the house. I took off as fast as I could.

sukkot:
lolzzzz let me tell ya something ibkayee i can never understand nigerians. in fact i have refused to try to understand nigerians. these people are morbidly attached to stupid things. you see people travelling abroad and their bag is full of smelly african foodstuff. i dont understand that much attachment to food. they go into offices with their food. i dont understand it. i have never been one to be attached to anything. when i go to the uk if i go to the uk there is not one african foodstuff in my luggage. when i am at work in the uk i buy sandwiches and crisps and orange juice from tescos and thats what i eat at work. i can never carry cooked food to work. i dont understand people who do shit like this. in fact i refuse to understand people who do shit like this

sukkot:
hey i am not here saying europeans are civilized people but in public they do try to keep some level of decorum. eating hot abula with igbin and iru smell and smacking your lips and licking your fingers in a west end london office is devoid of all manners of decorum

thecommunist:
lol...I still feel embarrassed anytime I remember that day. My only consolation is that the oyinbos may think it's one of the Indian guys...lol.
My oga was even telling me not to go into there lunch room because "someone stank it up"...if only he knew it was me...lol

1Sharon:

KanwuliaExtra:
She ain't lying. Same with INDIAN FOOD!
The reason I carry a food flask. Keeps my food warm.
Sometimes, I want to eat dry fish stew with my rice. How can you warm such a pungent concoction in a closed public space with a clear conscience?

The school teachers have the same problems too and had to BAN ALL ETHNIC FOODS in classrooms in one of the schools over here.
I DON'T BLAME THEM.

The saddest part is that the funky smell takes FOREVER to dissipate.

Please, respect the health of others. . . . . go to a public cafeteria, warm my food and go eat in YOUR car.

We should learn to be considerate.

DivinegiftofGod:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXBxSWDgxgo

A Nigerian lady in the UK hinted that the UK wants to ban Nigerian food in offices because of the smell and that she supports the motion, Citing that our local delicacy smells bad whenever it's being warmed in offices in the UK.

KanwuliaExtra:


I don't think you understand. JUST LIKE I CAN'T STAND THE SMELL OF WEED. . . OR 'IGBO'!
Nothing to do with inferiority.

Some of our foods STINK!

The first time I tried to buy a house, my agent took me to a Nigerian family's home.

OMO! As soon as we entered the house. . . .NA OKPOROKO DIE DIA O.
I had to leave. The whole house was STINKING!

The only Black American guy I tried to date. . .and served him fufu and egusi soup. . . .thinking I was giving a 'special naija delicacy'. . . .I NEVER HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN AFTER THAT. He did not even bother to explain.

Some certain smells are just toooooooooooooo offensive to those not accustomed to it.

1Sharon:

1Sharon:


It's the cravings..the spicy seasoned food we crave. Eating oyinbo food cannot fill the void

KanwuliaExtra:


How can you know. . . when you have no hospitals and every illness is caused by witches and 'village people'?

ponishah:

Ignorance is inexcusable though.
Okay I know and the white people you think you are imitating also know, and they are gradually going back to nature, less chemical.

Yes too, on your 'witches and village people' and the little knowledge you have, go and read the history of western nations especially UK and France and Roman empire. They fought and outlawed witchcraft, wizardry, sorcery and occult practices at various stages in their history including the period of inquisition.
Stop pretending, Jesus even cast a demon out of a possessed person. Africans and their failures

sukkot:
all those things are sold in peckham na. no need to bring it yourself

Mindlog:
Which ban? Low self-esteem!

What of Indians whey no send anybody when it comes to their meals, dem go microwave am at work and everyone gets used to it.

saal:
This girl is an idiot, na her body dey smell and she dey talk say na Nigerian food. This is the same food, u have being eaten till u grow to that level? Useless girl. Up Nigeria food.

zomby:
A Nigerian lady in the UK hinted that the UK wants to ban Nigerian food in offices because of the smell and that she supports the motion, Citing that our local delicacy smells bad whenever it's being warmed in offices in the UK.

I fully support the move.
Without a doubt, Nigerian food are delicious and very special, but they do not belong in offices, especially in a foreign county. Let us be sensible and think about others in the office that may not like Nigerian food; don't be the Obidientss...who only think about themselves and respect nothing.

grandstar:


That's it. It will take time for people to get accustomed to our cooking. I'm very sure it was that way when the Indians began.

A Mexican kid in the US used to be ashamed taken his meals to school worried that his classmates would make fun of him. His mum told him to share some with his classmates instead, and they loved it! I think it was a taco. This was like 40 years ago, so Mexican food was little known in the US back then.

It will take some time getting used to our food or they may make it continental which would make the smell and taste globally acceptable

Maximeo:




Oyibo Sprouts, Brocoli, etc smell is worst than ours now.

Even KFC smells so strong.

I bought fish from Tesco they said it stinks!

It's what it is, ignore the idiots complaining about African foods