Comments on: Sunday brunch at the Lyafa restaurant http://esthergarvi.com/2008/07/06/sunday-brunch-at-the-lyafa-restaurant/ aka Ishtar News Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Esther Garvi http://esthergarvi.com/2008/07/06/sunday-brunch-at-the-lyafa-restaurant/#comment-790 Esther Garvi Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:08:38 +0000 http://esthergarvi.com/2008/07/06/sunday-brunch-at-the-lyafa-restaurant/#comment-790 @Jerome: Concerning the moringa, it's the way of establishing them (plant nurseries) that requires irrigation for the first six weeks - not the plant itself. You are right however that they are a national favourite! @Joy: I agree, fried plantains are great...! @Jerome: Concerning the moringa, it’s the way of establishing them (plant nurseries) that requires irrigation for the first six weeks - not the plant itself. You are right however that they are a national favourite!

@Joy: I agree, fried plantains are great…!

]]> By: Joy (Ahoy!) http://esthergarvi.com/2008/07/06/sunday-brunch-at-the-lyafa-restaurant/#comment-774 Joy (Ahoy!) Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:27:15 +0000 http://esthergarvi.com/2008/07/06/sunday-brunch-at-the-lyafa-restaurant/#comment-774 Ooh, fried plantains! I miss these from the Philippines! Ooh, fried plantains! I miss these from the Philippines!

]]> By: jerome http://esthergarvi.com/2008/07/06/sunday-brunch-at-the-lyafa-restaurant/#comment-768 jerome Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:00:57 +0000 http://esthergarvi.com/2008/07/06/sunday-brunch-at-the-lyafa-restaurant/#comment-768 Although an inveterate loner, I am partial to those family-tribe gatherings. So that there's no mistakes over my motives, I'm your father's generation. Thanks for those lovely pixes of Neferititi and assorted denizens of Ishtar's Ark. By the way, do you have anything to say about moringa? I understand the reason why moringa olifeira does not make it into the "Eden" list of plants is because it requires watering during the first six weeks of its growth. But my contacts in Niger tell me that moringa leaves are all the craze on the Niamey main vegetable market. So, what gives? Although an inveterate loner, I am partial to those family-tribe gatherings. So that there’s no mistakes over my motives, I’m your father’s generation. Thanks for those lovely pixes of Neferititi and assorted denizens of Ishtar’s Ark.

By the way, do you have anything to say about moringa? I understand the reason why moringa olifeira does not make it into the “Eden” list of plants is because it requires watering during the first six weeks of its growth.

But my contacts in Niger tell me that moringa leaves are all the craze on the Niamey main vegetable market.

So, what gives?

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