Chicken anyone?

So I would be remiss if I did not share my experience and that of the team's on the Ghanaian cuisine.  There are all varieties of great tropical fruits such as, mangoes (many varieties), pineapples, watermelons, papaya, coconut, etc.  And many times these fruits are used to cook and flavor the local dishes.
Since we have been in a hotel for our entire stay, we have had to go out to many different restaurants to eat.  There was a lot of chicken and rice.  It tasted great, but got tiring after a week.  There typically is jollof rice or fried rice and chicken on every menu at every restaurant.  It is a staple of the cuisine. 

My favorite of the local dishes is jollof rice with fried plantains, roasted chicken and shito sauce.  The shito sauce is made from hot peppers with some type of fish flakes.  Also, I like Red Red a lot.  Red Red is black-eyed peas cooked with some spices (fish flavoring, unless you specify you don't want it), palm oil and served with fried plantains on the side.

We have gotten very familiar with the restaurants in Accra, and here are some of my observations:
1) If you want to eat dinner at 7:30, get to the restaurant by 5:30PM, 6PM is pushing it.  Because we were typically a group of 12 or more, it took a very long time for our food to be prepared.
2) There is also a high probability that what you get will be different from what you ordered, especially if you deviate too far from the menu.
3) The restaurant staff typically do not like to give bad news and tell you that something may not be readily available.  We had a manager run to the store to buy ice cream since they had run out of ice cream and rather than saying they were out they decided to go and buy. 
4) Some of the continental foods you may be familiar with may be prepared differently from what you are used to.  For example, if you go to a local Ghanaian restaurant, it is probably not best to order lasagne. 
5) Many of the things are not pre-prepared, so everything is generally made from scratch.

We were strongly advised not to buy food from the street vendors, so this limited our options also.  Due to all the starchy foods, many of us on the team have put on some unwelcome weight, so we are working on diet and exercise plans on our return back to our home countries.

Breakfast at the hotel.  Usually made up of pancakes, eggs, baked beans, gravy, etc.

Kelewele; plantains fried with pepper spices.

Banana bread and "puff puff".  Pastry made with flour, sugar, eggs and deep-fried.  I don't remember the Ghanaian name.

Local dish with, couscous, stewed beef and "wacky"(which is black-eyed peas and rice).

One of our most frequented lunch spots since it is fast and is similar to Nando's. 

Chicken from Barcelo's

Ghanaian and Nigerian restaurant in downtown Accra.  Very good food and ambiance.

Who doesn't like pizza?

Steak from the restaurant at the Movenpick hotel.  After a few incidents with ordering steaks, it was nice to have one prepared without incidence.

Team at Movenpick