FOOD AND DRINK

The Malagasy people love to eat:

As you can see from the picture below, the Malagasy people also eat with their eyes. There are also beans with meat, different types of rice, vegetables and especially a tomato and onion mixture.
It simply tastes delicious.The meal is enjoyed with a good, cold THB beer, wine or one of the countless refreshing lemonades. For dessert, a portion of lychee or a juicy mango or a mixture of seasonal fruits.

Of course, a great holiday also includes good food.
You will definitely find what you are looking for in Madagascar. You will find freshly prepared, original dishes everywhere. The cuisine of Madagascar is quite simple: RICE (Malagasy: Vary) mixed with vegetables, tomatoes, onions, meat.In contrast to Europe, where rice is merely a side dish, rice is the main dish in Malagasy. It is said that the Malagasy people have the highest rice consumption per capita in the world. Different varieties of rice are grown in Madagascar.

Vary maina, which is boiled, unsalted rice, is often eaten for lunch and dinner. The following side dishes are served with it: Beef, pork, fish, poultry with sauce and RomazavaYou will enjoy Malagasy cuisine, especially on the coast, where lobster, crayfish and other seafood are available. The Zebu steaks are equally legendary.
Typical Malagasy dishes are:
Romazava... rice and beef, chicken, fish stew with leaves, Ravitoto... pork served with crushed cassava leaves.

You can often find small restaurants with the following dishes on the menu:
Henan-omby (zebu/beef),
Henan-Borona / Hen'akoho (chicken),
Henan kisoa (pork),
Trondro or Henan-Drano / Hazan Drano (fish),
Tsaramaso (rice with beans and pork), there are almost always different types of rice as a side dish.
Where there are a lot of tourists you can often get French fries. Since the Malagasy people often don't have a refrigerator, the food is always cooked fresh. Vegetarians can often find something suitable too. Pizza is popular everywhere. You can now find Chinese food more and more often.
Due to the large number of Europeans who have emigrated, mostly French and Italians, you can now find more and more European dishes. 

What's great, of course, are the many exotic fruits such as bananas, pineapples, papayas, mangoes, guava, coconuts, jackfruit and lychees, which taste much better in Madagascar than those imported to us. 

If possible, you should avoid the following foods for your European stomach:

raw vegetables, food from market stalls, unpasteurized milk, ice cubes and ice cream.
Except in the tourist hotels and restaurants, which are run by Europeans, the cleanliness leaves a lot to be desired.

Drink:
Danger! Please do not drink water from the tap. Even if the Malagasy people do it. What the locals don't mind, yes, we Europeans can't tolerate that. It is advisable to get mineral water to drink every day. Eau Vive is available everywhere and is also cheap. Accordingly, you should also consume ice cubes with caution. In the good hotels, and of course at our Long Beach Resort, the water is boiled and then you can use ice and the like.

The Malagasy people also like to drink alcohol:

Ranon'Ampango: Traditional drink. After cooking the rice, there is usually a burnt residue stuck to the bottom of the pot. Water is poured onto this and the whole thing is brought to the boil. This tea-like drink is served with meals at lunch and dinner.

Betsabetsa: Alcoholic drink made from sugar cane juice (sugar cane must). You can find it in most small grocery stores in the village.

Trembo: Palm wine is fermented from the sap of young coconuts and is a typical drink in coastal regions. Caution: Headaches are fairly certain side effects.

Wine: Red and white wine are also produced in Madagascar. Malagasy wines include Lazan'ny Betsileo, Berger, Grand Cru d'Antsirabe, Clos Malaza, etc. a.. The wine is grown by the Betsileo people in the highlands, particularly in the area of Antsirabe and Ambalavao.

Toaka Gasy: Homemade schnapps. Toaka gasy means Malagasy alcohol, i.e. alcohol from rural in-house production.

Rum: Very popular drink throughout the island. In addition to some cheap brands such as Turbo, Cazanove, Boum boum, there is also the excellent classic rum from Dzamanzary (Nosy Be)

T.H.B (Three Horses Beer): This is the most consumed beer in the entire country.It is produced in the city of Antsirabe and sold throughout the country.

Bonbon Anglais: Very refreshing lemonade from Coca Cola. The national drink par excellence. Available everywhere. Another great tasting drink is called Grenadine and is made from pomegranates. Due to the number of fruits available, sensational fruit shakes and cocktails can be mixed. With or without alcohol, something for everyone. Just how it should be on vacation. 

Bottom up !!!
By the way, it is called gin gin in Malagasy.