Obunuzi Restaurant and Café: Forever Sweetness in the Middle of Kampala

By Ian Ortega Imagine you’re in Mbarara City, you ask the person nearest to you to direct you to Obunuzi. In that moment, a big smile gets drawn on their face. For Obunuzi carries so much in a word, so much that gets lost in its English translation. Yet, you don’t have to imagine this anymore. Right in Kampala, the city that is never with life and fun, it’s in this city that one gets to find an Obunuzi Restaurant.  Like the name, the restaurant is a portal into hidden beauties, and a preserved sweetness. For the closest English word to& Obunuzi& is ‘sweetness’. Not the sugary sweetness, but the sweetness you can’t help but keep coming to. It’s the sweetness that’s beyond words.& To get to understand the meaning of& Obunuzi, one must go and find out for themselves at this restaurant. The proof of pudding is in the eating. Thus, the meaning of& Obunuzi& is in the& food that’s served at& Obunuzi& Restaurant.& The brain& behind& this restaurant is none other than Mr. Inspiration aka& Robert& Bake& Tumuhaise, a man that’s brought the word ‘Obunuzi’ into the spheres of every Ugandan. There’s an air of& Obunuzi& everywhere, I...