Southern Highlands
This small but well-stocked supermarket is a good bet for self-caterers. It's near the southeastern corner of the market.
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Lilongwe
As well as Blue Ginger, this arcade has numerous fast-food restaurants and bars.
Mauritius
The best supermarket you'll find anywhere in La Gaulette or Le Morne, with a good general selection of food and alcohol.
Southeastern Tanzania
This small supermarket, diagonally opposite the market in the centre of Kilindoni, has a reasonable selection of basics.
Réunion
This modest cafe-bar serves snacks and sandwiches, and has a limited selection of goods if you're fixing your own food.
Mombasa
Mombasa’s ‘Master Baker’ cooks up excellent cakes and muffins here, and in several other locations around town.
São Tomé
Occupying a prime location on the edge of the bay, that unmistakable blue box is a surprisingly enormous supermarket.
Lake Victoria
A wonderful and unassuming Bukoba institution that feels like a cross between a grocer and a little cafe-restaurant.
Northern Cape
There's a supermarket in this shopping centre, as well as a bar-restaurant serving pizza, pasta, burgers and steaks.
Southeastern Tanzania
Lindi's most upmarket restaurant offers seafood grills plus some meat selections on a terrace overlooking the water.
Southern Ethiopia
On the main roundabout, this is a basic place where you can fuel up with tibs and other Ethiopian staples.
Southern Tunisia
Like its American namesake, Mac’Dor is usually hopping, though the menu here is mostly hearty shawarma and pizza.
Tiznit
Good option for picnic supplies – especially the incredible varieties of dates – and for atmospheric wandering.
Mauritania
Above-average seafood and more-standard meat and chicken dishes; located inside the Italian-owned Hotel Mauritalia.
Rio Muni
One of the only places to eat in Rio Campo, the Pescaderia Bar has snacks and is in the southern part of the town.
Douz
A lunchtime favourite with locals, all tucking into speedily served dishes of couscous, soups, salads and grills.
Southern Highlands
This busy local eatery is as good a spot as any to get a meal in Makambako. It's just south of the main highway.
Northern Mozambique
At ground level in the rather ugly Centro Comercial, this thin cafe does burgers, pizzas and other light meals.
Botswana
One of the best supermarkets in the whole southern Kalahari region. It's in the main town, 3km off the highway.
Rwanda
This well-stocked supermarket across the road from the main market has cheese, meats, yoghurts and fresh bread.
Sea Point to Hout Bay
Slick vegetarian and vegan place offering freshly pressed juices, smoothies, breakfast bowls, salads and wraps.
Rissani to Zagora
This popular lunchtime spot serves up sizeable portions of rotisserie chicken and chips and good-value tajines.
Southern Tunisia
Take in the setting over a coffee at the Café de la Corbeille, which has a terrace overlooking La Corbeille.
Southern Mozambique
This reasonably well-stocked supermarket makes a good stop for self-caterers. It's one block west of the EN1.
Meknes
A good place to shop in the ville nouvelle, with a variety of fresh-food stalls and some imported foodstuffs.
Mozambique
On the main road and near Millennium BIM bank, this place has samosas, burgers, yogurt and other light meals.
North West Province
In the centre of the park, this place has a gift shop and a store with a reasonable range of basic supplies.
Cairo
Cheap and cheerful Egyptian fast food, in the downstairs food court of this very old fashioned central mall.
Southern Tunisia
Basic restaurant offering chapattis, briks (savoury flaky pastry) and so on. Decent but unexciting.
Southern Mozambique
Well stocked for self-catering. It’s near the end of the tarmac road, diagonally opposite Millennium BIM.
Casamance
Self-caterers can buy all the fresh fruit and vegetables they can carry at this market near the waterfront.
Central Tanzania
A barebones cafe near Innoor Mosque serving good, cheap Indian food, including a vegetarian thali.
Garden Route
The only place to eat in Buffalo Bay serves burgers, steaks, seafood and salads and has great ocean views.
Rock-hewn Churches of Tigray
In this centre of Hawzien, this basic eatery does decent Ethiopian food that's popular with a local crowd.
Benin
This eatery overlooking the beach has garnered high praise for its ultra-fresh fish and seafood platters.
Agadir
For ultrafresh, no-nonsense fish, try one of the many fish stalls at the entrance to the commercial port.
Tiznit
Along Ave Sidi Abderhman, the main road through the medina, these stalls are good for a cheap, fast feed.
Banjul
Friendly, fresh and happy to relax its opening hours, this place serves delicious meze and pressed juice.
Knysna
At the Waterfront, this is a good place for breakfast or coffee and cake. It also serves pizza and pasta.
High Atlas Mountains
This fast-food joint just north of the old kasbah dishes up respectable sandwiches and pizzas till late.
