Boho Eatery

Kenyan produce is incredible! In London I’m always amazed at how much of the fresh produce in the supermarkets aisles is Kenyan. I wanted to celebrate all we have available at our doorstep! Paired with the desire to change peoples perceptions about vegan and vegetarian food and beginning to think about social change through food, as dining out is so much a part of today’s social fabric, Boho Eatery was born.
Boho is short for Bohemian: a socially unconventional person, especially one who is involved in the arts. Food is art, and when we opened with our 80% vegan menu, we dare say we were certainly avant-garde in the Nairobi food scene.
Boho was based on a set of ethos, the first of which are conscious and sustainable living. As a result, our menu is predominantly vegan & vegetarian and 80% of our produce is sourced locally.
We will always opt to buy a Kenyan, or East African, product supporting local farmers and small businesses often at a higher cost than an imported variety. Grow local, buy local, eat local.
There are several reasons why we naturally gravitate toward vegan and vegetarian cuisine. Firstly, we all know that eating more fruit an veg is good for us and we wanted to be able to create an interesting repertoire of recipes that were equally wholesome, healthy, flavourful and nourishing. There is increasingly more research supporting the healing properties of vegetarian and plan based diets from dermatological issues, gut health to cancer.
Second, it is an interesting time to talk about climate change in East Africa. It is something everyone talks about, especially here in Kenya, and we wanted to raise awareness to things like the role large-scale cattle farms and deforestation for plan oil plantations have on the environment. While one may argue these are not directly relevant in the Kenyan content, we are a global community after all and all of our decisions and choices impact the rest of the world.