What’s up you guys! My camera girl did not tell me I had make up on my vest until I started editing! OMG so annnnnnoying but anyways! I am behind on editing. NAIJA VLOG coming soon! What’s been up? Thanks for watching!
Thanks for showing the spaces in the restaurant. ambient.Designed by kenyan architect Mark Kibutu 2ki architects and graduate of NJIT(New Jersey Institute of Technology).
The decor and opuses are splendid. And- the African crusines look delectable. Brittany- great informative content. Phenomenal interview. Great eclectic wine selection.
The interview almost got derailed when that goat hit! Love this and what they are doing. I am sharing this with my DC people and will eat there when I visit next.
Christine I swear as soon as that go with my mouth I was ready to get up from the table I did not want to do the interview anymore please let me eat in peace 😂😂😂😂💀
Hi Brittany!! Very nice. Will definitely stop by. The food looked absolutely delicious. Became nostalgic on my first trip to Tanzania sampling the foods at the beautiful villages, could not stop eating them goodness. Very very nice. Please keep coming out with more vlogs!!
I am trying my hardest to come out with more blogs you guys you just have to realize that I am just so exhausted literally vlogging takes the fun out of living in the moment but I am working on it!
The food is so good I literally was almost crying tears I don’t know if you saw me in the video I seriously didn’t even want to do the video anymore because I wanted him to stop talking so that I could enjoy my food 😂😂😂😂😂
This is an amazing video, I enjoyed the place and the Manager is well versed in the hospitality indutry, He really knows how to do the marketing, I fogort he is Nigerian (They know how to sell)
I freaking love Swahili Village. Haven't been to the one in DC, just the one in Beltsville. Love it!!! That fried tilapia, the mokimo, the greens, and the chapti are my favorites, but it's all good. Anyone who's never been there should GO! You will love the food, the decor, and the music. Will make you feel like you're on vacation. Just a really good vibe in there. Also, really surprised to hear there's no salt in the food. It has so much flavor. I would have never guessed that.
Good interview I think African and African diaspora we need to tell our own stories and share foods with each others. We need to work together as people here in the west and on the continent. We need to do businesses help each others to move forward. We might have differences and way of doin things but we are strong if we work together. I always tell people nobody well help we the black people if we don't help ourselves period. Yes you were born in America Europe Caribbean or south America but you still have Africans DNA it's a facts.
🙏🏽 great interview...beautiful restaurant, cant wait to try it. The camera person could frame it a little better where its not too close or subjects heads are fully in frame...not cut off.💚
Yes my camera girl is definitely a piece of work but she is open to criticism and feedback and I did let her know that she will do better next time thank you!
Hey hey can you give a girl some effort I’m still learning Swahili babe you know what I meant and that’s all that matters bear with me here please 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Kevin Onyona is an award-winning Kenyan businessman and officially a Washingtonian, for the amount of decades he has resided in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Kevin founded the Swahili Village Group from very humble beginnings with his wife. Now almost 20 years later, he has utilized this organization to build an authentic connection between the African culture and the rest of the world. "The African culture is very misinterpreted globally and it is time we stood up and displayed the authenticity of our originality in culture, food, arts and music." says Kevin Onyona He has achieved this currently through a set of fine dining African restaurants named Swahili Village restaurants. The first restaurant located in the state of Maryland was a gathering place for Africans away from the motherland to feel at-home through every meal, drink or visit. After serving the local community and travelers from far and wide in this humble restaurant for 10 years, receiving dining awards and community recognition by different national and international groups, he began his expansion to accomplish his original mission throughout the United States of America. Known as The Consulate, Swahili Village DC positions itself as a fine dining African restaurant and social and cultural event space for programming that fosters U.S.-African engagement. “We thought it was important to take an opportunity to truly celebrate our place here in DC and remind everyone that we have big plans as we move forward in our mission to bring people together through food, culture, art, and enlightened conversations,” said Executive Chef, Founder and CEO Kevin Onyona of Swahili Village -The Consulate DC. “Our capacity to create an international space to bring about cross-cultural dialogue and build better bridges around Africa and with the rest of the global community can and should match our dreams of peace and stability for all of our brothers and sisters around the world,” added Swahili Village COO Emad Shoeb. “That’s what Swahili Village is about.” Today the Swahili Village Group is a culmination of fine dining, cultural events, philanthropic initiatives and even impact international policies through the different facets of the entire organization. Kevin Onyona lives with his beautiful wife and 4 children in the suburban area of Maryland.
Collaboration >>> Competition. We'll build our land for us. In our lifetime. We'll start with commerce & finance pipelines and digital pipelines. I envision impeccable customer service between us for us. I know we've had trade of some sort but I want a more intimate one. I think when we get regular things from each, we'll think more of each other. We'll always be in our minds. Coupled, we drift towards each other. Of course I'm talking on high levels. You look so in your element when in Kenya and in Kenyan premises abroad. I genuinely think your soul and spirit has taken to this part of our continent, you just returned to where they extracted you. You're home and I really love seeing it in your face, 💓. It's that priceless look of someone in love. I watched this twice. For real.
My goal is to come back to Kenya at the top of the year but there’s just so much going on right now I miss Nairobi so much I literally could cry tears on the ground but I’m coming
@@BrittneyCaldwell thanks for such great content. 😂 You almost ending the interview to savor goat meat had me SOLD!! Will definitely check them out when I visit the DMV!!
A friend invited me to go in October. But the pandemic made me skittish. 😞COVID is still flourishing in the US; it's not like in most of Africa. And they say we're expecting another COVID wave in the USA. I'm fully vaccinated but still don't want to get sick or get long-COVID symptoms. The Swahili Village is definitely no my list for post-COVID.
Are you still hiding from Covid?? My goodness you can't live in fear forever. Covid is no longer a threat. This season is rife with RSV and flu but not covid. LIVE ! It's already post covid
