Street Foods in Lagos Nigeria

Like every busy metropolis, Lagos Nigeria in West Africa, has its own vibrant street foods. Perhaps the largest metropolis in Africa, Lagos has to feed its people. Street foods are usually fast foods, cooked by the roadside on a grill, in a truck, or ferried to the roadside by trucks, cars, wheelbarrows, or transported on the head. They are served under a makeshift shed or umbrella, under a shade or in the open come rain or shine.
These foods are usually very affordable for the artisans or labourers or regular folks who need a quick bite as they go about their daily chores. These foods are usually nutritious but may be served in a rather dirty surroundings and may be exposed to flies, roadside dusts, or water splash, particularly when it rains.
Standing around these folks as they transact quick business and people grab their foods and on their merry way with money changing hands, you cannot but be impressed by their ingenuity and employment opportunities provided. It is a vibrant part of the economy.
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  • Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Agbalumo or African star apple and bananas on a tray/basket on Lagos street.

    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Agbalumo or African star apple and bananas on a tray/basket on Lagos street.

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  • Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Kola nuts and bitter kola arranged on a tray on Lagos street.

    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Kola nuts and bitter kola arranged on a tray on Lagos street.

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  • Street Foods Lagos Nigeria, Eja kika or smoked rolled fish. Nutritious oily fish. Roadside stall

    Street Foods Lagos Nigeria, Eja kika or smoked rolled fish. Nutritious oily fish. Roadside stall

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  • Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up Eja kika. Smoked rolled oily fish. An oil lamp for night trading.

    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up Eja kika. Smoked rolled oily fish. An oil lamp for night trading.

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  • Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Akamu, eko, or ogi is made from corn or maize and packed in cellophane, bags or plastic wraps as in this case

    Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Akamu, eko, or ogi is made from corn or maize and packed in cellophane, bags or plastic wraps as in this case

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  • Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Eja kika (smoke rolled fish) stacked on trays and bowl carried on the head to the market or roadside stall

    Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Eja kika (smoke rolled fish) stacked on trays and bowl carried on the head to the market or roadside stall

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  • Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up Pastries on Lagos street; fish pie, egg rolls, puff puff, donuts or doughnuts, meat pie, sausage roll.

    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up Pastries on Lagos street; fish pie, egg rolls, puff puff, donuts or doughnuts, meat pie, sausage roll.

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  • Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up Pastries on Lagos street; fish pie, egg rolls, puff puff, donuts or doughnuts, meat pie, sausage roll.

    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up Pastries on Lagos street; fish pie, egg rolls, puff puff, donuts or doughnuts, meat pie, sausage roll.

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  • Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Shawarma stand (chiken) on Lagos street. Sausages on the tray

    Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Shawarma stand (chiken) on Lagos street. Sausages on the tray

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  • Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Smiling happy Akara vendor. Akara (from ground beans) is frying in the Agbada (large round frying bowl) usually in palm oil or soy oil. Using gas grill or stove.

    Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Smiling happy Akara vendor. Akara (from ground beans) is frying in the Agbada (large round frying bowl) usually in palm oil or soy oil. Using gas grill or stove.

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  • Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Close up of Akara (from ground beans) in agbada (large round frying bowl)

    Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Close up of Akara (from ground beans) in agbada (large round frying bowl)

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  • Street foods Lagos Nigeria, An array of fruits; apples, grapes, plums, etc on lagos street.

    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, An array of fruits; apples, grapes, plums, etc on lagos street.

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  • Street foods Lagos Nigeria, An array of fruits; apples, grapes, plums, etc on lagos street.

    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, An array of fruits; apples, grapes, plums, etc on lagos street.

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  • Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, A roadside Chicken Shawarma stand and the vendor.

    Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, A roadside Chicken Shawarma stand and the vendor.

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  • Street Foods in Lagos, Shawarma (Chicken) stand in Lagos Nigeria

    Street Foods in Lagos, Shawarma (Chicken) stand in Lagos Nigeria

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  • Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Bole or roasted plantain, Ogede, is a staple of Nigerians and a common street food in Lagos. Usually done on charcoal fired grill. Isu sisun or roasted yam is at the back on the left and sweet potatoes on the right.

    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Bole or roasted plantain, Ogede, is a staple of Nigerians and a common street food in Lagos. Usually done on charcoal fired grill. Isu sisun or roasted yam is at the back on the left and sweet potatoes on the right.

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  • Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up charcoal fired grill , Bole or roasted plantain. Esun'su or roasted yam on the left and roasted sweet potatoes on the right.

    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up charcoal fired grill , Bole or roasted plantain. Esun'su or roasted yam on the left and roasted sweet potatoes on the right.

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  • Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Close up esun'su or roasted yam on charcoal fired grill by the roadside

    Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Close up esun'su or roasted yam on charcoal fired grill by the roadside

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  • Street Foods in Lagos Nigeria, Close up roasted sweet potatoes, on charcoal fired grill roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria. Goes well with roasted peanuts or groundnuts, popular with regular folks and artisans,

    Street Foods in Lagos Nigeria, Close up roasted sweet potatoes, on charcoal fired grill roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria. Goes well with roasted peanuts or groundnuts, popular with regular folks and artisans,

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  • Street Foods in Lagos Nigeria, Close up Bole or roasted plantain, Ogede, on charcoal fired grill roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria. Goes well with roasted peanuts or groundnuts, popular with regular folks and artisans,

    Street Foods in Lagos Nigeria, Close up Bole or roasted plantain, Ogede, on charcoal fired grill roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria. Goes well with roasted peanuts or groundnuts, popular with regular folks and artisans,

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  • Street foods, Close up of charcoal fired grill for suya, a form of meat or beef kebabs by the roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria.

    Street foods, Close up of charcoal fired grill for suya, a form of meat or beef kebabs by the roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria.

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  • Street foods, Suya or beef kebab coated with local spices-suya spice roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria

    Street foods, Suya or beef kebab coated with local spices-suya spice roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria

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  • Fully cooked suya (sliced beef kebab on stick), with spice on a tray roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria

    Fully cooked suya (sliced beef kebab on stick), with spice on a tray roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria

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  • Suya spice with a housefly perching on the container - one good reason to be careful of street food! roadside, Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria

    Suya spice with a housefly perching on the container - one good reason to be careful of street food! roadside, Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria

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  • Suya spice with housefly by the roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria.

    Suya spice with housefly by the roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria.

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  • Fully cooked suya (sliced beef kebab on stick), with spice on a tray roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria

    Fully cooked suya (sliced beef kebab on stick), with spice on a tray roadside Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria

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  • Eja kika (rolled grilled fish, stew for Ewa Agoyin on Victoria Island Street Lagos Nigeria

    Eja kika (rolled grilled fish, stew for Ewa Agoyin on Victoria Island Street Lagos Nigeria

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  • Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up, Ewa Agoyin - boiled brown beans in a bowl on the street of Victoria Island in Lagos Nigeria. It goes with stew

    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up, Ewa Agoyin - boiled brown beans in a bowl on the street of Victoria Island in Lagos Nigeria. It goes with stew

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  • Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Ewa Agoyin - boiled brown beans- ewa oloyin. in a bowl on Victoria Island Lagos Street,

    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Ewa Agoyin - boiled brown beans- ewa oloyin. in a bowl on Victoria Island Lagos Street,

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  • Editorial photo, Makeshift shed for roadside foods such as tomatoes, yam, onion, lemon, turmeric, ginger, garlic, peppers, in Lekki area of Lagos Editorial photo

    Editorial photo, Makeshift shed for roadside foods such as tomatoes, yam, onion, lemon, turmeric, ginger, garlic, peppers, in Lekki area of Lagos Editorial photo

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    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up Pastries on Lagos street; fish pie, egg rolls, puff puff, donuts or doughnuts, meat pie, sausage roll.
    Street foods Lagos Nigeria, Close up Pastries on Lagos street; fish pie, egg rolls, puff puff, donuts or doughnuts, meat pie, sausage roll.
    Street foods in Lagos Nigeria, Shawarma stand (chiken) on Lagos street. Sausages on the tray