Bami turning plantains is symbolic plate of food that is often prepared during special moments like birthdays, knock doors and born house. Born house is a moment when the parents of the newborn organize a feast to announce publicly the birth of their child, so they invite people for the reception.

Congo meat is snail meat. Congo meat is well appreciated by the people of the North West parts of Cameroon due to the fact that it is believed to be a blood cleanser. People of Southern Cameroon are so much into the belief that they even turn up to rare snails so as to later on cook it and use in the purifcation of the blood by those who are either sick or healthy.

Riz camerounais is a type of rice made in Cameroon with the specificities that it is locally grown and the size of the grains are big. Riz Cameroonais saw the day in order to fight the importation of other types of rice from other countries and encourage local development, creating jobs and curbing the increasing rate of poverty and famine. Originally, the cooking of this meal began in Ndop, a village under the regional capital of Bamenda.