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( 032-2025222; sirmaxhotel@live.com; Ahodwo; d/tr US$80/100; )
The rooms at Lebanese-
run Sir Max are rather ordinary, but it's the facilities that really make the place: lovely
pool, excellent travel agency, fab restaurant. Sir Max, it seems, does have it all.
Eating
Good Ghanaian chop houses (basic local-style restaurants) are dotted all over Kumasi.
Vic Baboo's
INTERNATIONAL
$
(Prempeh II Rd; mains C7-20; 11am-9.30pm; )
Vic Baboo's is an institution among travellers
and expats. With the biggest menu in town, this place is whatever you want it to be - Indi-
an takeaway, decent burger joint, Lebanese deli or cocktail bar. It also has ice cream,
cashew nuts and popcorn. Last orders are around 9pm.
A-Life Supermarket
SUPERMARKET
$
8am-5pm Mon-Sat)
A good range of snacks, ideal ahead of long bus jour-
(Asafo Interchange;
neys.
Nik's Pizza
PIZZERIA
$$
(off Old Bekwai Rd; pizza from C17; 2-9pm)
New Image Kitchen, or Nik's as it's known, is a Ku-
masi gem. Friendly waiters serve excellent pizza (and only pizza) in a quiet, leafy garden
setting. You're advised against walking here after dark because of the lack of street light-
ing. Go there with a taxi and keep his phone number to call him once you're finished. To
find it: from Apino Plaza on the Old Bekwai Rd, turn left, and Nik's is signposted from
there.
Chopsticks Restaurant
CHINESE
$$
(Old Bekwai Rd; mains C15-20; 11am-2.30pm & 6-10pm)
Looking like the remains of a restaurant,
Chopsticks is only a few outdoor tables with plastic chairs serving standard Chinese
dishes and delicious large pizzas.
Moti Mahal Restaurant
INDIAN
$$$
(
www.motimahalgh.com
; Southern Bypass Rd; mains C17-30; noon-3pm & 7-11pm; )
One of the most
expensive restaurants in Kumasi, Moti Mahal is a formal place serving a large and excel-
lent selection of Indian cuisine; because everything is a la carte (bread and rice must be
