On his travels in rain forests and tropical savannas, he ate with pleasure whatever the locals were eating.
That explains why no locals, only tourists, ate there when we visited, and why the place has no kitchen.
Or rather, eat what the locals eat.
There are also reports that locals eat the succulent stems.
It's so important to find a great restaurant where the locals eat.
A 30-minute descent through the olive terraces leads to a tiny cove where locals swim and eat fresh fish at restaurants cut into the rock.
Even if we try to eat at the restaurants frequented by locals, those locals will be eating something very different at home.
But, we don't see that; we don't know what the locals eat because those home kitchens are closed to us.
But, after several days in the country, we had no clue what the locals ate.
The locals eat here so it must be good.