CMAfrican
Cameroon
Ndole
7.37°N 12.35°E
African · Mediterranean · Asian
Every dish comes
from somewhere.
Dishes from Africa, the Mediterranean and Asia, with the recipes, the ingredients and the story behind each one. Cook along with chefs who grew up making them.
- regions
- 3
- languages
- 6
- countries free
- 5
regions
languages
countries free
The catalog
Organised by where it is cooked.
Not by category, not by diet. By country, because that is how food actually works, and the reason a dish exists is usually the place it comes from.
AfricanMediterraneanAsian
SNAfrican
Senegal
Chicken Yassa
14.50°N 14.45°W
MAMediterranean
Morocco
Lamb Tagine
31.79°N 7.09°W
ITMediterranean
Italy
Cacio e Pepe
41.87°N 12.57°E
JPAsian
Japan
Tonkotsu Ramen
36.20°N 138.25°E
GRMediterranean
Greece
Grilled Sea Bass
39.07°N 21.82°E
NGAfrican
Nigeria
Jollof Rice
9.08°N 8.68°E
THAsian
Thailand
Massaman Curry
15.87°N 100.99°E
ETAfrican
Ethiopia
Doro Wat
9.15°N 40.49°E
INAsian
India
Rogan Josh
20.59°N 78.96°E
What you get
A recipe is the least interesting part of a dish.
The story, not just the steps
Every dish carries the history behind it. Why the onions cook for forty minutes in a yassa, what the bitterleaf is doing in a ndole, who was cooking this before it had a name.
Cultural history on every recipe
Chefs who grew up with it
Recipes come from people who cook them at home, not from a test kitchen approximating them. Follow a chef and their reels land in your feed.
Verified chef profiles
Reels that show the hand movement
Some things do not survive being written down. Short video from the chefs themselves, tied to the dish it belongs to.
Short video, tied to the recipe
Kitchens you can talk in
Every country has a group where people cooking the same thing compare notes. Ask the chef a question in the open, where the answer helps everyone.
Group chat per country and dish
Six languages
The interface speaks English, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese. Dish names stay in their own language, because Ndole is Ndole everywhere.
English, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese
Free to start
Five countries with a recipe each, free forever. A week of everything to see whether it is for you, then back to free if it is not.
One week trial, then a free plan
How it works
Curiosity first, ingredients second.
- 01
Pick a country
Start where you are curious. The map opens on Africa, the Mediterranean and Asia, one country at a time.
- 02
Read why it exists
Before the ingredient list, the story: where the dish comes from, what it was for, and which part of it people argue about.
- 03
Cook along
Steps, ingredients and video from the chef, in one place, in the language you set.
- 04
Come back and say how it went
Post a photo in the country kitchen. Somebody who has made it fifty times will tell you what to change.
Chefs
Cooked by people who grew up with it.
Meymi is not a database of recipes scraped from the internet. Chefs publish their own work, in their own words, and every chef account is reviewed by a person before it appears publicly.
You can follow them, watch their reels, and ask questions in the country kitchens. What you cannot do is send them a direct message, and that is on purpose: the answer to your question is usually the answer to somebody else’s too.
Ndolé
bitterleaf and peanut stew
Cameroon
Cacio e Pepe
cheese and pepper pasta
Italy
Doro Wat
chicken in berbere
Ethiopia
The app speaks six languages. Dish names are not one of them. A name is a name, so it stays as it is and the explanation sits beside it.
Questions
The things people ask.
What do I get for free?
Five countries with one recipe each, and the community around them. New accounts also get a week of everything, and when the week ends you drop back to the free plan rather than being locked out.
Are the recipes translated?
The app is in six languages, and everything you need in order to cook is in the one you chose: the description, the cultural story, the quantities and the steps. Names are not translated, because a name is a name. Ndole is Ndole in every language. When a name is written in a script you may not read, it keeps that name and carries an English one in brackets beside it. An ingredient with no equivalent in your kitchen keeps its name too, and we explain what it is rather than swapping it for something more familiar.
Who writes the recipes?
Chefs who cook them, and the Meymi kitchen. Every chef is reviewed by a person before their work appears publicly. Some dishes are also sourced from open recipe databases and then checked and attributed by hand.
Can I message a chef directly?
No, and that is deliberate. Conversation happens in the country and dish kitchens, in the open, where the answer to your question helps the next person with the same one.
How do I cancel?
From your App Store or Google Play subscription settings, the same as any other app. You keep access until the period you paid for runs out, then you return to the free plan.
Can I cook something and share it?
Yes. Post photos and comments in the kitchens. To publish recipes and reels of your own you sign up as a chef, which unlocks the tools straight away, and your work becomes publicly visible once our team reviews the account.
Start with five countries.
Free forever, with one recipe from each. New accounts get a week of everything, and when the week ends you drop back to the free plan rather than being shut out.
Coming to the App Store and Google Play
No card needed to start