Maize, cocoyams, cassava, plantain, rice and groundnuts are the staple in the region. As such the diet in Ngoketunjia consists of corn fufu pounded corn, water fufu pounded cassava, achu pounded coco yams, plantain and rice. These are normally accompanied by vegetables and as an extra meat of fish.
Few "Western" type restaurants can be found. However the restaurant at the Kings Heritage Hotel in Bamunka offers the visitor European and African cuisine.
Locals restaurants consist of home cooked food carried in containers to bars. Grilled plantain, grilled African plums, grilled meat soya and grilled fish mackerel are common, particularly in and near the market area.
