Typical South African Food

The Cape Peninsula offers a varied cuisine, the result of diverse settlers. Also among Malaysian dishes, which enhance the taste of meat and fish mixed sweet and sour flavors.

Typical South African Food

Traditional South Africa food is often referred to as "Cape Dutch"; this cuisine is characterized by the use of spices such as nutmeg, allspice and hot peppers. The Cape Dutch cookery style owes as much to the cookery of the slaves brought to the Cape from Bengal, Java and Malaysia as it does to the European styles of cookery of the settlers, and this is reflected both in the use of eastern spices and the names given to many of these dishes.

Typical South African Food

Most of the dishes you will see in restaurants menus will sound very familiar, but from time to time you are bound to stumble upon something that you have never heard of and quite possibly cannot even pronounce. We find some a bit too adventurous (like Mashonzha, made from the mopane worm), but most are absolutely delicious. Try them and decide for yourself.

Typical South African Food

Amasi, sour milk. Biltong, a salty dried meat delicious beer snack! Bobotie, a dish of Malay descent, is like meatloaf with raisins and with baked egg on top, and is often served with yellow rice, coconut and banana slices.

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Boerewors, a sausage that is traditionally braaied (barbecued). Chutney, a sweet sauce made from fruit that is usually poured on meat, especially a local brand called Mrs Ball's Chutney. Frikkadelle - meatballs. Gesmoorde vis, salted cod with potatoes and tomatoes and sometimes served with apricot jam.

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Hoenderpastei, chicken pie. Isidudu, pumpkin pap. Koeksisters come in two forms and are a sweet delicacy. Afrikaans koeksisters are twisted pastries, deep fried and heavily sweetened. Koeksisters found on the Cape Flats are sweet and spicy, shaped like large eggs, and deepfried.

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Pampoenkoekies (pumpkin fritters), patatrolle (sweet potato rolls) and a further variety of baked goods where flour has been supplemented with or replaced by pumpkin or sweet potato. Umngqusho, a dish made from semolina and black-eyed peas.

Typical South African Food

Vetkoek (fat cake), deep-fried dough balls, typically stuffed with meat or served with jam. Waterblommetjie bredie (water flower stew), meat stewed with the flower of the Cape Pondweed.