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 Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: FOOD & DINING IN SOUTH AFRICA / SOUTH AFRICA DINING |
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FOOD & DINING IN SOUTH AFRICA
GENERAL
A thriving agricultural sector yields excellent fresh produce, meat, fruit and wines and the long coastline produces very fresh and cheap. Bars/cocktail lounges have bartender service. ‘Liquor stores’ are open weekdays 0900-1800 and Sat 0900-1300, although alcohol is now available in supermarkets outside these hours and under certain circumstances on a Sunday.
National specialties
• Sosaties (a type of kebab),
• Bobotie (a curried mince dish, of which waterbolmmetjiebredie, made with a local water plant, is particularly good)
• Potjiekos, a casserole cooked for hours in an iron pot, usually outside,
• Bredies (meat, tomato and vegetable casseroles),
• Biltong (seasoned dried meat)
• Poetoepap, a sort of polenta made with white maize, is widely eaten with meat.
• Seafood including oysters, crayfish (or rock lobster) and linefish (examples of which are Kingklip, Kabbeljou, Cob and Red Roman).
National drinks
• Umqombothi, a home-brewed sorghum beer.
• Excellent local red and white wines (including chardonnay), sherries, brandies and some unusual liqueurs.
Tipping: Normally 10 to 15 per cent if service is not included. It is customary to tip porters, waiters, taxi drivers, caddies and room service. By law, hotel rates do not include a service charge.
PLACES TO DINE
CAPE TOWN
Harries Pancake/Pannekoekhuis
Clock Tower Shop 2,
Victoria & Alfred Waterfront,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 421 0887
Blues Restaurant
The Promenade,
Victoria Road,
Camps Bay,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 438 2040
Dulce Continental Cafe
Shop 74,
Canal Walk,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 555 3490
Wakame Restaurant
Cnr Beach Road & Surrey Place,
1st Floor,
Mouille Point,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 433 2377
Au Jardin Restaurant at The Vineyard Hotel
The Vineyard Hotel,
Newlands,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 657 4545
Black Marlin Seafood Restaurant
The Loft, 81 Main Road,
Millers Point,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 786 1621
La Med Clifton
Glen Country Club,
Victoria Road,
Clifton,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 438 5600
Veranda Restaurant
38 Long Street,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 424 7247
The Tank
Cape Quarter,
72 Waterkant Street,
De Waterkant,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 419 0007
Mr Pickwicks
158 Long Street,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 424 3234
Obz Cafe
155 Lower Main Road,
Observatory,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 448 5555
Saul's Saloon Grill
152 Main Road,
Sea Point,
Cape Town
Tel: +27 21 434 5404
JOHANNESBURG
Harries Pancake/Pannekoekhuis
The Westcliff,
Saxonwold,
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 646 2400
191 at The Park
Park Hyatt Johannesburg,
191 Oxford Road,
Rosebank,
Saxonwold,
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 280 1234
Ile de France
26 Cramerview Centre,
227 Main Road,
Bryanston,
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 706 2837
Montego Bay
Shop 31, Sandton Square,
Sandton,
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 883 1526
Origins
Sandton Shopping Centre,
Sandton,
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 783 9517
Butcher Shop Grill
Sandton Square,
Sandton,
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 784 8676
Carnivore
Drift Boulevard,
Muldersdrift,
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 957 2099
Catz Pyjamas
12 Main Road,
Melville,
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 726 8596
Deluxe
44 Stanley Avenue,
Milpark,
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 861 1000
Xai Xai
7th Street,
Melville,
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 482 6990 |
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