In South Africa a braai (and please note how I say braai and not barbecue as barbecue is a chips flavour) is as part of the nation's heritage as ice is part of the North Pole. In my opinion a braai is also just a proper braai when you start with burning wood to create coals. But that is a discussion for a whole other day. Something that is very much part of the braai culture is potjiekos. Potjiekos literally translates…
Most people travelling between Port Elizabeth and Cape Town either barrel down the Garden Route's N2 in eight hours or explore the area over a period of several days. Sadly very few people travel through the Langkloof along this beautiful section of Route 62, better known for the part running through the Klein Karoo. The Langkloof isn't a popular tourist destination, not because of a lack of beauty but rather because of its direct competition on the other side of the mountains. …
I feel like a typical township lunch of liver, onions and roosterkoek today and decided to go and dig out this picture I have posted previously on The Firefly Photo Files. A couple of us ventured to a township eatery a little while ago under the guidance of one of my black colleagues. He knows all the best spots and took us for a scrumptious lunch of beef stew followed by liver and onions served with roosterkoek and ice cold…
For the last couple of years we've been away from home on a camping trip over Christmas and every year tried to make something special for Christmas lunch. This year we were camping in Montagu in the Western Cape and decided to go out for Christmas lunch, but alas, by the time we were looking the few places open that day were fully booked already. "Whatever!" *imagine me saying that with my finger waving in the air* We decided rather to…
After yesterday's post on Barnacles Restaurant in Seaview I thought I wanted to show you the Surf and Turf I had for lunch there. Nom nom nom......
*Not for sensitive viewers*Believe it or not, but sheep heads, known as smileys, is a township delicacy. The heads are thrown in the fire where all the hair are burned off. The "cook" then uses white hot irons and blades that are pushed into the fire to burn and cut off the remaining hair and unwanted parts. There after the heads get split open with an axe, all the unwanted inside bits cleaned and then get cooked. The reason for the name…
Today's post is the fourth and last in the mini series on Nanaga Farm Stall. The sole purpose of it is to show that Nanaga is more than just pies and roosterkoek. Amongst others they also have a fantastic selection of jams on sale.
The Nanaga Farm Stall isn't just well known for their pies and fresh pineapple juice, but also for their roosterkoek. In actual fact a lot of people prefer to buy their roosterkoek over their famous pies. For those who doesn't know, roosterkoek is bread (buns) made on the grill over the coals. The only difference is that at Nanaga they make it on gas. The roosterkoek can be purchased as is, with butter, jam, cheese, jam & cheese or bacon & egg…
I stayed over at Pumba Game Reserve with a group of journalists a week or so ago. Returning to the lodge after our morning game drive I didn't really feel like a big breakfast so ordered the flapjacks with bacon, banana and maple syrup. Mmmmmmmmmmm............
What do you do when you're taking a foreign journalist around and he wants to have something local for lunch? Well, I phoned a colleague at work and suggested that we take him for liver and stew in the township. He then suggested that we do something else and take the journalist for a traditional ikasi tsisha njama (township braai or barbeque). Sisha Njama is a Zulu phrase and literally means "burn the meat" while in Xhosa it is spelled Tsisha Njama. I…