GASTRONOMY - FOOD AND BEVERAGES - TYPICAL FOOD

South Africa's cuisine is based especially on meats and seafood from the coastal area of the country.

The South African cuisine has its roots in English cooking, which was merged with the dishes and ingredients native to the region.

It also has origins in the black slaves who came from Asia.

Typical foods of South Africa are the bobotie, the sosaties and pudding.



Also enjoy African foods such as hard porridge with vegetables or gravy. These dishes are accompanied by highly seasoned and spicy sauces.

Other foods that can be enjoyed in restaurants and bars are: lobster, potjiekos or stew, kabobs, lemon, braai (barbecued meat), sausages and boerewors or chicken peri-peri.



As for seafood and shellfish you can eat oysters, prawns and sea fish such as the kabbeljou and kingklip.

The food of the locals or Afrikaners is popularly known as field boerekos or lunch.

Speaking of Resataurant and bars, they offer good food and cheap throughout the entire country.

Tips

Not included in the bill, in fact prohibited by law. But in general are usually left to porters, taxi drivers, waiters and cleaning staff a 10 to 15% of the total.

Native of South Africa Specials

Sosaties: are like kebab meat and hot sauce.


Potjiekos: a stew with vegetables and meat.


Braai: roast.


Bbotie: minced meat with hot sauce and spicy foods.


Biltong: dried and salted meat.


Boerewors sausages with spicy sauce.


Poetoepap: it is a pasta made with white corn and meat.



Drinks

South Africa is characterized by a rich and popular beer. The most consumed style lager is that it is "soft" and "light" (similar to glass). A common style is also the beer Umqombothi "home distillation.

In the country, also made very good sweet wines, white and red. Also fine liquors and spirits such as brandy and sherry.

The areas with the highest productivity of wines are Walker Bay, the Little Karroo and the Winelands (Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek).

Drinks if they are consumed in bars, restaurants and lounges are sold at authorized dealers 9-18 pm. Monday to Friday and from 9-13 pm. Saturdays.





Outside these hours only are available in supermarkets and the sale is just over 18 years.