What to eat and where in Cape Town

La gastronomy It will also play a leading role during your trip to south africa, where you can enjoy a combination of international style food, with very elaborate dishes, and the most typical African.

Now, in your Cape Town visit You can enjoy true experiences that transcend gastronomy.

In all cases, as I discovered during my trip to south africaAbove all, it is a way of experiencing the characteristic atmosphere of such a peculiar African country.

The Old Biscuit Mill

On the one hand there is The Old Biscuit Mill, a former cookie factory that in 2005 was converted into a shopping center that brings together craft shops and art workshops.

In this meeting place of the white population of Cape On Saturday mornings the Neighborgoods Market, a large market where local farmers and small producers gather and informally offer cooked food, where organic food plays a major role.

When you arrive at lunchtime at this great market, you must first look for and buy the food that you most want to eat, as well as the drink to accompany it.

You will find a great offer, and also a lot of people, with whom you will then have to compete to find a space at the long tables and benches where you will sit to eat.

All this in a very festive atmosphere where the majority are young people and groups of friends, as you can see by watching the video that accompanies this article.

BBQ in Gugulethu

But if you want to live a festive atmosphere in which the white and black populations mix, the best place to do it is Cape is to go enjoy a popular barcacoa (braai) On Gugulethu, on the outskirts of the city.

Gugulethu It is one of the large shanty towns that were created in the early 60s, at the time of the apartheid, where currently about one hundred thousand people live poorly.

Since 2005 in the establishment Mzolis Every day of the week the typical events take place south african barbecues.

But it is on the weekends when there is the greatest atmosphere, and it is possibly the only place of Cape where whites, blacks...and tourists coexist in this way.

when you get to Mzolis First you must choose the meat you want to cook on the barbecue. It is advisable to arrive early as long lines form.

While you wait for it to be cooked, you will look for a table at the beach bar where you are going to eat, while you drink your first beer.

Poco a poco Mzolis atmosphere is gaining, which acquires its greatest strength when the DJ who will alternate his music with that of a live band.

In a predominantly young environment, where tourists are an absolute minority, in the end you will surely end up dancing to the rhythm of the music, and you will also have lost count of the beers you have had.

African Cafe

El African Cafe, it is possibly the most touristy restaurant in Cape Town.

This restaurant will welcome you with a colorful African-style decoration, and in one of its various rooms, always full of tourists, you will taste the most typical dishes of African food, far from European specialties.

The surprise that awaits you is when at the end of the meal the waiters who have been serving you will go around the restaurant while singing African songs and rhythms. A festive atmosphere that complements your gastronomic experience.