Posts Tagged “South African”
Seafood with a River View. Don’t we all love them? Those little tavernas with the sound of lapping waves and plates of freshly cooked seafood. Greece is too far to go just for dinner, but one can enjoy a similar experience in Ocean Basket restaurants around the world and now in Kingston Upon Thames. OK,…
South African champagne style. The Champagne region is famed for its eponymous naturally-fermented sparkling wine method. This process is now used in South Africa and has become known as Cap Classique. Villiera Wines is one of Stellenbosch’s wine family dynasties. It produces quality Cap Classique sparkling wine and this Villiera Brut Cap Classique is a…
Biltong – Mighty Meaty Jack Links offer snacks which are healthy and full of delicious umami. Biltong is a traditional food and it’s been around for centuries in one form or another. European settlers arriving in southern Africa in the early 17th century used vinegar as the meat-preserving medium along with saltpetre which prevents botulism;…
The name might not entice the uninitiated across the threshold, that’s true. One might suspect that it’s only salad on offer: well, that’s chow for rabbits, isn’t it? But on the other hand it could be a menu of dishes made out of bunnies with perhaps an associated gift shop selling rabbitty memorabilia such as…
I have reviewed Indian cookbooks written by Indians in India, by Indians living in England and those living in the USA. Ramola Parbhoo adds another thread to the Indian culinary diaspora. She is of Indian descent and was born and raised in South Africa. I was wondering what to expect. Perhaps an eclectic mix of…