Main Info
Departures: Mornings 11:30 – 15:00
Duration: approximately 4 hours
Groups or Private Guiding: booking essential
Pricing (pp) in ZAR:
| QTY | PP | TOTAL |
| 1 | R3 010 | R3 010 |
| 2 | R1 872 | R3 475 |
| 3 | R1 493 | R4 480 |
| 4 | R1 304 | R5 215 |
| 5 | R1 190 | R5 950 |
| 6 | R1 114 | R6 685 |
| 7 | R1 060 | R7 420 |
| 8 | R1 019 | R8 155 |
| 9 | R988 | R8 890 |
Come to Walk & Taste, while we introduce you to a world of African flavours and local dishes on our Cape Town Pan African Food Walk.
We will weave our way through Cape Town’s historic streets, following the aroma of spices that tempt us into some of the cafés and restaurants that best represent the food of Cape Town’s Rainbow Nation.
While hopping in and out of restaurants and walking Cape Town’s historic streets, we seize the opportunity to share aspects of the city’s food systems and how social history has influenced the food.
Feast on some of these popular Pan-African dishes from all corners of the continent:
- Injera; a pancake-like flatbread from East Africa
- Spicy Jollof rice from West Africa
- Local Cape Town dishes like sweet and mild Cape Malay curries
- Bunny Chow; curry ladled into a hollowed-out bread loaf (to soak up the juices)
- Bobotie; ground beef seasoned with curry and topped with a rich custard
- Samosas
- Salomie; curry wrapped in a roti
- Gatsby; huge submarine sandwich filled to bursting
- Vetkoek; fried bread dough, sometimes with curry inside
- Koeksisters; plaited doughnuts dripping in sticky syrup
Highlights
– Taste dishes from all over Africa
– Gain insights into the social history of Cape Town through its food
– Try food you’ve never tasted before
Includes
– is any food or drink included?
– Local Tour Guide
Excludes
– Cost of food
– All drinks
– Hotel Collection and drop-off
– Discretionary tips
Itinerary
11:30 Meet at the family-run Biesmiellah Restaurant, in the colourful historic Malay quarter of Bo-Kaap. Our first snacks of the day are savoury samosas and sweet syrupy koeksisters.
We walk the cobbled streets to nearby Atlas Trading spice store, renowned throughout Cape Town. While we reflect how the 17th century spice trade had a profound effect on Cape Town’s food to this day, you may like to buy some spices to take home. The brightly coloured terraced thouses in the surrounding streets provide plenty of photo opportunities.
We descend from the steep cobbled streets of Bo-Kaap into the city centre and pop into Heritage Square for a glance at South Africa’s oldest vine. Planted in 1781, it is still bearing fruit. It’s a short stroll to an Ethiopian restaurant for a taste of Injera flatbread, then to Mariams Kitchen to see what a Salomie and Gatsby look like. Eat one if you like, but save room for some West African jolof rice with bravo? meat or tilapia fish from Fatima’s West African Restaurant. If there’s still time and inclination, we might snack on toasted plantain chips or vetkoek dough balls at stalls on the station deck.
15:00 Walking tour ends at our final food stop in Cape Town’s city centre.
