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While Cape Town may not have a signature cuisine of its own, it draws on a broad range of influences—including Malay and Indonesian—in celebrated dishes like bobotie (a curried mince) and bredie (lamb stew). Local specialties include seafood (try the local crayfish), an antelope called springbok, and Karoo lamb, which has a distinctly herbal flavor.
"In Africa, we like to eat with our fingers. You should feel free to do the same," explains a waitress at the Africa Café, a restaurant located a few...more
Has Belthazar's star fallen? This beloved restaurant and wine bar, opened in December 2003, cellars 600 vintages and has the largest selection of wines by the...more
Cape Town's cool kids—and, in some cases, their kids—camp out at the Grand Café at Granger Bay, where South Beach meets South Africa. Housed in...more
Jardine quickly made a mark on the Cape Town dining scene with Scottish chef George Jardine's focused, unfussy food. The menu has a number of tasty winners,...more
For a sublime French dinner, head 20 minutes out of the city to the Constantia winelands to one of the city's most beautiful wine estates, Constantia Uitsig....more
Lunch at La Petite Ferme, a mountainside restaurant, inn, and winery in food-centric Franschhoek, an hour outside Cape Town, puts us in a Great Gatsby frame of...more
Mama Africa caters shamelessly to tourists, and many Capetonians look down their nose at it. Nonetheless, it's a lot of fun. The zany design includes a vast...more
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