Food Worth Taking A Picture Of…

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BG has a neat habit of taking pictures of the food we eat in restaurants. Actually, she only takes pictures when we travel-guess it seems more exciting (plus no one knows us-we might hear from somebody if we took pictures of our McDonalds hamburgers in Texas). But South Africa has a lot more to offer than fast food…

I love seafood and there is plenty in South Africa, especially along the Garden Route and BG’s hometown of Port Elizabeth. The quality is great, the price reasonable, and there are many restaurants-all of which are lacking where we currently live.

You can get all types of “exotic” food (BG helped me with the rest of this article): ostrich, kudu, oxtail, and mutton are often seen on menus. One of my favorite meals (besides “braai” of course) was bobotie, a Malay curry dish that is very popular in South Africa.

Some of the food is common in Texas but South Africans call it something else. BG and I had fun with the names “scone”, “biscuit”, and “cookie”. A “scone” is a U.S. biscuit and a “biscuit” is a South African cookie-makes my head hurt…

The desserts were delicious: custard and caramel became my new “best friends”. “Milktart” deserves a much more prestigious name-how about Queen’s Cream Pie? I think that would go well after a delicious filling of chicken a la king!

Now I’m getting hungry-time for a hamburger (unfortunately!)…

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Raymond Pechacek lives in the U.S. and is married to a wonderful South African lady (BG!). He writes about the people, customs, wildlife, and places of South Africa, runs a consulting firm to help companies improve their global trade processes, and imports products into the U.S. - with an emphasis on supporting South Africa!