EatOut, the definitive guide to restaurants in South Africa, has compiled a list of the most iconic South African food to be enjoyed by locals as well as visitors. For the full article, click here. What do you think about the list? Please comment below and tell us what else you want to add to the list!
In alphabetical order:
- Amagwinya / Vetkoek, deep fried dough balls served with various fillings
- Biltong, dried spiced meat
- Bobotie, a Cape Malay dish with spiced minced lamb / beef topped with an egg & milk mixture, browned in the oven
- Boerewors, sausage in many different flavours
- Braaivleis / shisa nyama, meat cooked on coals / open wood fire
- Braaibroodjies, toasted bread with various fillings, a great accompaniment to a braai
- Bredie, slow-cooked stew
- Bunny Chow, hollowed out bread filled with curry
- Don Pedro, alcoholic milkshake
- Denningvleis, Cape Malay sweet & sour slow cooked lamb
- Gatsby, footlong sandwich filled with slap chips (fries) meat, egg and a peri-peri sauce or atchar
- Koeksisters, deep fried dough with syrup
- Malva pudding, baked pudding with toffee sauce
- Milktart, custardy tart with cinnamon
- Mogodu with ting, slow cooked tripe with stiff porridge
- Pap & sous, porridge with gravy, another great accompaniment with braaivleis
- Peppermint crisp tart, a cold dessert topped with peppermint chocolate
- Smiley, baked sheep’s head
- Snoek, mackarel type fish, often smoked, distinct taste
- Umngqusho, stamp mealies and bean stew
- Umphokoqo, porridge with fermented milk
