Friday, January 29, 2010

Braai'ing: South Africa's most popular sport


Krystyna took this photo of our house around the barbecue pit, enjoying one of our family braai nights. My camera broke last week so it’s currently sitting in the repair shop. They’ll give me a quote on how much the damage will be to fix “just now.” so, plus/minus two weeks. ☹

some new things we’ve been eating:
- wine
- smoked snoek paté –like whitefish salad. mmm.
- Ayershire yogurt with prebiotics. hmmm.
- sunblock: SPF 30 or higher
- overpriced vegetables and fruit
- Springbok shooters: crème de menthe and Amarula cream. Amarula is a South African liqueur made from Amarula fruit—think Kahlua, but fruit
- samosas
- fruit chutney –they use it like ketchup. who knows.
- smoothies with lichi fruits and mint. mmmm.
- white wine
- red wine

the food here isn’t really that exciting and it’s pretty expensive, except for food in restaurants, which is really cheap considering. I was expecting lots of street vendors with fresh produce, but I’ve only found veggies at the big supermarkets where they’re probably imported. At least the wine is local, right?

1 comment:

  1. snoek!
    thats what i was trying to tell you about
    but i couldnt remember
    im so happy you found it and ate some
    and it was tasty!

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