Township Tavern Lunch

Jeya's Jazz Corner in New Brighton Township is a very popular stop with tourists visiting the township. Noxolo Sume makes a buffet lunch and dinner for tourists by prior arrangement and this normally goes down well with the visitors. On this occasion she made a combination of traditional and western foods.One of the traditional foods on offer … Continue reading Township Tavern Lunch →

Buying roosterkoek

I got to go on a quick trip to the Red Location precinct in New Brighton the other day to see where they are building the new Red Location Backpacker Lodge next to the Red Location Museum. Some of the ladies who will be involved in the project are being put up temporarily in a … Continue reading Buying roosterkoek →

Constantia Farm Stall

What is it with farm stalls that make one want to turn off and have a look and see what they have to offer? Driving through the Eastern Free State on our way to the Drakensberg, we saw the Constantia Farm Stall (not referring to Constantia in Cape Town) outside Fickburg beckoning and slowed down for a … Continue reading Constantia Farm Stall →

Summer Christmas feast

We like to get together as a family over Christmas with my family coming over on Christmas Eve and my in-laws on Christmas Day. We normally eat way to much over the period, but we'll worry about that in the New Year.Because Christmas falls in the summer down here in South Africa, we as a … Continue reading Summer Christmas feast →

Braai time

Summer is here and with it the opportunity to participate in one of South Africa's favorite pastimes. Its BRAAI time! "Braai" is the Afrikaans word for barbecue and "vleis" is meat. Braaivleis is best done on open coals and not on a gas braai, although it is accepted as a lesser alternative. With the summer holidays … Continue reading Braai time →

Biltong vendor

One of the most popular vendor stalls at the stadium during a rugby game is the biltong vendor. For those non-South Africans amongst you who don't know what biltong is, its dried meat and in the USA they call it jerky. The guy in the picture is my Boet. He knows the owner of the … Continue reading Biltong vendor →

Game Lodge cuisine

The lodges on the private game reserves around Port Elizabeth doesn't just dish up the most amazing game sightings, but also some of the most delectable foods you can imagine. Best of all is that non two are the same. Visitors are treated to royal meals three times a day with high teas and sundowner … Continue reading Game Lodge cuisine →

Elephants Footprint Lodge

This last weekend we needed to get away, so we dropped the Rugrats at the in-laws and headed out to Addo Elephant National Park. We drove through the park and spent the night at the four star Elephants Footprint Lodge in Colchester. The thatched lodge is ideally situated just outside the park's southern gate and … Continue reading Elephants Footprint Lodge →

Fruit vendor

One of the many vendors plying their trade along Govan Mbeki Avenue (Main Street) trying to attract business from the folk who either work in the city centre or move through town towards their place of work elsewhere in Port Elizabeth.

Ginger biscuits

I have been so busy over the last four days accompanying a film crew shooting the city profiles for the FIFA 2010 World Cup that I haven't had much time to do the blogging thing. Thank goodness for forward posting. I wanted to get back into it tonight, but only got home at nearly 10h30 … Continue reading Ginger biscuits →