South African Cuisine

Everyone seems to want to know what we’ve been eating. So, may not be what you expected, but here are the meals I’ve eaten this week:

Pizza.

Chinese Food.

Lunch at an Italian Bistro.

Veggie Burgers.

Cheerios.

Cheese sandwich.

Barbecue.

Egg and cheese on a croissant.

Rice and veggies.

Salad.

Pretty much sounds like exactly what I eat in the states! Honestly the only thing that I have come across that is a traditional and unique South African dish is the ostrich meat served at the barbecue at Steve and Lori’s last night. Obviously, being a vegetarian, I did not partake, but some others who tried it claim that it tastes similar to breakfast sausage, and it is also shaped the same way. Other than that, the food is good and very similar to at home. Meat is obviously very common in every meal, but I haven’t had a very hard time avoiding it so far. Apparently there are some real African restaurants that we will have to try over the next few weeks. I am not sure they will have anything unique besides meats though so that should be interesting. I’m still hoping to find some exotic fruits. I know that had some last time I was here but we are only located near two small grocery stores and no large or even full sized ones, but hopefully I can find some soon!