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Oranjezicht Farmers Market

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Location: Grangers Bay Blvd

Can even just put in this into Uber and they will take you as close as they can get – the parking lot outside. It is convenient near the V&A Waterfront.

When: Saturdays and Sundays: 9am – 2pm. (3pm on a Sunday)

This is lovely thing to do on the weekends, it is quaint little markets just outside the V&A waterfront. It has some artisan little stores with bags, clothes, sauces, a few trinkets. The major focus of this market is the food. If you walk through based the fish monger, butchers, cake shops, bakery and sauces, you come to a wide space straw covered floor.

This is a fruit and veg market – all done on the number of things or the weight that you buy – cheaper than your local supermarket! It is awesome, it is teeming with people who can help you, traditional wicker baskets to collect all your food, before going to the weigh station.

Beyond this there is a compact little space with food stalls – flatbreads, sandwiches, juices, crepes, spring rolls – so much food. I warn you if you go later in the day it is likely everything will be sold from the fruit to the food in the stalls. The downside to this is that it is busier.

I went when it was a hour or so before it ended and it was still amazing. So much stuff there regardless, the choice was limited as to what was available still. The brownies are incredible and the brie and bacon sandwich from Brie on Bree Street just perfect! The next time I went I had a smoothie with a cheeseburger – so filling! Followed by brownie again – what can I say.. I’m an addict.

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Rands

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I know strange place for a bar come food place.





It is in Khayelitsha, a township on the outskirts of Cape Town. It is roughly a R300 Uber to get there, so try and share with other people. You do drive through the township so you can see how the locals live, it is a stark difference to the city as you can imagine. The basic housing and the children running around in the street. I did start to wonder where I was going.







You arrive you are greeted by music. You enter through the back, a quick bag check and security pat down, and you walk into benches and hoards of people. The bar is at the back, an easy queue system, you can buy one beer or a bucket of 6 for R150. Bargain right… there is also a bottle service. You buy a bottle of spirits and our mixers and mix it yourself – worthwhile really makes it easy with friends too.





R100 will buy you Braai! If you don’t know what this is, read my Braai blog. I love it. It was an entire basket of meat and sides. Polenta in a consistency you can use your fingers with. Just incredible and the meat is good. Chicken wings, sausage and steaks. Yummy.








Then the party really gets started, dancing all around, more people come in. The vibes are awesome, all chilled and everyone hanging out. I really enjoyed myself. International and local music all being mixed together. Dances being taught and exchange of cultures. It was clearly the place to be on a Sunday night – although I get the impression these guys don’t need an excuse to party. This place seemed to fill with local people more so than people from the city. I would recommend taking someone from Cape Town with you, or at least someone who knows the restaurant, it is a very different place it is nice to have a local with you as a support.







The party goes way into the night, so relax and enjoy travellers. This one is on me. 🙂



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Tweede Nuwe Jaar

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So for those of us who do not know what this means. It is also called Kaapse Klopse. None the wiser…. Let me show youa glimpse.


Strangest thing. Comes from the time of the slaves when the owners gave the slaves the day off to entertain the slave owners. It was quite the party. This tradition has been maintained all these years.

People have been setting this up and lining the streets for the last day to gear up for this. Gazeboes going up alongside the barriers, picnics arranged, tents and blankets the whole hog!

 

They used to dress up with tall hats, long tailed jackets, the whole shabbang, intended to make fun of the slave owners. Now although the oufits are much the same, the making fun of the owners is no longer there. The outfits are so bright and sparkling. There is music, played by each troops accompanying band as they work their way down the street, troop after troop. It is very much a sight to see. Very lovely. See for yourself… A real life experience.

It shuts down the entire city one troop at a time, roads are closed when they pass through and only some reopen between them. It heads from Grand Parade to Bo Kaap. You can’t miss it. The barriers and hordes of people give it away really. It is a lovely festival something to remember. So if you are here on January 2nd it is something not to be missed. Especially if your into your cultural events, music and or dancing.