We had a fun culinary tour of Cape Town today. It was raining so we started with a quick tour of the city by car before stopping at Our Local, a great breakfast spot near our hotel.
After breakfast, we had a biltong (like jerky) tasting before going into a local supermarket to understand how the locals eat.
Our tour guide was very good and we learned the history of Cape Town while munching and drinking. I had no idea that Cape Town was essentially colonized by the Dutch East India Trading Company. I've added Dutch East India Trading Company to my reading list.
After tea, we walked a bit through the center of the city stopping at some historical sites such as St. Gregory's Church where Desmund Tutu was Archbishop. More topics added to my reading list. One of the things I love about traveling is discovering just how many things I don't know.
We went to lunch at a place serving traditional South African food. It was quite tasty - a meat dish with various chutneys and a lamb dish with rice. Our guide told us to bring a bottle of Mrs. Ball's chutney from the supermarket home.
Dessert was Malva Pudding which is the traditional South African dessert. The guide was fascinated to learn there is a restaurant near my apartment serving Israeli and South African food where I often have Malva pudding.
There was another food stop on the tour but we were completely stuffed at this point so we just walked a bit more in the city checking out a few spice and chocolate shops.
Tomorrow is a tour of the Cape of Good Hope to see some penguins.
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