Food and Wine Culture of Cape Town, South Africa
Monday, February 15, 2010 6:34South Africa is known for it thrilling safaris, fabulous landscapes, electrifying festivals and thriving wildlife, however there is one more thing that makes South Africa one of its kind holiday destination and that is “Food & Wine”. Known through out the world for its classic and oldest wines and mouth watering multicultural cuisines, South Africa offers an ultimate experience of an entire New World of Food and Wine.
Although Thailand is also considered as a ‘Food Capital” of the world, but when it comes to the combination of world’s most exotic wines and rich food, South Africa is matchless. What makes this country stand out in the world of Food and Wine and raise the bar for standards. In South Africa, the heart of the Wineries is “Cape Town”. Served by the “Cape Town International airport” Getting in is not a problem. You can easily get your hand in cheap flights to Cape Town from any where in London , Uk as not only for the Food, wine or Tourism, there are also a huge number of promotional airfares and cheap tickets to Cape Town available to promote the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup. For more details on Cheap Flights to Cape Town and on going special offers please visit Cheap flights to South Africa
In the bustling metropolis Cape Town, establishments offering an individual take on a local favorite or a more cosmopolitan menu appealing to the diverse tastes delighting almost any one can be found at every turn. In other words, if “food and white” is your alpha and omega, then Cape Town will be just the beginning of South African food experiences that you will never forget.
Since ages, Fine food and wine has been a tradition at the Cape since founding administrator Jan van Riebeeck produced the first recorded Cape wine in the year 1659. An extremely fertile industry was then founded that has been built over many generations into the celebrated wine industry and culture that defines the Cape region today and holds its supreme position round the world in productions of some of the finest wines.
Over time, many cultural and ethnic influences that merged at the Cape contributed an extraordinary diversity of influences into the general mix of Cape cuisine. Cape Malay, for instance is unique blend of local, Dutch, and variety of east Indian and oriental influences, all merged on a palette of rich colors and mouth watering flavors that are distinctly African in origin. To complement the rich food flavors, a number of all the favorite labels of South African wine, are delightfully served at many restaurants and eateries of Cape Town. The out of the world experiences of Wine and Food in Cape Town illustrates the multi-cultural past and present that Cape Town has, and continues to enjoy. Importantly, fish and seafood are available in a vast variety of flavors and tastes such as, Cape, Dutch, Malay and international styles of seafood add to the general variety. Indian cooking is a regular favorite in South Africa with both home and local styles, while Indian spices and methods are very evident in many, if not most Cape Dutch and Cape Malay recipes. The vegetarian dishes however are limited. In general, South Africans love meat, and are convinced with reasonable cause that South African beef is the best in the world. Lamb and mutton is also a favorite, and features widely in the Malay and Dutch styles, with the recent addition of such eccentricity as crocodile steaks and ostrich, which are reckoned for its lean, red meat. The best food and Wine experience is no where as treasured as in Cape Town – in short, a whole new dimension of world cuisines and finest wines.
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