Gondwana

Kwena Lodge Each open plan suite, modeled on the traditional Khoi-San dwelling, offfers 180-degree views, sky lights for star gazing, clay pot fireplaces and deep baths to keep visitors warm upon arrival from an evening game drive. The comfortable bush lodge accommodation facilities include a large infinity pool, an open-plan…

Restaurants

◊ Recommendations  Pleeez Ireland The Pocket ◊ thepocket.coffee facebook.com/thepocketcoffee hello@thepocket.coffee 68 Upper Church Lane, Belfast County Antrim Coffee shop – Hell Bent wors Pocket fry   Cafe Smart ◊ cafesmart.co.uk facebook.com/cafesmartbelmont info@cafesmart.co.uk 56 Belmont Road, Belfast County Antrim Cafe – Hell Bent boerewors burger Scotland Bru Glasgow ◊ bruglasgow.com facebook.com/bruglasgow hello@bruglasgow.com…

Mopani Trading

Mopani Trading operate from a warehouse at the Ford Airfield Industrial Estate with stalls at the Horsham and Fareham street markets. Providing top quality meats and South African dry goods throughout West Sussex and the South of England. They also make homemade rusks, fudge and melktert to order. As well…

The Best Braai Spots

South Africans will use any excuse to break out the braai. And in the Garden Route you might want to try: Coney Glen Green Hole Leisure Isle The Point The Drift Buffelsbay Victoria Bay Loerie Park Along George Rex en route to the Heads at the bottom of Wilson Street Kranskop

Saffa Bru

Coming soon…………. South African chef Keaton Randall. Well-known in Kent for his delicious South African inspired street food, Keaton will be opening………………  

Phinda reserve

We visited the Phinda Private Game Reserve soon after it opened and sometime before they built the Forest Lodge. And what I recall most vividly was the clearing and the stacking. The realisation that this was all about turning the turning the clock back and correcting years of inappropriate land…

Braai Shack

Braai Shack in Wolverton, Milton Keynes is a family-owned restaurant offering a taste of home cooking away from home. A genuine Southern African experience. The ‘New Queen Victoria Pub’ in Church St was left unloved for a number of years . But after extensive renovations and much needed TLC, it…

Biltong in the UK

Taste of Africa

Haven’t even thought about a braai since arriving in the UK. Somehow it doesn’t fit. But that hasn’t stopped me stopping to try the biltong on offer at the Farmers Markets. Or asking who does the best boerewors on the south coast of England.

Russians

Kielbasa slaska regionalna Fork It Fries Dartford Kent  forkitfries.co.uk (merged with Leaping Bok) Bok and Rose St Albans Rolpek Sils Sausage Duda Torunska Sausage Morliny Masurian Sausage Tesco SA Butcher Barking Podwawelska Sausage Cheese grillers Boerie