Friday, June 12, 2015

Nobantu Restaurant

2½ years ago, I took this photo in Nobantu Restaurant on Cape Town's Grand Parade. At the time, these two generous plates of food cost R25 / $2 each, which would be unthinkable in most restaurants. The restaurant is enormously popular, and it seems clear why: Apart from African prices, it is painted in African colours (see the wall), it has African food (see the plates), not to speak of African portions (ditto), African layout (see the position of the table), African decor, and so on. It seems just like ... home. Where else would one find this in the inner city? I have seen only one restaurant like it, in Long Street. OBSERVATION: This is one of the few restaurants I have seen which serves tripe. That's a cousin-in-law at the other side of the table -- or in Africa, a sister.

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