It's impossible to talk about South African cuisine without
rhapsodising about the country's legendary viniculture, and impossible
to mention South African wine without paying tribute to the Fairest
Cape. Cape Town's Mediterranean climate lends itself to the production
of superb sparkling wine, Chardonnay and sauvignon blanc, as well as
outstanding red Bordeaux-style blends and the country's home-grown
cultivar, pinotage (a hybrid of pinot noir and hermitage).
Port,
sherries and world-class pudding wines can also be found in the Cape.
However, most wine lovers will stay in Cape Town for just a couple of
days before heading deep into the Cape winelands. Most of them are
flocking to one small town, Fraschhoek as the name implies this was the
home of the original French settlers in the cape, and they introduced
not only their wine-making genius, but also their cuisine to the
southern hemisphere.
You can enjoy Michelin-style
dining at a different restaurant every night over a week-long stay in
Franschhoek, accompanied by wines as good as any you'll find in Europe,
at a fraction of the price, and under a cloudless sky illuminated by the
Southern Cross. Dinner doesn't get much better than this.
Many
travellers to South Africa in search of great deals on hotels and
once-in-a-lifetime holiday memories set straight out on safari. Once
night falls, you can experience wildlife most intimately. A leopard
prowling in the darkness; a pack of hyena vanishing into the shadows
when the vehicle's headlights surprise them; the cries of nocturnal
birds and frogs, and the crash and splash of a startled hippo; the scent
of wild dogs giving a sudden pungency to the dusty night air.
All
of this is guaranteed to get you a raging appetite for dinner. If you
have some reservations about some of the animals that you've admired
that day appearing as part of your campfire feast, these will soon
vanish. Especially once you've tasted tender ostrich, gamey warthog and
succulent wildebeest.
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