Mon, Aug 4th 2008, 00:00
Bo-Kaap is a colourful and historic district in downtown Cape Town.
Cape Malay cuisine was born in Cape Town and the district of town most reminiscent of the Cape Malay is Bo-Kaap. This is a historic quarter of the city, an area of cobbled streets fringed by rows of 18th Century cottages, vibrantly coloured with every colour of the rainbow.
Directly translated, Bo-Kaap means “above cape”. This colourful neighbourhood lies on the mountain slopes above the Cape Town city centre.
There is a bustle on these streets and corner cafes issue delicious smells of the spices so popular in the food.
While much of old Cape Town has been lost to progress, in the Bo-Kaap the spirit of the original silversmiths, masons, milliners, tailors and cobblers lives on. Cape Malay describes the Bo-Kaap’s original residents, who hailed from many different places from East Africa to Malaysia. They epitomise the melting pot which is Cape Town and the vast mix of cultures that makes up South Africa, the rainbow nation.
Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa reviews
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