Traditional Cape Malay Lunch Adventure

Highlights

  • Learn about the history and the traditions of the Cape Malay people
  • Enjoy a 3 course home-made Malay meal
  • Leave with a sample of spices to recreate the meal at home
£30 pp
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What you'll do

Enjoy an authentic 3 course Cape Malay meal served in your hosts traditional Cape Malay home in Athlone, Cape Town.

Enjoy a home cooked 3 course Cape Malay meal served in my traditional Cape Malay home in Athlone, Cape Town. You will savour the delights of the traditions and flavours of the Cape in its authentic while learning about the history and the traditions of the Cape Malay people. You will leave with a premixed sample of the spices and used in this flavoursome food so you can take the flavours of the Cape with you and recreate a meal in your own homes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What's included

Included

  • 3 course traditional Cape Malay meal
  • Snacks and drinks on arrival
  • Note: As this is a family home venue and practising Halaal, no alcohol can be brought or served on this experience
Your local host

Salwaa Smith

Salwaa Francis Smith is a South African cook best known for her typical Cape Malay cuisine. Born and raised in Surrey Estate, Athlone on the Cape Flats to working class parents. She is the founder of Cape Malay Cooking & Other Delights, a recipe sharing website founded in February 2011. The site currently attracts in excess of 290,000 visitors per month. June 2015 was the launch of her first self-published hardback cookbook.

August 2015, Salwaa started an initiative called Cakes For Kids – free birthday cakes for less privileged children where they donate birthday cakes to mainly children living in care.

October 2016 sees her first ready mixed spice range launched.

Salwaa is currently offering Cape Malay Cookin... Read All

Salwaa Francis Smith is a South African cook best known for her typical Cape Malay cuisine. Born and raised in Surrey Estate, Athlone on the Cape Flats to working class parents. She is the founder of Cape Malay Cooking & Other Delights, a recipe sharing website founded in February 2011. The site currently attracts in excess of 290,000 visitors per month. June 2015 was the launch of her first self-published hardback cookbook.

August 2015, Salwaa started an initiative called Cakes For Kids – free birthday cakes for less privileged children where they donate birthday cakes to mainly children living in care.

October 2016 sees her first ready mixed spice range launched.

Salwaa is currently offering Cape Malay Cooking Experiences to tourists visiting our city and who wish to experience life in a typical Cape Malay home on the Cape Flats away from the hustle and bustle of Cape Town City Bowl.

Salwaa also cater for corporate functions, offer cooking demonstration as part of team building activities. Salwaa also offer cooking lessons to anyone who wants to learn how to cook Cape Malay food.

Her second cookbook will be release in May 2019.

Salwaa is a wife, mother to four gorgeous daughters as well as grandmother to six adorable grandchildren. Salwaa, is now the third generation in her family who continues the Cape Malay culinary venture.

Location

5 Alleman Street, Newfields, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa

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