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TIMEOUT - Previous Outings
Thursday 25th August 2011
Bo Kaap Kombuis
The Bo Kaap Kombuis is
situated in what must be
very valuable property
near the city centre of
Cape Town. There
are stunning views of
Table Mountain and the
city below. It is
here that Nazli and
Yusuf have built a
stunning restaurant
which offers traditional
Malay cuisine.
Two different views of
Lions Head. The first
from the coach as we
drove from Constantia
along the coastal road
and the second from the
Bo Kaap Kombuis
restaurant on our
arrival.
Nazli is such a warm
lady - instantly mading
us all feel at
ease. She had her
samosa wraps with the
fillings ready to show
us 'how'. After
lunch it was terrific to
chat to her -
heart-to-heart - about
all things like their
Ramadan celebrations;
how excited the little
children are when this
comes around; fasting;
and life as a busy
restaurateur!
Intense concentration
followed - "you
have to hold your hand
'just so' in
order to make a 'pocket'
into which you can put
your filling".
This is the third lesson
that Annette has
attended and she felt
somehow an old hat at
it. It took Sally
all her concentration to
master the trick -
however, once you 'get
it', folding
samosas is really easy.
Yusuf was on hand at the
bar waiting with his
mini fryer to cook our
samosas. He is
such a happy person and
whilst we stood waiting,
he was offering valuable
tips on what to put into
the samosas, even some
of them that looked like
the filling was oozing
out, posed no problem
for Yusuf to cook!
I must say when you see
your finished product on
a plate it looked quite
professional!
The Malay buffet table
groaned with food after
our samosa lesson.
There was chicken
breyani; a smoorsnoek
dish; typical breyani
rice; various salads -
pity you just could not
do justice to all the
food. After lunch
Yusuf who is a historian
enchanted us on how life
is in the Bo Kaap.
The one thing that
struck true to me was
what he said "If my wife
is cooking a curry and
the delicious smell
wafts over to my
neighbour's home, I
cannot rest if I know
they do not have food -
we HAVE to take some
over for them"
Pity we all don't heed
these thoughts! This is neighbourly
love at its very best.
Samosas (Potato Stuffed Pastry) are perhaps the most popular vegetarian (usually) Indian appetizer, street food, tiffin (light lunch) in not only India but throughout whole Indian subcontinent and throughout the world.
