Local is Lekker food tour: The best of Cape Town in 4 hours

Activity Description

On this incredible local is lekker, the best of Cape Town in 4-hour walking tour food tour, we will introduce you to some of Cape Town’s favorite culinary experiences, as we take you from award winning locations to local settings this is a tour not to be missed as we ensure by the end of this tour you truly feel welcomed in the Mother City feeling.

There is no denying the fact that in the Mother City, coffee is culture.

Of course, we’re starting off our tour at Cape Town’s favorite coffee destination, Truth Coffee . Voted the best coffee shop in the world in 2015, 2016 and 2017 by The Daily Telegraph, there is no denying that Truth has taken the global coffee world by storm. In addition to great coffee, their steampunk-themed interiors creates an industrial-chic space that is bound to make you feel right at home.

Follow up with Cape Town’s favorite Bakery at Charley’s Bakery, Home of Charly’s Cake Angels, situated in District 6, Charly’s Bakery is a family run business, started by Charly and Jacqui Biess in 1989.

At Charly’s Bakery they believe that the world is run on love, laughter and cupcakes! and we will try a MUCKING AFAZING designer cupcake.

One thing not to be missed on any visit to Cape Town is our signature sandwich the Gatsby, coming from Athlone on the Cape Flats consisting of a crusty, toasted roll that is stuffed with anything from Steak Masala to polony , slap chips (French fries) and sauce and we will be sharing Gatsby the Cape Town way.

Visit the oldest fruit bearing vine in the Southern Hemisphere at the Cape Heritage which dates back to 1771, while enjoying a taste of South African cuisine, with traditional South African food made with love and flare at Zanne’s Fare with a traditional roosterkoek and authentic South African biltong, while enjoying South African wine at the oldest vine.

One of our favorite stops, along the route is at the Honest Chocolate Cafe, owned by two friends Anthony and Michael who believe in the bean to bar theory with a taste of some of Cape Town’s well known “Don’t be scared of the dark, because dark dreams are only made from dark chocolate, at Honest Chocolate” for a taste of the most delicious chocolate in Cape Town.

Next a visit to the vibrant Bo-Kaap community and a visit to the oldest spice store in Cape Town, Atlas Spice, and find out along the way the vital role that food had to play, in the early establishment of Cape Town along the spice route, and a enjoyable walk around the community learning about the history, culture we will have a stop at a local resident’s home, for a local Cape Maly platter filled with all the love from the Bo-Kaap.

Our final stop on this local is lekker tour will be the Biesmillah restaurant in Bo-Kaap for South Africa’s national dish the Cape Malay bobotie which is one of our most celebrated dishes.

This is certainly a tour not to be missed.