Private Tour
Learn to Cook Traditional Cape Malay Dishes in a Cape Town Home
Overview
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4 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Enjoy an authentic cooking class in a Manenberg home with Colleen and Ruth, sisters who have 3 decades of food industry experience. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. Colleen and Ruth were born in Manenberg on the Cape Flats, a community borne out of Apartheid's spatial laws, yet rich with diverse cultures. Growing up on the Flats allowed them to forge deep bonds with neighbors, and create a community based on love, kindness and food. Your cooking class will take place in their home kitchen. Learn to make 2-3 traditional Cape Malay dishes from their family recipes and enjoy your meal together in your host's home.
• Learn to cook Cape Malay cuisine which is all about bold flavors and warm hugs in a local home
• Introduction to South Africa's heritage, culture and cuisine
• 100% private activity
• Experience South African hospitality in a residential Manenberg neighborhood
• Vegetarian and gluten free options available
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
This is a unique opportunity to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Meet your hosts Colleen and Ruth at Ruth’s home in the Manenberg neighborhood of Cape Town. Join your hosts Colleen and Ruth at Ruth’s home kitchen to learn to cook a Cape Malay meal from recipes that have been passed down through generations of the sisters’ family. Cape Malay cuisine is all about bold flavors and warm hugs. Your hands-on Cape Malay cooking class will last about 2 hours. You will learn to cook a three-course Cape Malay meal including samosas, tomato bredie, rice and dessert. Enjoy learning about the tips and techniques involved in Cape Malay cooking before you sit down at the table to share the meal you helped prepare with your hosts Colleen and Ruth. Your menu includes starters, a main and dessert. Enjoy a platter of Cape Malay pastries including samosas, half-moons, and fried spring rolls served with a traditional dhanya (coriander) dipping sauce. This will be followed by a main of Cape Malay tomato bredie, a South African stew of slow-cooked meat and vegetables served with yellow rice, made from a secret family recipe.
Sample Menu
starter
Koesisters with rooibus tea
main
Samosas, half-moons or spring rolls with a dipping sauce
main
Tomato bredie
main
Turmeric yellow rice
dessert
Sago pudding and custard
What‘s Included
Alcoholic Beverages
Private cooking class with your host Colleen
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Options
Cooking class and lunch
Cooking class and dinner
Reviews
5 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Delicious day to remember!
sal m,,Aug 18, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00Such a memorable day from start to finish. I was by myself and felt like I was with friends the entire time, Coleen and Ruth really make you feel at home. The food was amazingly flavorful and well explained. I’m so happy I booked this, easy Uber there and back, and had plenty of leftovers to snack on back at the hotel. Truly an honor to learn about and taste Coleens cooking techniques that represent her culture, that I knew so little about beforehand. I will definitely try to recreate what we made for family back home. If ever back in Cape Town I would definitely go again.
Great experience
0123ABC3210,,Jul 20, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had a great experience with Colleen and Ruth! They were warm and inviting, the food was delicious and plentiful, and the trip was an easy drive from the downtown area. They were excellent communicators and were easy to arrange the evening with. Bonuses: gated parking, lots of leftovers, and delicious vegetarian option!
fun and educational
ginaellis837,,Mar 22, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Such a great way to expand your understanding of the wonderful Malayian culture. We had a wonderful time!
Recommend
155olufemio,,Mar 18, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very wonderful experience learning how to cook some of their dishes. Also the hosts were very friendly it had an at home feel.
In a word: terrific
Spicysmurf96,,Mar 17, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A truly lovely experience. When you come to Cape Town you will hear about Cape Malay food and then you will probably try and find a good restaurant serving it. You will struggle to find one (I have that both on good authority and personal experience). Instead you should just book Ruth and Colleen here. You will have the opportunity to misfold samoosas and gorge on koesisters. You will try authentic Cape Malay food and enjoy the heck out of it. You will not have to be left wondering what good Cape Malay food is and you will have a great memory to take home with you. Don't think too long about it, just book (and forget...or think about it constantly) and when the time comes have a phenomenal time!
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