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Food Sawubona! Welcome! The 2009 South African Food & Wine Festival was a great success - thank you to all who came out andenjoyed the amazing food, great wine, fantastic entertainment and beautiful weather! A special thanks goes out to Chef Wes Holland and his crew - we’ve received rave reviews fromeveryone, including chefs, food critics, South Africans, and non-South Africans too. Wes is chef/owner ofAny Occasion Catering in Richmond, VA. Since so many of you have asked, we’ve printed his contact infohere at the bottom of the page. The 2009 SA Fest Menu MeatsSpit Roasted Lamb with Braai sauce & choice of mielie pap or Veg side dishFish & Chips Chicken Murgika Tikka Boerewors sausage on a roll w/ choice choice of mielie pap or Veg side dish Mixed Grille - Lamb, Chicken & Boerewors w/ choice of mielie pap or Veg side dish Sides Mielie Pap with choice of sauce* Slap Chips (Fries) with malt vinegar* Freshly shucked Mielies* Groen Boontjies- cold green bean & green olive salad with lemon* Kachomer - tomato & onion salad* SweetsFresh Litchi (aka Lychee) fruit served chilled* Fresh Watermelon* Ice Rooibos Tea with orange*Amarula, Lychee, Mango Peri Peri & Zebra Gelatos were specially prepared for the festival by de Rochonnet Delights of Midlothian, VA. SaucesBraai BBQ Sauce Train Smash Monkey Gland Sauce Red wine & red current reduction * Vegetarian Friendly General Info On South African Cuisine From Boerewors to Bunny Chow - South African cuisine is as unique and eclectic as its culture. Like the US, South Africa is a melting pot of people, languages, traditions and food. Malaysian, Dutch, and Indian influences can be seen in many of the traditional dishes of South Africa. One of the main staple foods in South Africa is maize. In their corn-on-the-cob form they are called mielies (a.k.s. mealie) Mielie pap (made from ground white corn meal) is a popular side dish and is often eaten with stews, gravies or sauces like Train Smash (stewed tomato & onion.) Samp (aka stampmielies or stamp) is similar to posole or dried hominy, roughly ground. Samp is found in dishes like Umngqusho, where it is cooked with cow peas (a variety of black-eyed-peas.) Pumpkin, yams, sweet potatoes, aubergine, and rice are also common foods in South Africa. Americans traveling to South Africa for the first time will find exotic dished made with familiar ingredients (good examples would be bobotie, biltong and boerewors;) variations on common staples (such as the textural difference between meilie pap and American grits or spoon bread;) and of course foods & spices that are either rare, rarely eaten, or non-existant in the United States, such as fresh lychee fruit, amarula fruit, sour figs, pumpkin leaves, snoek (a fish,) fresh calamari steak, Kudu (antelope,) ostrich, oxtail, African bird’s eye chili, et. etc. Following are a few popular dishes in South Africa.: Bobotie - pronounced “bo-bo-tee” The name comes from the Indonesian word Bobotok. Its a savory ground meat dish with a savory egg topping.Boerewors - pronounced “bor-eh-vors” A traditional South African sausage spiced with coriander. Boerewors is usually mild but can be spiced up with condiments and sauces such as chutney, peri peri sauce or train smash. Boerewors is a must-have for any braai (barbeque.) Biltong - pronounced “bill-tong” Dried meat flavored with coriander and other spices. Unlike American jerky, biltong is sliced across the grain and can also be found in uncut portions and sticks. Potjiekos - pronounced poy-kee-kos. A potjie is a three legged cast iron pot used to cook stews over a fire or hot coals. Potjiekos is a stew made in a potjie. There are hundreds of secret family recipes for this dish - most of them containing meat such as ox tail or beef.Prawns Peri Peri - A.K.A. Prawns Piri Piri, A.K.A Prawns Piri Piri, Prawns Mozambique, LM Prawns. This dish is popular in coastal regions of Africa and has become a mainstay at South African restaurants and back-yard braais. Large tiger or king prawns are marinated in Peri Peri chilis. garlic, lime juice and olive oil and grilled to perfection. The prawns are served in the traditional way, with shell, tail and head intact.Slap Chips - These are large french fries - often served in paper bags or wrapped in paper. “Slap” is an Afrikaans word meaning soft - the state the french fry attains when you douse it with vinegar - thus rendering it a slap chip, not a french fry. Rice Salad - there are many variations of this popular salad, some served cold, some hot. Many contain curry, fruit such as mango or raisins, nuts and carrots. |
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| Wes Holland Any Occasion Catering1110 Westbriar Dr Richmond, VA 23238-5014 (804) 750-2244 Wes specializes in both American and international cuisine.
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Grayhaven Winery/SA Food & Wine Fest: (804) 556-3917 |
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