Cape Malay Food - Eating South African Cuisine at Biesmiellah in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa

Join us for Cape Malay Food for lunch in Cape Town South Africa as we eating at Biesmiellah Restaurant in the colorful neighborhood of Bo-Kaap. Cape Malay Cuisine is fusion type of food combining Indonesian, Malay and South African ingredients to create dishes unique to this region in South Africa. Your best bet to sample Cape Malay Food is in the neighborhood of Bo Kaap which is also called the Malay Quarter. The following is a list of the drinks, dishes and desserts we sampled:

1) Berry Cooler with lemonade
2) Mango Lassi
3) Vegetable Samosa
4) Mutton Curry / Lamb Curry
5) Bobotie
6) Sago Pudding
7) Malva Pudding
8) Koeksisters
Biesmiellah Restaurant - The Lounge
Address: 2 Wale St & Pentz St, Schotsche Kloof, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
Hours: 12–10PM (Only closed on Sundays)
Phone: +27 21 423 0850
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Cape Malay Food - Eating South African Cuisine at Biesmiellah in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa Travel Food Transcript:
Alright guys, so it is lunchtime here in Cape Town and today we are in Bo Kaap (Malay Quarter) the colorful neighborhood. We're going to be having some Cape Malay food which is very exciting because this is very multicultural food in a way that is very unique to the Cape here in South Africa.
Visiting the colorful neighborhood of Bo-Kaap is your best bet to try Cape Malay cuisine This is a fusion between Malaysian, Indonesian and South African culinary traditions characterized by flavorful and aromatic ingredients.
So we're eating here at Biesmiellah restaurant (The Lounge) and we have our friend Trudy who is a local of Stellenbosch to thank for this. Because otherwise we probably wouldn't have found out about this place. And this place is apparently a bit of an institution here in Bo-Kaap.
Yeah, yeah and so we've like ordered a lot. Haha. A lot of food. We've got appetizers, we've got mains, we've got drinks and we've got desserts coming and it is all quite affordable so we can't wait for all of the food to come and we're just going to have another feast of feasts here in Cape Town, South Africa.
Alright, so all the food is here and it smells and it looks amazing. But we're going to be trying something new. We're having something called bobotie. At least I think that is how you say it and I'm going to read you the description because this sounds tantalizing.
A sweet sour flavored lean beef mince, stir-fried with fresh herbs, spices topped with a milked egg glaze served with sweet yellow rice. You can see that milk egg.
So we've been in South Africa for two weeks now and this is my first time trying this. Even though we've had Cape Malay food once before. Yeah, this is definitely our first time and we also didn't have it on the first trip either so this is really special. One of our last meals.
Time for dish number two. So the next one that we got is a mutton curry and it says skewers of mutton cooked gently and slowly with a blend of traditional spices and herbs to produce a tantalizing curry. Check that out.
Time for dessert and we are having puddings. Pudding.
So we have sago pudding which apparently is typical type of Indian inspired pudding. Yeah. And then we have over here Malva pudding which is sort of more traditional South African.
So this one is called a Koeksister or a Koeksisters.
Okay, and it is a fried doughnut.
ime for price point. So that was 340 Rand which at current exchange is about $25 US dollars. So we did get ended up being three drinks, we got an appetizer, two mains and three desserts. So we kind of, we kind of went overboard a little bit but uh yeah still good definitely good value for money spent and one thing that we've really enjoyed about Cape Town is that it is very much a foodie city.
This is part of our Travel in South Africa video series showcasing South African food, South African culture and South African cuisine.
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