Street food guide
What the words on our menu mean, and where the dishes come from.
Say it: BOOR-uh-vors
A coarse, spiced sausage that originated in South Africa and is popular across Southern Africa, Namibia included. The name is Afrikaans: boer means farmer and wors means sausage.
It is traditionally seasoned with toasted coriander, black pepper, nutmeg, cloves and allspice, formed into one long coil, and cooked over the coals at a braai. Served in a roll, it is Southern Africa’s answer to the hot dog.
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A South African vegetable relish, usually spicy, said to have started in the townships and gold mines around Johannesburg. Some versions include beans, and it is a braai-day staple, served warm, cold or at room temperature.
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The Southern African barbecue — both the grill and the gathering around it. A braai is a relaxed social occasion as much as a way of cooking, which is exactly the spirit a boerewors roll carries with it.
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A toasted sandwich pressed in a hinged iron that seals the bread at the edges, so the filling stays inside and the outside turns crisp. The name comes from the Jaffle-brand iron first made in 1949, and it stuck.
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