Eziko in Langa, Cape Town, is a cooking school and restaurant whose trainees serve lamb or chicken with samp and pap, the name meaning hearth in Xhosa.
OrderLamb with samp, pap and seasonal vegetables
TipGroups can pre-book a full buffet, call ahead so the kitchen can plan for the size of the table.
Eziko Restaurant trains unemployed Langa residents for hospitality careers while serving township meals to visitors in Cape Town, Monday to Saturday.
OrderThe lamb or chicken plate with samp and pap, cooked to order for your group.
TipCall ahead before visiting; meals here are cooked fresh to order rather than kept warming.
Teez @ 115 grills braaied meat from its own butchery counter on the Gugulethu site once famous as Mzoli's, on Cape Town's Cape Flats side of the city.
OrderLamb chops bought at the butchery counter and braaied to order by the grill team.
TipBuy your meat at the butchery first, then hand it to the braai team; that is how the whole system works here.
Rands is a Khayelitsha shisa nyama and lifestyle venue outside central Cape Town, known for braaied meat, cheap drinks and weekend afrobeat sets.
OrderThe ribs, which co-owner Mfundo Mbeki tells first-timers to try, with creamy spinach and Buffalo wings.
TipThe first Sunday of the month draws the biggest crowd; arrive early afternoon to get a table before the dancing starts.
Teez @ 115 is a lounge, butchery and shisanyama on the Gugulethu site once famous as Mzoli's, grilling lamb chops for Cape Town crowds Thursday to Monday.
TryBraaied lamb chops bought at the butchery counter and grilled to order
TipBuy raw meat at the butchery counter first, then hand it straight to the grill team outside.
Rands is a Khayelitsha shisanyama and lifestyle venue on the eastern edge of Cape Town, grilling ribs and wings for big crowds from Thursday to Sunday.
TryBraaied ribs with chakalaka and pap
TipArrive by early afternoon on the first Sunday of the month, the busiest weekend of the calendar.
Nomzamo Butchery is a shisanyama and butchery on Washington Street in Langa, Cape Town, letting customers pick raw meat and have it braaied on site.
TryBasted chicken wings and braaied red meat, weighed at the butchery counter
TipPick your own cut at the butchery counter, then carry it straight to the braai grills out back.
Eziko Restaurant trains Langa residents for hospitality careers while serving a full plate of lamb or chicken with samp and pap in Cape Town.
TryChicken or lamb plate with samp and pap
TipCall ahead before visiting; every plate is cooked fresh to order rather than kept warming.
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