South African Cuisine March 2009

     Since we were in South Africa, we chose to have dinner at Hombaze,located near our hotel in Johannesburg, specialized in African cuisine and had the motto: “Eat Healthy – Live Longer.”
     We started with a snack basket of samosas (hot), chicken nuggets, french fries and gizzards(tough).  Tried a popular West African dish of oxtail and grilled lamb with Jollof Rice(like Spanish rice) with a side dish of yam pottage.                                                                                  Kathy said that the long skinny thing in the dish was some kind of meat, so I popped it in my mouth and remarked how spicy HOT it was.  Then I blew my nose since my eyes were watering.  When the waitress said it was a chile pepper, Kathy thought it was extremely funny.  Actually we both laughed.  I couldn’t drink enough water and had to “peel” off the top layer of my tongue in the morning.