I ate a bucket of meat

African Brai, Street party style : Mzoli's (Gugulethu, Capetown)

Any person who knows about Mzoli's glows about it. I didn't quite know what to expect but from the instant buzz people get when they talk about this place my tastebuds were tickled just thinking about it.

Sitsuated in the heart of Gugulethu township in surrounding Capetown - on first glance - totally missable, it looks dingy and totally confusing to see the ques of people spilling out onto the street. There is a haze of smoke crawling out from behind a giant tin roof - and then you smell wood burning meat - and your totalz swept up in the humy buzz of smokey energy.

  

This place has got the art of Braii perfected. In the midst of a township it's easy to feel out of place or a sense of trespassing - but this place welcomes everyone - even a kinda of awkward middle aged women doing the moonwalk. It's an all day street party where you BYO booze / salads / ice boxes and you buy your meat at their butchers. Line up in the first building with dusty glass and choose any meat you could dream off, fillet, sausages, lamb chops (totally mouthwatering) ribs - get it weighed and pay - then follow your nose out the back to the floor to ceiling wood burning fires - where all your meaty goodness is cooked to perfection and seeped in woody smokey greatness.




Hell Yeah!!