Sakhumzi Restaurant
A traditional township meal at Sakhumzi Restaurant on the famous Vilikazi Street, Soweto

For a delicious cultural experience in Johannesburg, South Africa, head to the township of Soweto to Sakhumzi Restaurant, located right near Nelson Mandela’s old home (which is now a museum) and Desmond Tutu’s family home. The eatery serves up a delicious buffet of local foods, like baked chicken, sweet pumpkin, tripe, salad with olives and tomatoes, farmer’s sausage, cubed lamb, spicy lentils and spicy chakalaka, to name a few options. Up-beat music adds to the ambiance.

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Jessica Festa

Jessica Festa is the editor of Epicure & Culture as well as Jessie on a Journey. She enjoys getting lost in new cities and having experiences you don’t read about in guidebooks. Some of her favorite travel experiences have been teaching English in Thailand, trekking her way through South America, backpacking Europe solo, road tripping through Australia, agritouring through Tuscany, and volunteering in Ghana.

Jessica Festa

Jessica Festa is the editor of Epicure & Culture as well as Jessie on a Journey. She enjoys getting lost in new cities and having experiences you don’t read about in guidebooks. Some of her favorite travel experiences have been teaching English in Thailand, trekking her way through South America, backpacking Europe solo, road tripping through Australia, agritouring through Tuscany, and volunteering in Ghana.

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  1. Joburg food spots

    I was visited Shukumarzi Rastaurant . that i was enjoying diffarent kind of food. your post remember that .thank you vary much.

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