Mzoli’s Meat

A group of us traveled to Guguletu this afternoon to visit a relatively well-known establishment called Mzoli’s Meats. It’s a restaurant of sorts in the township which attracts both tourists and locals from all around Cape Town. As you walk in, you are asked to purchase meat by the kilogram which you then bring to a group of people cooking the meat over wood fires. The room was pretty dark and unventilated, so there was just smoke all around. After you have dropped off your meat to have it cooked, you wait outside under a large group of pop-up tents outside. There was a DJ playing music and everyone went to the shops nearby to get drinks for their meal. After waiting for almost an hour for our meat to cook, we started eating. There were no utensils, so either your hands or a piece of bread served as eating implements. It was probably some of the best food I’ve had so far in my time here. The meat was cooked perfectly and it was seasoned with a spicy sauce that really brought out the flavor of the meat. It was excellent.

After our meal, we decided to start dancing out next to the DJ station. Our whole group just basically started a dance party. We were quickly joined by a bunch of Africans of all ages. One woman was 60 years old! We spent the next several hours just dancing with a bunch of Africans in Guguletu. I don’t know if I have had an experience more fun than that. It was so good to actually be able to socialize with Africans in their community. I think I will definitely have to go back there because this was such a display of how the community interacts. It was so much fun.