AFRICAN FAVOURITES

"As I am taking you through this newtown experience I'm confident that within this cultural prestinct you actually see and realize that there's so much more than events,performances and art. The vast culture it has also includes meals,meals made in different restaurants in a different cultural styles."




     


There are five restaurants one can go to in newtown,each serves a variety of good food mainly cultural food and depending on your all-time favourite cultural dish come come thes resturants version of good food.




ABOVE: Niki's Oasis,Newtown,Johannesburg,South Africa.
This is the setting of how Niki's Oasis looks like inside
   where customers can sit back and enjoy a great South Africa dish.

When you ask someone from an older generation about a restuarant he or she has been to in Newtown she or he will definately say NIKI'S OASIS,where traditional South African favourites such as mealie pap (maize porridge) and stew are served here to a soundtrack of cool jazz. The restaurant regularly plays host to up-and-coming local musicians.


The menu at Niki's Oasis offers lots of South African favourites like Oxtail, Mogodu (Tripe), Potjiekos, served with pap, Mngqusho (samp & beans) and dumpling, as well as grills, beef burgers, fish & chips, and salads. The wine list offers a good choice of South African wines. In good weather, the Courtyard is a perfect place to hang out, inside there are comfy sofas and a roaring fireplace in winter. Come and enjoy a great networking experience in the warm, arty and relaxed atmosphere. Listen to great Jazz as you meet new friends, especially on Friday evenings. Catch live Jazz acts on Saturdays.



Above:KALDIS COFFE SHOP,Newtown,Johannesburg.

This how Kaldi's Coffe Shop looks like inside,customers can

enjoy a taste of Ethopian Coffee.



Research shows us that coffee was dicovered in Ethopia centuries ago, a farmer named KALDI

established the coffee leaves in the country hence the the name Kaldi's coffee. Today it is served as well as coffee from all over the world,Tanzania and other African countries orld and interestimgly in enough in our country,at newtown, at a coffee shop called KALDI'S COFFEE SHOP.



Above:SOPHIATOWN BAR LOUNGE,Newtown,Johannesburg
Afican chicks who want are looking to have a good time,this how
Sophia Town Bar Lounge looks like from the outside.

If you’re looking for a place to sit back and relax with African chic then Sophiatown bar lounge is the place to be.
A culturally-themed bar lounge based around the good old days of Sophiatown and classical jazz and set in the heart of Jozi’s cultural precinct, Newtown, Sophiatown bar lounge is full of energy while maintaining high quality standards.The patrons of Sophiatown bar lounge can be broken up into two main categories. The first category is the new elite – young, mostly black, people aging between about 22-40 who are just hitting the good time in their careers and striving for an elevated way of living to show that they have arrived. They have high standards and demand quality in all areas and have many culturally-diverse friends who may also enjoy a little “black soul”.









"KEEPING IN THE TRADITION OF DIVERSITY,NEWTOWN OFFERS THE VISITOR AN ARRAY OF OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO PLACES TO EAT,FROM LIGHT CONTEMPORARY MEALSTO TRADITIONAL AFRICAN FOOD."  

Above: MOYO, Newtown,Johannesburg.
Moyo also offers a wide-range of wine and the choices
above include African Stars Wine.

                                                                  

Above:MOYO bar area,Newtown,Johannesburg.
This is where customers can spoke their cigars and have beverages
of their choice.


The African Bank Market Theatre in Newtown is the perfect theatrical feast of art to accompany Moyo's cultural feast of food. The Market Theatre history is echoed in the ambient African music that vibrates through this multi-level mezzanine atmosphere. The ethnic twist of rusted wood, cowry shells and carved wood set off the culinary exposure to spice and African kitchen and fireplace secrets cradled in ambient lighting. Vegetarian, seafood and meat dishes tell magical tales to even the most colonial traveller of all that is Africa. Cigar and wine choices are offered like African stars to the African sky and complete a wonderful experience.