Cape Malay cuisine is a must when in Cape Town Photo: Courtesy of Ellerman House Given that Cape Town has an extraordinary culinary scene, it’s only fit that Ellerman House provides top-notch fare.

This is the first of two posts on Cape Town's Ellerman House. The next will focus on its premier art collection. Sipping a beer on the veranda after day one at Ellerman House, I realized that this ...

The happy houses of Bo-Kaap in Cape Town's Malay Quarter. Image: Gallo Images/Thinkstock Before the Malay people started to influence Cape cooking, it was a fusion of English, Flemish and Dutch ...

This eclectic blend of cultures and introduction of Islam into South Africa set the foundation of what is now known as the Cape Malay community. Bo-Kaap is now home to over 6 000 people, the ...

And now, “recipes that are 200 years old are still cooked in exactly the same way in Cape Malay homes,” Abrahams says. To see for myself, I visit a Bo-Kaap house.

He said they had adhered to their permit in terms of marching through the streets of Cape Town. "We were not passing a mosque, or a holy shrine. It is just a hotel. No one else complains. The people ...