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Farm Stall Farm Stall A Food Lover’s Guide to Farm Stalls and Markets in South Africa F ARM S TALL to F ARM S TALL

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Farm Stall to Farm Stall is a collection of the best farm stalls and markets for food lovers and avid farm stall trawlers in South Africa.Each farm stall has been individually visited and researched, and ratings are given on the best coffee, tea and local fare. There are also recipes for several of the delectable delights! The book lists accommodation in the area, the nearest town, child and pet friendly ratings, contact details and operating hours for all the farm stalls.Farm stalls are listed according to the route on which they are found, and the handy quickfinder and overview maps will enable you to plan your stop.At the back of the book you will find a list of annual markets and festivals as well as what to expect from each, with handy websites and contact details.The book is an absolute necessity for any food lover who wants good, wholesome food and delicacies as well as meeting the local people and buying quality local products.

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  • Farm Stall to Farm Stall by Jennifer Stern

    A Food Lovers Guide to Farm Stalls and Markets in South Africa

    Your guide to finding real food in unreal places.

    There are hundreds of farm stalls dotted all around South Africa some in the heart of big cities, and some tucked away in the middle of nowhere.

    And till now they were hard to find. Youd maybe know one or two close to where you live, but once you hit the open road youd probably end up at the tender mercies of the faceless fast-food-factory joints that dispense burgers and coffee along with unleaded and diesel. If you dont move fast enough,

    they may wash your face with one of those squeegee window cleaners, and try to pump up your tackies.

    Well, farm stalls are different. Farm stalls are where you can get real food, made with real ingredients by real people, and often made with love. You may even get treated as a real person, and the chances are no-one will offer to check your oil.

    Following broad routes between major centres, this book lists and describes in excess of 150 farm stalls from tiny roadside shacks to shiny bucolic emporia.

    With contact details, opening times and GPS coordinates, this is an essential tool for ensuring you never have to eat a soulless meal on a road trip ever again.

    If its true that the journey is the destination, then lunch may be the ultimate objective. Enjoy the ride. Bon appetit.

    Farm Stall

    Farm Stall

    to Farm Stall to Farm Stall

    I S B N 978-1-77026-594-3

    9 7 8 1 7 7 0 2 6 5 9 4 3ANY COMMENTS [email protected]

    VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR UPDATES, DOWNLOADS, MAPS, CATALOGUES & SPECIALS

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    1st edition MapStudio 2014. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any

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  • 2Contents

    Quickfinder Page3

    Introduction Page8

    OverviewMap Page16

    Chapter1:CapeTowntoDurban Page18

    Chapter2:CapeTowntoNamibia Page72

    Chapter3:CapeTowntoJohannesburg Page84

    Chapter4:JohannesburgtoPortElizabeth Page104

    Chapter5:DurbantoJohannesburg Page112

    Chapter6:JohannesburgtotheBush Page132

    Chapter7:JohannesburgtotheNorthernCape Page152

    Chapter8:MarketsandFestivals Page166

    Acknowledgements Page191

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  • 8IntroductionIf, like me, you spend quite a bit of time on the road, and you just hate those MacWimpSters with the funny flat little hamburgers, the weird, pale, slightly stale- smelling chips and the superannuated salads, you probably spend ages trying to find a place to stop over that wont make you feel like a faceless component in an industrial process, eating featureless food made from dubious ingredients to institutionalised recipes by disinterested automatons.

    And the best way to do that is to eat at farm stalls. Farm stalls are where you can get real food, made with real ingredients by real people, and often made with love. Some farm stalls are absolutely fabulous, some are just okay, and some are a bit dodgy, but they are all real and true, and they reflect the culture in which they operate.

    While the MacWimpSters are alienating, farm stalls are grounding. They are of the earth, they fit into the landscape and they exist in a synergistic interplay between the soil, the sky, the seasons, the long road, the day-to-day struggle for survival, and the joyful celebration of the land.

    What is a farm stall?I guess that depends on who you ask. While researching this book I have seen loads of farm stalls, once-were-farm-stalls, farm malls, wannabe farm stalls and most-definitely-not-farm-stalls, and Im still not sure.

    What is pretty definite, though, is what farm stalls used to be. There was a time when a farm stall was a lean-to, a wheelbarrow or just a small table and a sun umbrella on the side

  • 9of the road where someone (usually the farmers kids) sold excess farm produce. And like most things, they evolved. The people figured that, while they were selling the oranges, peaches, eggs or whatever fresh produce they had, they may as well put a few jars of marmalade or fig preserve on the table as well. And, after a while, they built a lean-to. Then the lean-to became a shack and the shack became a shed and the shed became a cute building with a veranda. And next thing theyve put in a table and some chairs and theyre selling coffee and milk tart and then roosterkoek or hamburgers, and somewhere along the way, an espresso machine gets installed, and a real live chef appears in the kitchen. Kitchen? Yes evolution complete.

    I think almost anything along this continuum qualifies, but I have not actually included those ephemeral fruit stalls and the one-man-and-a-chicken egg outlets. So most of the farm stalls featured here are places where you can either get a decent meal or buy a really good selection of farm produce, preferably both. Some places that dont really qualify have been included just because I like them, or because they are there. I have included some pretty marginal places, like bunny farms and silk farms but bunny wool and silk are farm produce so

    Wine cellars are technically farm stalls, I think, but I have included only a very few and only because they offer so much more than wine. As a rule, bush pubs are not farm stalls and generally, but not absolutely if a place seems to generate more income from alcohol than anything else (and is not a wine farm) it doesnt qualify. With exceptions, of course. If it has a big-screen TV and it shows sports matches it is most definitely not a farm stall.

    Also, I know of a few farm stalls that I just didnt get to see, but I have given those a passing mention and will endeavour to check them out before the update. And if I have completely left out some (which I am almost certain to have done), sorry. I will try to include them next time.

    Here today, gone tomorrowNothing is permanent, nothing is guaranteed, and the only constant is change. Farm stalls are, at the best of times, quite marginal businesses so its not surprising that some dont last. Ive driven past a number of derelict ex farm stalls and, sadly, walked into a few that were about to close down. In parts of Limpopo and the North West Province the drought

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    is so long-standing the only moisture the ground gets is from the tears of farmers as they give up, pack up and move on. Farms are dying and farm stalls die alongside them.

    The iconsOkay, firstly, this book is subjective. I know some farm stalls really well, others I have only peered at through locked doors. Some I spent a couple of hours in, and some a couple of minutes. So the icons are just an indication of what to expect.

    I have graded dog-friendliness and child-friendliness from 1 to 3. In each case 1 means that they are tolerated, 2 means they are welcome and there may be some facilities specifically for them, and 3 means the owners have really gone out of their way to accommodate your two-legged or four-legged family members. I have included a icon where I have noticed obvious hazards like unfenced dams, but that most certainly does not mean that places without this icon are risk-free. There might well be deep wells, radioactive mine dumps, open snake pits or herds of rabid feral monkeys that I over-looked in blissful ignorance. Or even just a busy road hey, no-ones perfect.

    Tea and coffee are really important so they get their own icons, which are expounded upon in great detail below. And, obviously, I could not actually eat and/or drink in every farm stall so I have not graded food, bakes, shopping or accommodation but just indicated if they apply with a few exceptions. Where I have tried the coffee and found it to be really great I have awarded a . And if I really like a place for some absolutely, totally and completely subjective reason, I have given it a . I chose to use and and not stars to show that these awards are totally and unashamedly subjective, and are not endorsed by any quasi-government, national authority. So you may well hate the places I love. Shopping, by the way, usually implies more than a few jars of jam and a bag of biscuits.

    coffee grading (see opposite)

    tea grading (see opposite)

    fresh cakes, scones or muffins made on site or locally not just pies and biscuits

    meals made on site may be just toasties, but should be more than a pie

    child-friendliness grading (see above)

    dog-friendliness grading (see above)

    you could do some of your Christmas shopping here

    credit cards accepted but please note in very many cases this means Master

    Card and Visa only, with quite a few not accepting Diners or Amex

    Wi-Fi available for guests

    accommodation available on site

    pay attention some kind of warning or notification follows

    route

    nearest town

    GPS coordinates

    contact number

    website

    operating hours

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    A word about coffee and teaIm a bit of a tea pleb as I like strong, milky Ceylon tea made in the mug with the life squeezed out of the teabag, but I am an unrepentant, self- confessed coffee snob.

    I really appreciate a well-pulled espresso, and occasionally opt for a flat white in places where I know the milk is real and wont be scalded. I can delight in a cup of plunger or filter coffee that is well made from a good-quality coffee, and I absolutely love moerkoffie made (skilfully) on the fire with a bank bag inside an enamel pot. I find most espressos from pod machines absolutely fine some even great and I will happily drink a cup of good-quality instant coffee if it is freshly made and served with real milk if there is no other option.

    But I hate being lied to, so I draw the line at espresso that is spooned out of a Nescaf jar, and sugary cappuccino that is slid out of a plastic sachet into a cup and then doused with boiling water. A cup of watery filter coffee with some sort of foam on it is not a cappuccino either, and I am quite likely to get a bit shirty if someone serves me one.

    I absolutely will not drink that weird HBL that is made from syrupy coffee essence, and I also wont drink the HBL that goes under the name of instant coffee but lists more sugar derivatives (maltose, dextrose) than coffee in the ingredients. But my absolute worst is the stuff they serve from those weird vending-type machines that premix the sugar and creamer in your drink before dispensing it with some flat, hot water. They even do a kind of tea that can only be compared to the nutrimatic drinks dispenser from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy that, when asked for tea, would produce something that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea. (HBL, for the uninitiated, stands for Hot Brown Liquid.)

    So, the coffee grading is as follows:1 is instant or the nutrimatic version,2 is filter, plunger or any other variant of perfectly drinkable coffee, and3 is coffee made in a full-on commercial espresso/cappuccino machine, but it does not necessarily mean that they have a trained barista.The is for places that serve great coffee, usually espresso, but also filter, plunger or real moerkoffie.

    The tea grading is as follows:1 is a place that serves Ceylon and/or rooibos,2 offers a few other options such as green tea, Earl Grey or one or two others, and3 is a place that takes tea seriously, or where you can get a range of herbal teas.

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    Local versus organic and other green issuesAs values change, certain buzzwords are tied in to the marketing blurb for everything from furniture to deodorant, but most definitely for food. And the latest buzzwords are eco-friendly, sustainable, organic, free-range, green and more recently local. The next big one I predict will be heirloom. What this all amounts to really is that people are becoming more aware of, and concerned about, where their food comes from, how it is farmed, and the environmental and nutritional implications of these production processes.

    The term organic should really only be used for products that are certified organic, but that is an expensive, centralised, international, top-down process that discriminates against small-scale producers. So the word is used with gay abandon on the labels of products as diverse as T-shirts, shampoo and salt. And anyway, the latest trend seems to be to go for locally produced food rather than to buy organic food that may well have

    been flown thousands of miles to get to market. When it comes to food, local really is lekker. And thats where farm stalls and farmers markets really score.

    But, while the organic label is slowly losing its cachet, we must be careful to not throw the bath- water out without first channelling it onto the baby beans. So, while rejecting the prescriptive organic certification scheme, most local food

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    producers agree that we need some form of quality assurance. And the latest buzzword (for the foreseeable future, anyway) is PGS Participatory Guarantee System. In short, its a non-hierarchical system of mutual endorsement. Rather than having outsiders evaluate each participant at great cost, all the members work together to assist each other in achieving and maintaining standards definitely carrot rather than stick. Its pretty new in South Africa, and some teething problems are likely, but it sounds like a good system. And, anyhow, what its replacing didnt really work.

    Taking all this into consideration, and in the interests of simplicity and not making a fool of myself, I have not given any form of green or sustainable accreditation to farm stalls or markets, even if they claim them. It is just too complicated but, where I have noticed excellent practices like growing veggies on site or using recycled materials, I have men-tioned it in the text.

    The routesChapters 1 to 7 follow one or a few routes between major centres or destinations, describing the farm stalls as shown on the accompanying overview map. See page 16.

    Urban farm stallsFarm stalls are mostly found out in the rural areas, but there are some truly urban farm stalls and, anyway, cities tend to extend outwards a bit the bigger the city, the bigger its peri-urban, semi-rural hinterland. Cape Towns rural belt includes Noordhoek and Constantia right in the city limits, the Winelands and the West Coast. Farm stalls actually within Cape Town are included in Chapter 3, while the almost-urban ones are included in Chapter 2 if they are directly north of the city en route to Namibia, and in

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    Chapter 1 if they are towards the east or along the N2 and R62. Those that fall between these two routes and are either on the N1 or close to it, are included in Chapter 3. The stalls in and around Port Elizabeth are mostly included in Chapter 4, but also in Chapter 1. Durbans South Coast farm stalls appear in Chapter 1, while those west of the city are included in Chapter 5. The one true urban farm stall in Gauteng Irene in Pretoria is included in Chapter 6, and the many farm stalls and almost-farm-stalls around Hartbees- poort and the Cradle are in Chapter 7.

    Farmers markets and festivalsI guess these are kind of temporary farm stalls, so they should be included. But, being somewhat ephemeral, they can be hard to track down. There are the old dependables, some promising new markets and fests, some that are so obscure almost no-one other than the friends and family of the organisers know about them, and also some has-beens that may well be on the way out. In Chapter 8 I have listed most that I can find, with con-tact details, but really this is just a guide. You can be pretty sure things will change one way or the other.

    The recipes and contributors This is not a cookbook, but there are so many fabulous foods mentioned in the text that it seemed like a good idea to include a couple of ways of using some of the yummy things I came across. Some are from farm stall owners or hotels, and appear in context, but some are mine or my moms or my grannies and others I picked up from friends some of whom are serious chefs. The only thing the recipes have in common is that they are all relatively simple. So thanks to the following people who have revealed the secrets of some of their best dishes.

    Linda Roets, the Campfire Cuisine Queen, is a caravanner of note who can produce anything from a chocolate souffl to leg of lamb en croute on an open fire. Her rooster- koek recipe lifts this old favourite to new heights, and she shares an easy way to make pap and kaaiings (not on an open fire).

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    Peter Ridgway has been on the high-fat, low-carb paleo diet for almost a year, and swears by it. He makes his own biltong and thrives on huge fry-up bacon and egg breakfasts, but would run a mile from Lindas roosterkoek.

    Hilary Bales and Wendy Gersie are not professional chefs or farm stall owners theyre both just great cooks.

    Stef Wessels is the owner and head chef of catering company Sprung Foods, and has

    recently started escorting foraging tours in the Cape Peninsula.

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    Indian Ocean

    Atlanc Ocean

    KommetjieNoordhoek

    WintertonWinterton

    FouriesburgFouriesburg

    WardenWarden

    CenturionCenturion

    PaulpietersburgPaulpietersburg

    eNtokozwenieNtokozweni

    ClocolanClocolan

    Mazeppa BayMazeppa Bay

    Storms RiverStorms River

    KareedouwKareedouwPatensiePatensie

    HaenertsburgHaenertsburg

    ChrissiesmeerChrissiesmeer

    Kosi BayKosi Bay

    HazyviewHazyview

    HoedspruitHoedspruit

    KlaserieKlaserie

    MagaliesburgMagaliesburg

    SwartruggensSwartruggens

    Clanwilliam

    Vanrhynsdorp

    HermanusStanford

    Barrydale

    LadismithCalitzdorp

    De Rust Uniondale

    Prince Albert

    Napier

    Jeffreys Bay

    Bathurst

    Nongham Road

    Underberg

    Port EdwardTrafalgar

    Port St Johns

    Clarens

    Philippolis

    Nieu-Bethesda

    Kamieskroon

    Pofadder

    Kakamas

    GrootMarico

    Hartbeespoort

    Brits

    Sannieshof

    Keimoes

    Kenhardt

    Skeerpoort

    Dullstroom

    Krugersdorp

    Wakkerstroom

    Memel

    Pilgrims RestGraskop

    Sabie

    White River

    Tzaneen

    Port Nolloth

    Alexander Bay

    Lamberts Bay

    eMgwenyaeMgwenya

    MashishingMashishing

    ModimolleModimolle

    VaalwaterVaalwater

    MakhadoMakhado

    MahikengMahikeng

    BloemhofBloemhof

    FicksburgFicksburg

    LadybrandLadybrand

    Port ShepstonePort Shepstone

    BedfordBedford

    AlexandriaAlexandriaPort AlfredPort Alfred

    Bushmans RiverBushmans River

    KokstadKokstad

    ZeerustZeerust

    SwellendamSwellendamHeidelbergHeidelberg RiversdaleRiversdale

    MontaguMontaguWellington Worcester

    Ceres

    Beaufort West

    Philipstown

    Winburg

    Springfontein

    CaledonCaledon

    Bela-BelaBela-Bela

    KnysnaGeorge

    Cradock

    Bethlehem

    Victoria West

    Oudtshoorn

    PleenbergBayMossel Bay

    Graaff-Reinet

    Somerset East

    GRAHAMSTOWN

    Aliwal North

    Fort Beaufort

    Upington

    Springbok

    Vryburg

    Rustenburg

    Vryheid

    Dundee

    Ladysmith

    Howick

    Melkbosstrand

    Yzerfontein Moorreesburg

    Hopefield

    Citrusdal

    VredenburgPaternoster

    Velddrif

    CAPE TOWN PORT ELIZABETH

    EAST LONDON

    JOHANNESBURG

    PRETORIA

    PIETERMARITZBURG

    DURBAN

    MBOMBELA

    KIMBERLEY

    BLOEMFONTEIN

    ParysParys

    HeidelbergHeidelberg

    Barberton

    Langebaan

    Stellenbosch Paarl

    Bot River

    Robertson

    Western CapeEastern Cape

    Northern Cape

    Free State

    KwaZulu-Natal

    Mpumalanga

    Limpopo

    North West

    Gauteng

    LESOTHO

    SWAZILAND

    MOZAM

    BIQUE

    BOTSWANA

    NAMIBIA

    N1

    N1

    N2

    N2

    N2

    N3

    N5

    N6

    N1

    N1

    N9

    N1

    N2

    N2

    N7

    N7

    N4

    N18

    N11

    N11

    N12

    N10

    N10

    N10

    N12

    N12

    N14

    N14

    Knersvlakte SpensRooibos Tea House

    HebronDe Tol

    Kardoesie Khoisan Salt Factory Shop Die Winkel op Paternoster

    Weskus SpensDie Plaasmol

    Desert RoseWest Coast Farm Stall

    Vygevallei Farm Stalll

    PolkadraaiMooiberge Farm Stall

    Hillcrest Berry FarmThe Orchard Farm Stall

    PeregrineHouwhoek Farm Stall

    Country Farm StallVogel Valley Farm Stall

    Die Plaaskombuis at Hemel en Aarde ValleyMoerse Restaurant and Farm Stall

    Napier Farm StallRed Windmill Farm Stall

    DassiesfonteinAffieplaas

    PampoenstalletjiePitkos

    Spaces and Bean ThereBonfrutti

    Die Kloof PadstalAkkerboom Farm Stall

    Joubert-TradauwOumeul Bakery

    Stormsvlei Farm StallCountry Pumpkin

    Keurbomen Cheese ShopWildebraam

    The Berry FarmRolandale

    Blue CraneDelish

    Die Oude Pastorie Parmalat Factory Shop

    AlgerynskraalAngora Rabbit Show Farm Alcare House of Aloes

    Aloe FeroxCalitzdorp Fruit SmitswinkelSmitswinkel in Oudtshoorn

    Olea and SpensgoedDomein Doornkraal

    Die BlikbekerHolgate

    Die Akkedis Padstal

    Hop Valley Farm Stall and Roadside DeliKruisaar Farm Stall Hillbillies at Ruiterbos Plaas WinkelRedberry Farm

    The Heath Caf and Deli Old Nick VillageThyme and AgainNatures Way

    FinebushOudeboschTolbos Country Shop and RestaurantPadlangs Country Restaurant and ShopHolmeleigh Farmyard

    Nanaga Oakly Farm StallBoschhoekTam Jazi Country Farm StallHunters Lodge Country Shoppe and SalonThe Red Apple Farm Stall & Coffee ShopSalem Crossroads Nature View Farm Stall

    Jakkalsdrift Padstal Cheeta Padstal Wilgers Kafee The Stables

    Jakkalsdrift Padstal

    Kuilfontein Farm Stall

    Transkaroo Country Lodge and Deli KambroThe Quilt Shed

    Scheurfontein The Shed Farm Stall Travalia Farm Stall Lah-Di-Dah Farm Stall Gays Guernsey Dairy

    Prince Albert Country Store The Lazy Lizard

    Joostenberg Deli and BistroThe Spice RouteFairview Tasting RoomManor House AlpacasFlorida Farm Stall Container Farm Stall Die Ou Kaya Farm Stall and NurseryLekkerbekkie Padstal Rietdakkie Farm Stall Die Tolhuis Tweefontein Padstal VeldskoenTankwa Farm Stall

    BaddafordEagle Hout KioskThe Village Farm StallBlue Magnolia Daggaboer Farm StallKweperlaanNoorsveld Farm Stall Blue Crane Wool and Mohair ShopBoschberg Tourism Hub

    NanagaHolmeleigh Farmyard

    Turning Point Padstal Toetsies Coffee Shop, Deli and Gallery

    The GroveMemory Lane Farm Stall Vaalkop Kontrei Winkel and Museum Die Boom Padstal

    Maggies Farm, Home of the Chicken PieJasmyn Farm Stall Tan Malie se WinkelVan Gaalen KaasmakerijThe Historic BarnThe Garden CafTrading Post Die PlaashuisHekpoort Heksie

    Irene Dairy Farm

    Ionia Cherry FarmJenLees Country ShopConstantia Farm Stall The Cabin Farm Stall and Deli

    Makiti Farm Stall Zandspruit The Wishing Well

    Altyd Somer

    Platrand Farm StallThe Aloes

    Pucketty Farm Stall Pickle Pot Caf

    The Junction at Nottingham RoadLinga LapaScrumpy Jacks Farm StallThamela Farm StallKwazulu Weavers and the Waffle Hut Thokozisa Dragons Cave The Pig & PloughPeters Gate Herb Farm

    Piggly Wiggly Coffee Shop and Farm Stall Dove House Organics Peels Honey Shop Celtis KloofRotunda Farm Stall and Balonkas Restaurant The Mushroom Farm

    AppelblaarMonsoon Gallery and Mad Dogz Caf Klaserie 1-stop and Lovebitez

    Keimoes Farm Stall Ukuvuka Farm StallAkkerboom Farm StallDie Pienk PadstalDesert RaisinsOma Miemies Farm Stall

    Lavender Blue

    The Farmstall Beaver CreekMac Banana Bucks Farm Stall

    The Village Shop and CafTimberlake Village Leeuwenbosch Dairy Farm StallElephant WalkThe Cow Shed

    Annex Kloof Cape Town Ostrich Ranch The Farmyard Farm Stall

    Free Range Farm Shop The Foodbarn Deli

    Chart Farm

    The Farm Stall at Halls GatewayRottcher WineriesPerrys BridgePats StallSabie Valley CoffeeAfrica Silks

    Wegraakbosch Cheese Thomac Essential OilsThe WheelbarrowAllesbestePekoe View Tea Garden

    Millys Country Trout StallThe Rose CottageFibs

    Peet se PadstalTinkTinkieOasis (Bushveld Gallery)Wildevy Biltong DeliGeluksfontein Goat Cheese FarmHotspot Farm Stall

    BOTSWANA

    Legend to maps Routes taken

    Cape Agulhas

    National Road

    Major Road

    National Route

    Other Route

    City

    Major Town

    Farm Stall

    Coastal Point

    +6 Farm Stalls 25 Farm Stalls 1 Farm Stall

    Country Name

    International Boundary

    ProvincialBoundary

    StellenboschStellenbosch

    Polkadraai1

    Cape Town to DurbanCape Town to Durban

    Cape Town to NamibiaCape Town to Namibia

    Cape Town to JohannesburgCape Town to Johannesburg

    Johannesburg to Port ElizabethJohannesburg to Port Elizabeth

    Johannesburg to the BushJohannesburg to the Bush

    Johannesburg to Northern CapeJohannesburg to Northern Cape

    Durban to JohannesburgDurban to Johannesburg

    Pg 18Pg 18

    Pg 72Pg 72

    Pg 84Pg 84

    Pg 104Pg 104

    Pg 132Pg 132

    Pg 152Pg 152

    Pg 112Pg 112

    CAPE TOWN

    N2

    R319

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  • Farm Stall to Farm Stall

    by Jennifer Stern

    A Food Lovers Guide to Farm Stalls and Markets in South Africa

    Your guide to finding real food in unreal places.

    There are hundreds of farm stalls dotted all around South Africa some in the heart of big cities, and some tucked away in the middle of nowhere.

    And till now they were hard to find. Youd maybe know one or two close to where you live, but once you hit the open road youd probably end up at the tender mercies of the faceless fast-food-factory joints that dispense burgers and coffee along with unleaded and diesel. If you dont move fast enough,

    they may wash your face with one of those squeegee window cleaners, and try to pump up your tackies.

    Well, farm stalls are different. Farm stalls are where you can get real food, made with real ingredients by real people, and often made with love. You may even get treated as a real person, and the chances are no-one will offer to check your oil.

    Following broad routes between major centres, this book lists and describes in excess of 150 farm stalls from tiny roadside shacks to shiny bucolic emporia.

    With contact details, opening times and GPS coordinates, this is an essential tool for ensuring you never have to eat a soulless meal on a road trip ever again.

    If its true that the journey is the destination, then lunch may be the ultimate objective. Enjoy the ride. Bon appetit.

    Farm Stall

    Farm Stall

    to Farm Stall to Farm Stall

    I S B N 978-1-77026-594-3

    9 7 8 1 7 7 0 2 6 5 9 4 3ANY COMMENTS [email protected]

    VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR UPDATES, DOWNLOADS, MAPS, CATALOGUES & SPECIALS

    MapStudio and the MapStudio device are trademarked to New Holland Publishing (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd.

    1st edition MapStudio 2014. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any

    means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior

    permission in writing from the Copyright owner.

    Scan this QR code to view the MapStudio websiteMAC/CPT/0613/NB/GH/TG