Question 1

Where can I find halal restaurants in Cape Town?

Accepted Answer

Meat Market lists 650 halal restaurants across Bo-Kaap and the City Bowl, Athlone, Rylands and Gatesville, Lansdowne, Wetton and Ottery, Manenberg, Heideveld and Bonteheuwel, Wynberg and Plumstead, Claremont and Kenilworth, Mowbray and Rondebosch, Woodstock, Salt River and Observatory, Grassy Park and Lotus River, Retreat, Steenberg and Lavender Hill, Mitchells Plain and Strandfontein, Gugulethu, Nyanga, Philippi and Langa, Khayelitsha, Maitland, Kensington and Pinelands, Goodwood, Epping and Elsie’s River, Parow, Ravensmead and Belhar, Bellville and Bellville South, Durbanville, Brackenfell and Kraaifontein, Kuils River, Blue Downs and Delft, Milnerton and Century City, Table View and Blouberg, Constantia and Tokai, Muizenberg and Lakeside, Hout Bay, Fish Hoek and Simon’s Town, the Atlantic Seaboard, Atlantis and Mamre, and Somerset West, Strand and Gordon’s Bay.

Question 2

What Cape Town halal corridors are covered?

Accepted Answer

The Cape Town guide covers Bo-Kaap and the City Bowl, the Athlone, Rylands, Gatesville, Crawford and Surrey Estate corridor, Lansdowne, Wetton, Kenwyn and Ottery, Manenberg, Heideveld and Bonteheuwel, Wynberg, Plumstead and Diep River, Claremont and Kenilworth, Mowbray, Rondebosch and Newlands, Woodstock, Salt River, Observatory and District Six, Grassy Park, Lotus River and Zeekoevlei, Retreat, Steenberg, Lavender Hill and Vrygrond, Mitchells Plain, Tafelsig and Strandfontein, Gugulethu, Nyanga, Philippi, Crossroads and Langa, Khayelitsha, Maitland, Kensington, Pinelands and Paarden Eiland, Goodwood, Epping, Elsie’s River, Matroosfontein and Bishop Lavis, Parow, Panorama, Ravensmead and Belhar, Bellville and Bellville South, Durbanville, Brackenfell and Kraaifontein, Kuils River, Blackheath, Blue Downs, Delft and Eerste River, Milnerton, Century City and Montague Gardens, Table View, Parklands and Bloubergstrand, Constantia and Tokai, Muizenberg, Lakeside and Kalk Bay, Hout Bay, Fish Hoek, Ocean View and Simon’s Town, Sea Point, Green Point and Camps Bay, Atlantis and Mamre, and Somerset West, Strand and Gordon’s Bay.

Question 3

What halal cuisines are available in Cape Town?

Accepted Answer

Cape Town halal options include Cape Malay cooking such as bredie, denningvleis, bobotie, sosaties, koeksisters and daltjies, the Cape gatsby and salomie, Indian-Muslim akhni, breyani, roti and samoosas around Rylands and Gatesville, grilled and braai kitchens, seafood including snoek, plus Somali and Congolese cooking in the Bellville trader corridor, Turkish, Lebanese, Syrian, Yemeni, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Malaysian and Indonesian kitchens, and a large number of halaal slaghuise, butcheries, bakeries, spaza shops and takeaways.

Question 4

Does the Cape Town directory include the Cape Flats and the townships?

Accepted Answer

Yes, and that is deliberate. The Athlone, Rylands, Gatesville and Mitchells Plain corridors hold the densest halal commercial activity in Cape Town, and Gugulethu, Nyanga, Philippi, Langa and Khayelitsha are covered as well. A Cape Town halal guide built only from the City Bowl and the Atlantic Seaboard would miss most of the city’s halal food.

Question 5

Does the Cape Town directory include Stellenbosch, Paarl or the airport?

Accepted Answer

Stellenbosch and Paarl are out. They are separate municipalities in the Cape Winelands District and nobody means them by Cape Town. Cape Town International Airport is in, because unlike Narita, Schiphol, Berlin Brandenburg and the Paris terminals it sits inside the launch municipality, in the Matroosfontein area about 18 km from the CBD. The directory also covers the whole municipality including Atlantis and Mamre in the north and Somerset West, Strand and Gordon’s Bay in the Helderberg basin.

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