The African Spot

I opened this shop 3 years ago and it is still going strong. I am a single mum with a 5 year old. I run this shop on my own so am not always able to be here everyday. There will be days I close for time off or close early or at least for a few hours to enable me to take orders down to the post office and run errands. I have found the best way to keep customers updated about opening times is via twitter.

Please check out http://twitter.com/southafricakent or

 before visiting

The African Spot offers your favourite foods from South Africa. Like me, there are many of you that were born in Africa but have for one reason or another moved yourself and perhaps family to make a new one in a foreign land. It is difficult to get used to the people and new surroundings.

If everytime you smell a braai and you think of boerewors, braai salt, rugby games, and the beach. Or if breakfast cereals remind you of pronutro and maltabella. Padkos reminds you of crème soda and peppermint crisp. Or you long for a packet of biltong and a Creme Soda, then pop into my shop and pick up a few tastes from home.

Please feel free to use the words takkies, braai’s, babalaas, ag, aikona, bakkie, bliksem, howzit my china, chips, cooldrink, dwaal, ek sê, isit, kief, sif, skollie, lekker, padkos, skelm, slap chips, baggies, boerie, bunny chow, tjommies, vasbyt and voetsek