Up early to make a “Christmas Cake”. Slightly tricky as we didn’t have half the
ingredients or a cake tin, but I managed to cook something that at least
resembled a cake and hopefully tastes OK.
Buck's Fizz drunk and presents opened, we headed to The Dunes bar round the corner
for a large Christmas buffet breakfast.
We were clearly early as the place filled up rapidly after we arrived. It was really chilly (only about 20 degrees!)
and there was a hint of rain so we headed back to the apartment for a lazy few
hours playing Greg’s Christmas present game, Bawo (known as African Chess). In the afternoon the sun came back out and we
had a great time flying the kite on the beach – a perfect Christmas pastime.
We had asked loads of people in South Africa what a traditional
Christmas dinner is and got completely different answers from everyone. The one common theme was the braai. So our
Christmas dinner was pork spare ribs in peri-peri sauce, lamb chops, roast
potatoes, sweet corn, leeks in cream sauce followed by mince pies and “Christmas
cake”. It was all delicious including my
cake!
(photo - Christmas
dinner)
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