{"id":48,"date":"2016-06-30T08:54:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogtest.cowebtech.ca\/?p=48"},"modified":"2019-10-03T08:53:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T13:53:28","slug":"south-african-braai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"South African Braai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found that resteraunts in Kruger National Park varied quite a bit in quality. &nbsp;Where I started in Lower Sabie was a Mugg and Bean (which I hear is a chain). &nbsp;The food was quite good; mostly International fare, sandwiches, burgers, steak, etc; but the view was spectacular, right over the Sabie river with good opportunities to watch game on the morning, or the sunset in the evening.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When I passed through Skakuza (where I would love to stay next time) there was a steakhouse overlooking the river and the Skakuza railway bridge. &nbsp;The food here was really good also.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So, I had high hopes for the last camp, Pretoriuskop. &nbsp;Unfortunately, it features something called a Whimpy, which is a South African fast food place. &nbsp;I cannot actually comment on the food since I decided to bbq instead.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the park shop you can buy meat and vegetables, dessert, and even wine. &nbsp;They also sell a Braai box which is this wooden box with a fire starter (looks like a small brick of C4), some kindling, and some charcoal. &nbsp;As far as I can see, all the huts and campsites had somewhere to bbq.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So I placed this box on the metal stand and lit it, and presto &#8230; we have fire!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-TysBTcTp2GA\/V3TeM6eF6fI\/AAAAAAAAMAE\/UnPa-gd1WRE\/s1600\/blogger-image--1516106652.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-TysBTcTp2GA\/V3TeM6eF6fI\/AAAAAAAAMAE\/UnPa-gd1WRE\/s1600\/blogger-image--1516106652.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">A lot of fire! &nbsp;Of course, you have to wait for this to calm down a bit before you can start grilling. &nbsp;Eventually you are left with just the charcoal glowing and then you can start cooking. &nbsp;Cooking is then the same as using a charcoal grill, so you should spread your charcoal out before you start.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;\">When you book accommodation inside Kruger, try to see what is included. &nbsp;Some of them have hot plates, cutely, even pots and pans. A fridge is handy too so you can keep milk cold.<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found that resteraunts in Kruger National Park varied quite a bit in quality. &nbsp;Where I started in Lower Sabie was a Mugg and Bean (which I hear is a chain). &nbsp;The food was quite good; mostly International fare, sandwiches, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/?p=48\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[32,33,34],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-africa","tag-bbq","tag-braai","tag-kruger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}