Soweto Street Food

5 dishes in South Africa

5 street foods from Soweto, South Africa: Walkie Talkies, Smiley, Mogodu, Amagwinya and Shisa Nyama. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

Street foods of Soweto

🍗 Township Classic · Chicken Feet & Heads Walkie Talkies Chicken feet are genuinely nutrient-dense — high in protein and collagen and low in kilojoules — which has helped walkie talkies gain attention well… Chicken feet and heads, scalded to loosen the skin, seasoned heavily with curry powder, turmeric and chilli, then grilled, fried or stewed until tender. Township vendors sell them by the… 🐑 Township Delicacy · Sheep's Head Smiley The dish gets its cheerful name because singeing the head with a hot metal rod causes the sheep's lips to curl back and dry into what looks like an… A whole sheep's head, hair singed off, then boiled for about an hour with just salt until the meat pulls tender off the skull. Sold whole from roadside stands and taxi ranks, it's… Tripe Stew · Township Pot Mogodu Mogodu is so tied to the start of the week that 'Mogodu Monday' is a standing tradition at many township eateries and homes. Cleaned tripe, and often ox or sheep intestines, slow-simmered for hours with onion, tomato and stock until richly tender, traditionally cooked in huge pots over open fires in townships… Fried Dough · Township Staple Amagwinya (Fat Cakes) The same fried dough ball goes by different names depending on the vendor's language — amagwinya in Xhosa and Zulu communities, vetkoek on Afrikaans… Deep-fried dough balls with a crisp golden crust and a soft, chewy interior, sold plain or split and stuffed with polony, cheese, mince or apricot jam. Informal vendors sell them for as… Braai Culture · Buy & Grill Shisa Nyama Some of Soweto's most famous shisa nyama venues, like Chaf Pozi, sit directly beneath the city's iconic cooling towers, turning a former… A 'buy-and-braai' ritual where customers choose raw meat — boerewors, chops, steak, chicken — from an on-site butchery counter and have it grilled over open coals to order, eaten…

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