GOLD Spice Experience

The curated, private, one-on-one spice experience at our Cape Town restaurant explores the history of spices throughout the world, taking you on a story telling adventure through the eyes of our African staff. Venture down the spice route from Uganda to Burundi, the lakes of Tanganyika, and Zanzibar, the spice island. Smell, taste and identify spices as you listen to the stories of how an island in Indonesia is linked to Manhattan through the spice trade and European wars, while you discover a different side of Africa through its spices and the unique experiences of our staff.

 

 

A private, intimate dinner experience with African hospitality, stories, food and entertainment.

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What to expect

The Spice Experience at GOLD is an intimate and immersive dinner experience where you will embark on a journey to discover where flavour was born.

 

 

The history of spices is actually the history of the world. The desire for spices like pepper and salt started extraordinary voyages around the world, leading to the discovery of new lands and people.

 

 

This unique one-on-one dining experience will include a djembe drumming experience before dinner, and an arrival cocktail followed by multiple sharing-style dishes.

 

 

Venture down the spice route as our staff explain how spices were used as currency and how they helped to develop the world, all the way from the explorers of Portugal, to the traders of India and farmers of Zanzibar. Taste, smell and delight in an aromatic new world as you learn more about African spice pastes and well known African spice mixes.

 

On arrival, the djembe drumming interactive experience is just the start of the entertainment for the evening. While the highlight of your evening at GOLD is sure to be the one-on-one intimate experience. Here at GOLD, the entertainment will captivate you – enter into a land of Mali puppeteers, Xhosa face-painters, Zulu warriors, and even be serenaded by a calabash playing soloist.

 

A visit to our kitchen to meet our chefs can also be arranged during the evening.

 

Be transported into the beating heart of this vibrant continent through this one-of-a-kind unique spice experience.

 

 

Key Features

 

  • 18:30 – Interactive Djembe drumming
  • 19:00 onwards – Dinner and entertainment – A curated spice experience
  • Available for minimum 2 guest to a maximum of 10
Fantastic experience

Fantastic experience. I was considering a cooking experience, but this fit in my schedule better and thought it’d be close enough. When I got there, everyone was very welcoming, learned about spices (I already had some solid base knowledge, but the owner was exceptional), had some amazingly divine food, and the show/performers added a lot to the experience. Best food experience I’ve had. After talking about food for awhile and seeing that I was interested, they even gave a quick tour of the kitchen and restaurant. If you’re in Cape Town, or even just South Africa, or heck, whatever hemisphere this is, cannot recommend this experience enough.

Douglas -AirBnB



There's nothing else like it!

This was such a wonderful experience. We were entertained from start to finish and all of the food was so delicious. I learned so much about the spices and cuisine not just from South Africa but from all over the continent. Our host was absolutely amazing and she made us feel very welcome. We even had a few private performances that made us feel so special. This is a must-do activity in Cape Town; great for any night but especially your first or last. There's nothing else like it!

Terina -TripAdvisor



Join us for a night of GOLD

Physical Address:

15 Bennett Street, Green Point, 8005

Restaurant Enquiries / Bookings

Tel: +27 (0) 21 421 4653

Cell: +27 (0) 82 414 9663

info@goldrestaurant.co.za

Venue Enquiries / Bookings

Tel: +27 (0) 21 421 4653

venue@goldrestaurant.co.za

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