Cape Town for The Food Pilgrims: a Friday-to-Monday weekend

A spice shop since 1946, with sacks of masala, cinnamon sticks and dried chilli; buy a mix to take home before you go for dinner.

A Cape Malay institution since 1961, with lamb breyani, daltjies and a plate of samoosas; no alcohol served and the portions are generous.

Cocktails built with local spices and herbs, served with small plates; a good nightcap if you are still hungry.

Saturday only: oysters, sourdough, biltong and a hundred other stalls in a converted biscuit factory. Go before ten to avoid the crowd.

A home cooking class with Fatima Sydow in Bo-Kaap: samoosas, curry and rotis, and you eat what you cook around her table.

Small plates in a silo with a rooftop view and a menu that arrives in waves; the best table is by the window.

Taste the estate wines, including the sweet Vin de Constance, in the old cellar before lunch; the tasting is quick and well explained.

A Cape Malay and Dutch menu in the old manor-house kitchen, with slow lamb shank, bobotie and a wine list from the estate.

A 14-dish African tasting menu with a drumming show; it is a loud, theatrical evening that you either love or avoid.

Steampunk cafe with the roaster running; the flat white is the point, and the breakfast plates are big enough for a second round.

A cobbled square of African crafts and stalls, a good place to buy a souvenir and the day's bread; closed on Sunday.

A deli counter of sandwiches, pasta and cakes, and a cheap, quick lunch on the pavement before the airport run.