Kudu goulash and an African Prince

We (CSC team members) have been arriving in Johannesburg throughout the day - March 15th, so the whole group actually met for the first time for dinner. We went to a restaurant at Nelson Mandela Square called "Lekgothlea", where they served traditional South African dishes. The meal started with a traditional hand washing ceremony, where a women was assisting person to person with a bowl of water with a bit of vanilla essence. The food was amazing, very different from what I am used to. There were many things to choose from. The strangest/most unusual was the goulash from Kudu, which I think is a kind of antelope. There was also Chakalaka - an extremely hot dish which consisted of carrot and chillis, chicken with curry, four different kinds of beard with a wide variety of dips: guacamole, mushrooms, cheese, hummus, and many others. There was also a large selection of deserts: chocolate cake, kind of donuts with honey and many other things with names I neither pronounce nor remember. And the best thing was - it was all you can eat buffet.

We also enjoyed some live music and an "initiation" face painting. Mine was an African Prince, with a blue crown representing love and trust of my tribe, a shield, a spear and a sword on my face cheeks. According the lady doing the painting, the spear was never used, so I am wondering if it means I am lazy or just rule in peaceful times :-)