Bizarre Foods: Kalahari Special

Kalahari

Andrew travels to South Africa and the Kalahari Desert where the food can be as exotic as the wildlife. Andrew tastes the cuisine in southern Africa, including zebra at a restaurant outside Johannesburg and giant porcupine in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana.

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Adventures in the Kalahari

Andrew hunts a deadly mamba snake and gets emotional during a ...

04:09

Eat more meat

Andrew eats wildebeest and zebra at South Africa's carnivore ...

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Food crawl in Soweto

Andrew samples food in Soweto, a popular tourist destination ...

02:43

Behind-the-Scenes Kalahari

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Shisanyama

Andrew explores a shisanyama, a burning meat restaurant.

Johannesburg, South Africa

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Duba Duba Snack Shop

Andrew and Sibu make a stop her so Andrew can sink his teeth into a huge sandwich called a kota.

Soweto, Johanessburg, South Africa

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Carnivore Restaurant

Andrew takes an impala he hunted to this restaurant, a meat lover's paradise that serves all kinds of wild game, including antelope to zebra.

69 Drift BoulevardMuldersdrift 1747, Gauteng, South Africa

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Muthwa Butchery

Andrew's guide takes him to his favorite food joint -- a butchery where you buy meat and have it cooked outside in Soweto.

Soweto, Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Yeoville Market

Andrew visits this market where he learns about the medicinal properties contained in dirt. In South Africa, people eat specific kinds of dirt to treat different ailments.

Johannesburg, South Africa

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Jewel Beetle Hunting

The tribeswomen are foragers and can identify more than 100 plants in the Kalahari Desert. They show Andrew how they do it and they show him another source of protein 'the jewel beetle.

Botswana, Africa

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Harvesting Honey

The Ju'hoansi tribesmen show Andrew how they find harvest fresh honey from a killer bees' nest.

Botswana, Africa

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Hunting the Hornbill Bird

While hunting for food, Andrew and the Ju'hoansi tribesmen capture a hornbill bird as part of a meal.

Botswana, Africa

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Hunt for Local Game

For another meal, Andrew learns how to hunt local game with the Ju'hoansi tribe in the Kalahari Desert.

Botswana, Africa

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