The food snobs of Cape Town and the Winelands are going to choke on their Chardonnay, but in a list of the world’s top 12 cities in which to eat – compiled by Time Out magazine – Johannesburg gets the nod over the Mother City. “To really know a city is to eat its food. But what makes a great food city? It isn’t its number of plaudits and Michelin stars, but something a bit more simple: options,” writes Time Out.
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“To create and rank the final list, we narrowed down the selection by excluding cities with lower overall scores and including only the highest-scoring city for each country.” The magazine then asked its global network of Time Out editors and writers to give the lowdown on what makes their city an exciting dining destination in 2024 and to recommend their favourite places to eat right now. Of course, Time Out knows food.
“We’ve been eating our way around the world’s best cities for decades, reviewing and ranking restaurants to keep our bestof lists as fres.
