Is there a South African equivalent to Greggs?

spark_sara

Apologies for the random question! It came up in office conversation. Greggs is a low cost Bakery chain in UK. My colleague was concerned that, should he visit South Africa, he would not be able to find the vital sustenance he gets from his daily Greggs, or a local equivalent - i.e., to make it more pertinent to travel, how alike are South African and British culinary habits?

Originally asked by jidl on Stack Exchange (travel) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I love this question! Really, the FCO should include "Closest local equivalent to Greggs" alongside its safety and visa information for every country. It's essential information :-) There are quite a lot of Greggs-like pastry-heavy bakeries in South Africa. One widespread franchise is King Pie , who are quite Greggs-like: ( pic from WikiVillage ) Their "steak pie" pasty should cure any Greggs addict's Steak Bake withdrawal, and the Steak and Kidney pasty is possibly more Greggs than Greggs itself. FYI, in South Africa, a "Russian" (like in "Russian roll" in this image) is basically a large frankfurter-type hot dog sausage. Apart from that it's all very familiar, but if you want a cuppa with...

Full answer by user56reinstatemonica8: https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/80855 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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