A night of traditional music and tswana cuisine
Monday, December 06, 2010
And as chief executive officers (CEOs) from various local companies and the urban crowd gathered at the P250 event, Tswana cuisine was served as the cherry on top.
Seswaa, serobe, dikgobe, lerotse, Tswana chicken, and morogo, were all served in one plate to give one a little bit of this and that from the wide variety of food that Botswana is endowed with. The impressive crowd that turned up for the night was rather surprising considering that it was a bit chilly and the rains that had been pouring, had been threatening to wreak havoc once again that evening.
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