Makipkip

Another childhood love of mine is a snack sold on the streets, at taxi ranks, in spaza shops and practically everywhere you go in the township. It has various names like ‘diskopas’ and ‘oumatande’ but the name everyone knows is ‘makipkip’. It’s popcorn that has been coated in various sugar syrups and left to dry and harden.

People often ask me why the popcorn in makipkip is different from the kind you use at home or at the cinemas. This is because there are actually two kinds of pop