No. 100 in the world · November 2026

Bao Down

Green Point · Cape Town, South Africa

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Steamed buns with spicy Korean fried chicken

The line to expect: Busy most evenings.

Pan-Asian buns that Cape Town fills most evenings, from our Cape Town guide.

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Double-fried Korean fried chicken, plain and yangnyeom

1 hr 15 min · 4 (with beer). What Seoul's chicken houses do: a thin potato-starch batter fried twice, which drives out moisture and leaves a glassy crust that stays crisp even under the sticky, sweet-hot gochujang glaze. Make half plain, half glazed, the way it's ordered.

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