WHAT’S IN THE PICNIC BASKET?

Local supermarkets and eateries cater for Jozi’s smorgasbord of ethnicities and artisanal tastes. Try these:

• An assortment of snacks from Chinatown. You’ll find every flavour of Asian cuisine – from Korean to Thai and Szechuan – along Derrick Avenue in Cyrildene. Despite playing host to a mixed Asian community for many years, it’s still referred to as ‘new’ Chinatown, differentiating it from ‘old’ Chinatown on Commissioner Street in the CBD.

Authentic Portuguese ingredients and delicacies. Rio Douro Fisheries & Butchery at 155 Main Street in Kenilworth is the go-to place for anything from freshly baked breads, local and imported cheeses to pasteis da nata, cakes and cookies, slabs of smoked meats and chorizo.

Ginifer, a relative newcomer to the artisanal gin craze. The makers of this gin source a number of botanicals from the Faraday Muthi Market – you can’t get much more authentically Joburg than that. R350 via ahbev.com.

Chocolate and coffee. Head to the 44 Stanley complex in Milpark for the best of this classic combo. Chocoloza’s nuggets of decadence are part confectionary, part fine art – made from locally sourced and Fairtrade ingredients according to traditional Belgian methods. Bean There is SA’s first roaster of certified Fairtrade coffee beans sourced across Africa.