bobotie

South Africans Trevor Immelman in 2009 and Charl Schwartzel in 2012 went with a spiced minced meat pie topped with an egg custard called a bobotie, a chilled seafood bar and a lamb-centric barbecue called a braai.

The banter has also seen Nigerians telling South Africans their Jollof Rice is better than South Africa's Bobotie, a spicy mince-meat dish.

Variations of the dish can be found spanning a variety of cuisines, from Vietnamese gio to South African bobotie, French pâté to Middle Eastern kibbe, even Swedish and Italian meatballs.

More American executives are brushing up on Mandarin, learning to appreciate fine French wine and acquiring a taste for the spicy meat in South African bobotie.

I was also enjoying my first plate of bobotie—a South African dish of spiced minced meat topped with custard.