Nomads Gypsy Food Wagon – an exciting new phase…

We have entered an exciting new phase of our attempt to lead a sustainable nomadic life. After traveling to SE Asia, Philippines and the South Pacific for a year, we are back in Cape Town, South Africa, which is our home base for the summer months. Before we left on our trip we sold much of our possessions, including our big Victorian house in the upmarket Gardens area of Cape Town. We used the proceeds of the sale to buy my family home from my 90 yr old parents…they are now financially independent for the first time in their lives :). Some of the money financed our island adventure trip, and the rest of the money has been invested and produces a monthly income for us to live on.

We are trying out various options to make our nomadic life an ongoing reality, and for the next 6 months we will be leading a gypsy lifestyle while traveling to festivals, markets and events with our newly acquired Gypsy Food wagon, from which we will sell tasty food from around the world, inspired by the food we ate on our travels. We also bought a cool 1976 Jurgens Autovilla to tow the wagon to more distant towns, as we can then sleep in the camper when overnighting. Our friend Gerda Louw spent a week painting our wagon with her take on Akhona and I as gypsy’s…We think it looks very cool 🙂

Of course, we will also do catering for weddings, 21st parties and events, with our themed food wagon adding a visual element to any function. Themed gypsy, bohemian and 60’s/70’s functions will be even more groovy with our Autovilla and wagon on site…

Our Gypsy Food Wagon provides a varied international menu of tasty, delicious food cooked in the wagon itself. Dishes include food we came across while travelling:

• Maldivian Coconut Curry -mild curry with coconut cream, potato and onion served with rice. Chicken/Vegetable
• Sicilian Spaghetti and Meatballs – Nonna Serra’s traditional recipe. Beef/Vegan
• American Grilled Cheese Sandwich – Made on the flat grill with tomato and onion
• Indonesian Nasi Goreng – fried rice with vegetables and sweet soy sauce. Chicken/Vegetable
• Thai Fried Noodles – fried egg noodles with vegetables and soy sauce. Chicken/Vegetable
• Malaysian Noodle Soup – clear soup base with egg noodles and vegetables. Chicken/Vegetable
• Gypsy Bean and Carrot Stew – hearty, healthy stew with carrots, kidney and sugar beans served with brown rice. Beef/Vegetable
• Fijian Coconut Soup – tasty coconut soup with dash of lemon and ginger. Chicken/Vegetable

This venture is both exciting and scary, as we are trying something new which is outside of our comfort zone….What is new, I hear some friends say 🙂  Time will tell if it is financially viable, and if it does not work out we will simply sell the beautiful wagon and move on 🙂