Sandwiches & Wraps

Kota

Spatlo

South Africa

A Gauteng township street food: a quarter loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with polony, cheese, eggs, Russian sausage, atchar, and slap chips - called kota in Johannesburg and spatlo in Pretoria and Tshwane townships.

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Kota sticker illustration

Original eatfuls sticker artwork

What it is

A closer look at Kota.

A Gauteng township street food: a quarter loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with polony, cheese, eggs, Russian sausage, atchar, and slap chips - called kota in Johannesburg and spatlo in Pretoria and Tshwane townships.

What to look for

Know it when you find it.

Quarter loaf of bread filled with polony, chips, eggs, sausage, and atchar, cheap and filling, a Gauteng township street food, a snack.

Where it belongs

Origins and
traditions.

Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Kota.

Native to

South Africa

Country-wide tradition

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Names around the table

One food, more than one name.

Kotaprimary
Spatlolocal · 🇿🇦

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