Superette

So I’m away and Aisha is running shop as far as the food goes, her food is amazing and no doubt by the time I get back we’d have doubled our customers and they’ll be pushing me out the door with a “your services aren’t needed here anymore”. There haven’t been any posts in a long long time and that’s just ridiculous. The time running up to me going on holiday was just so crazy that doing a blog post just kept getting put off and put off. So here is a little something so that at least the blog isn’t stuck with the headline: We’re closed tomorrow!

Before I left I stopped by at Jason’s shop Jardine Bakery, he’d baked up a batch of wheat free ciabatta’s and we got to test them out. They’re pretty amazing, really amazing actually, hard to believe they’re wheat free and easy to say I’d choose them over the regular ciabatta’s. It was a little while ago, 3 or 4 weeks, and I’m sure he’s got them standard by now. Here’s great photo of him and his new boyfriend David, clearly a couple in love.

We just get busier and busier as time goes by and taking photo’s of food and people has become pretty difficult. But Cam managed to get some shots of what the place is like when we’re our average busy and we hope to get more to post up here, especially of the food - We recently realised that we have only one photo of one of our sandwiches.

Cam has ordered some more tables for the front so hopefully soon we won’t have so many people waiting around to get their grub in.

Lindy, Sissy and Rose are pretty much the backbone of Superette and they grind their balls down to the quick everyday making sure they get good food out as fast as possible, not always the easiest with our small little kitchen but they do an amazing job and have so much pride in running their kitchen well.

They are awesome and I thought it was necessary to put in a little ode to them. Here are some photo’s.

There is a gallery opening coming up on the 1st of September and the menu for the Supper Club should be posted soon.

There was a lot more to post but my brain is kind of switched off so here are some photo’s of the tasty fare the Jutland Coast has to offer.

The Gallery opening went well and so did the Supper Club, it was pretty laid back, a nice number of people but not stressful, plus Knobjockey 5 gazillion from the last opening apologised for being what he is, which was great. We’re also fully booked for next week’s Supper Club which is also great, but if you were wanting to make a booking give us a call anyway and we’ll put you down on a waiting list - there are often last minute cancellations.

We’ve been selling Appelsdrift Vegetables for the last month or two of Saturdays and I’m surprised how few people buy what we have available. Truth be told I’m glad it works out that way - it leaves me with amazing stock for Monday and it costs less than my regular suppliers. Anyway I got an e-mail from them today asking if there were any requests for their planting season and also noticed that they had a website which gave me a lot more insight into what they are about and what a great thing they have going, check it out here. We’ll have our usual supply on sale tomorrow from opening.

I also came across another website called Honest Chocolate. Quite a while ago Ashley, the curator at What If The World, had brought some tiny samples of what can only be described as the best chocolate ever made. Its really not an exaggeration, it had the most amazing smooth, silky texture, the taste of cacao was really pure and it just melted in your mouth. It is a friend of hers that makes it, Anthony Gird, and I thought it wasn’t available to buy because they had supplier problems but it turns out that he sells it at the Neighbourgoods Market and the Kloof Street Lifestyle Centre also stocks it. If you come across it you have to get yourself a box, its a lesson in what chocolate is supposed to be.

Cam laughed at this photo till purple lazer beams shot out his eyes and he insisted I post it on the website so here it is.

You guessed it: The Burgers are ready!

So the Cameron Platter opening was great, there was a huge turn out and the Supper Club that went along with it was crazy busy. There was another opening in town so we weren’t expecting a Julia Clark kind of opening but we got that assumption fed right back to us by the never ending handful of people walking through the door and still more queuing outside the door. It was a great night except for the drunken Knobjockey that stumbled into our kitchen with a very foul little mouth and gave us hell for overcooking his steak. Usually hearing about a badly cooked steak makes me jump into action and fix up the best steak you’ve ever seen to try make up for the error of my ways. But this chump didn’t deserve a muscle to be moved. It totally sucked having worked our balls off and then getting hell from a moron whose days are surely dark and friends are surely few. Anyway, feel free to stop by again Mr Chump, you’ll certainly get extra sauce with those fries. The show is up till the beginning of July and is well worth a visit. There are also bags that were made for the show that were pretty cool, and up top there is one the beers Cameron made for his Jetski cooler box that we managed to steal.

On Tuesday the 15th there is a Neighbourgoods Night Market from 18:30, go check it out, it should be great. We will also be closed on the 16th since it’s Youth Day, apologies but a Public Holiday is just too good to waste.

Some sad news for us is that Aisha ‘Sunshinehappinesslightoftheworld’ Treppo has gone away for the month of June. Our customers are miserable, we’re miserable and it just all round sucks not having her around. Travel safe and come home soon Aish, we miss you.

Winter is upon us and everyday I make a soup and everyday it sells out, no matter how much I make. Also our Plat du Jours have been great, for Monday I’m sensing a Lasagne with a rich, long-cooking tomato sauce and a bechamel with way too much Gruyere in it. Come check it out.

We’ve been pretty quiet ever since Thursday last week, it’s been a kind of nice change to be honest. But I suspect its going to pick right back up after Wednesday once everyone adjusts to this new World Cup World. I was lucky enough to go to Friday’s game and this was my favourite player.

Thanks for reading, stop by soon.

So there is some really exciting news for us and you. We have found a supplier of seriously amazing and seriously cheap Organically Certified Vegetables. This last Saturday we tried it out for the first time, they sell at the Market and so the Veg was delivered first to us where we took what we wanted to use and sell and then it moved onto the Market. There was Celeriac, Kale, Carrots, Radishes, Beetroots, Herbs of all kinds, some stuff we could not for the life of us figure out, Rhubarb, and the cherry on top was the Jerusalem Artichokes, so much Tasty Goodness. There was a lot more but that’s what I can remember off the top of my head. Anyway so we’re going to be selling the Goods on Saturdays when you’re gorging on your morning feast so do yourself a favour and grab some, we’re keeping the prices low so everyone can benefit and what’s left over you’ll find on the Monday menu.

Another piece of great news is that we’ve finally got our batch of plates in that we ordered for our Retail section. A lot of people have commented and appreciate the plates we serve our tasty goodies on and people have wanted to buy them left, right and centre. So we’ve got a batch in, plus some really interesting and different cups, PLUS some mega Piggy Banks. Unfortunately they have already sold out, the Piggy Banks I mean, in fact they sold out so quick that I didn’t even get a photo, which totally sucks but there are more on order which is totally awesome. Here’s a photo of the plates

And here’s one of the cups

Also check out the Retail section in the Gallery for some idea of what else we’re selling.

We’re really excited about Winter coming and all the rich, delicious food we can start cooking to keep your tummies warm. We’ve decided to make soup a regular feature and with Hasan’s great bread it’s one of our favourite lunch options, just today we had Tomato and Chickpea that later morphed into a great Smoked Aubergine, Tomato and Chickpea when we started running low. For tomorrow I’ve got some split peas waiting to make sweet love to a pork hock so I can serve you up the always wonderful Pea and Ham soup.

We’ve also decided to do a hot Plat du Jour everyday, so you’ll be seeing things like Pork Pies, Braised Lamb with Polenta, Confit Pork Belly with Mash, Lasagnes… Basically whatever we’re in the mood for cooking you’ll be eating. We’ve also added a Charcuterie Board with Steve from the Markets great saucissons, a couple chunks of cheese, some of our special made preserve and a mini tangy salad to wash it down.

I recently ordered Breakfast, Lunch, Tea: The Many Little Meals of Rose Bakery, it arrived last week and Aisha and I have both been cooking up a storm straight off the pages. It’s a great book, so similar to what we’re doing and what we want to do, just there it is on a bigger scale. They also like the wheat-free idea, plus they see vegetables as their main focus and when there is a hot meal it’s a piece of meat as an accompaniment to a vegetable, rather than the other way round, kind of how we would like to incorporate our Plat du Jours into our menu - a chunk of braised shank served with our toasted Cauliflower and Quinoa salad. Today I stocked up on our slow cooking cuts so I can’t wait to get into that, not to forget the mince for the Steaming Bowls of Chilli that are going to be flying out of this kitchen.

Also we only have 5 spaces left for our next Supper Club so call soon if you’re keen for a Lobster Stuffing. We do often have cancellations because Capetonians (I mean the ones not actually from Cape Town) are so crap, I mean awesome. So if we are full by the time you call, leave your details anyway and maybe there will be some last minute good news for.

Thanks for reading, see you soon.

PS. Thanks for the overwhelming feedback on the Live Crab question, clearly no-one wants Crab.

When we first started chatting about food and what we wanted to do here one of the first things discussed was the bread. It was clear in all our minds that it was one of the most important elements, a building block for all the good things to come. There were a couple of ideas about which baker to use but they were all pretty mediocre, it bummed me out because if your building block sucks well then it pretty much brings everything else down with it.
Then Aisha started talking about Hasan whose shop was just around the corner from her house out in Muizenberg, she claimed his bread was out of this world and exactly what we were looking for. She brought in a couple of samples the next day and we couldn’t believe it, there is nothing at least that we know of that compares to it. The flavour is really complex because of his natural ferment which, if I remember correctly, must be almost 3 years old by now. The crust is great and a lesson we learnt pretty early on from Hasan was that with this kind of bread-making the flavour just keeps developing and makes for even better eating the next day.
We were sold immediately and that weekend we went out to visit Hasan in his shop and it was one of the nicest and most laid back times we’ve had. We sat in his shop and talked about bread, he gave us a quick lesson about fermentation and the natural process compared to the commercial bread-making that happens today, plus we got some new business advice and even a lesson on how to make great coffee. But it was more that just the conversation that made the day, it was the place and the community and just the feel of it all. Throughout our visit people were popping their head in to say hi, grab a loaf of bread or a muffin, or just a cup of coffee to have an excuse to hang out and chat. Our time spent in Muizenberg village was great and sitting in Hasan’s kitchen feels like your sitting in the heart of the home.
I think his bread is a huge factor in the success of our food here and I can’t recommend it enough. Take a drive out to meet him and his product, you’ll find him at 4 Killarney Road, Muizenberg or give him a call by 3 to place your order for the next day - 0826693663

PS. Thanks Hasan for letting us use your images.

Afraid of Mice has just moved in upstairs and its great to have them. Last night we hosted their Winter Collection and it was a roaring success. We had great food, great music and beautiful clothes. Please visit them soon because their vintage treasures are selling like hotcakes.

Chocolate Marquise and Japonaise

Snack Table

Deluxe Coffeeworks are the guys who supply our amazing coffee. Karl and Judd have been with us from the beginning and have been an amazing support and given us a real coffee education. They source all their own beans and do their own roasting and started off as ‘roasting garagistes’ using Karl’s backyard to get the work done. Their priority is the roasting but despite this they’ve opened up a little shop were they can roast but also serve coffee to the masses. It’s the cheapest cup you’ll find, probably in the country, and without a doubt the best. They are in love with what they do and the new shop has got to be the second coolest place in Cape Town. Support them at 25 Church Street, Cape Town.

Our next Supper Club is ready to roll! 14th of April is the date we’ve set and the menu is just moments away from being published on the Supper Club link to the left. Check it out and book soon, this menu is an Ode to Our Favourite Things - Meat, New York, Animal Fat and Oysters… with a little homely goodness thrown in for good measure.

We’ve recently started doing catering, we’ve done a dinner party for a great family in Tamboerskloof and a couple of birthday parties and other events at the Superette. If you need someone to cook, whatever the occasion, or need a place to throw your party and some food to go along with it… then give us a call or send us an e-mail and we’ll get back to you with some options. Check out our Gallery to get an idea of what we do.