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.
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