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Sydney Madang, CBD, Sydney (and bonus Spiedo dessert!)

by Craig on December 1, 2011 · 3 comments

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Yesterday we went to a Korean restaurant, Sydney Madang.  As is common with Korean restaurants, Sydney Madang is a BBQ restaurant where they provide a stove in your table and you do your own cooking!

Once it’s confirmed that you’ll be ordering BBQ dishes they bring the fire.  While the actual unit runs off gas, they provide some charcoal to speed things up, and to give your food that BBQ taste.

It’s quite a big contraption, and while the table has four seats, I think you’d find it hard to seat that many people, especially once the table is full of cooked and uncooked food.

There is an indoor section and an outdoor section.  BBQ can be done in either, but smoking is only permitted outside (where technically it should not be allowed as it is under cover).  We were seated in the smoking section because there were no tables available inside and we didn’t feel like queueing, although the queue did seem to move relatively quickly.

The first batch of food arrived.  Ansim Gui (fillet steak) ($23).  Also here is a bowl of sauces that I have no idea what they are!  (BAD BLOGGER!)

Here is the Dweji Bul Go Gi (Marinated Pork) ($15), and the other condiments which included kim chi (picked cabbage), marrows, lettuce, potato salad, and something I can’t identify but I think it was bean curd skin.

The cooking process!

We also ordered a starter of Twigim Mandoo (fried dumplings – seafood and vegetable) ($16 for the large portion)

After a while the food is done.  It looks a little over done, but it wasn’t, it’s just the marinade that has caught.

Nice food, but something that I think you could quite easily do at home on the BBQ.  I’d go again for sure.  Next time in the non-smoking section though.

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Afterwards we were looking for dessert.  We traipsed Haymarket, World Square and most of the CBD it seems.  Eventually we remembered that Spiedo are known for great desserts.  We’re actually going there next week for a full meal but couldn’t resist the urge to drop in and sample something sweet!

Zuppa Inglese ($14).

The Zuppa Inglese is a meringue/Pavlova/trifle type dish that also contains a custard and small pieces of chocolate with a spongy syrupy/liquery base.  Hard to describe, wonderful to eat!

Dessert plate ($18).  On the left is Amedei chocolate barbajada which was a lovely dark chocolate with a milk gelato on top.  In the middle a deconstructed tiramisu that was very nice, and a strawberry gelato (although I think it was perhaps closer to a sorbet) which was a top slithers of real strawberry and was very tasty and refreshing.

We’ll report more on these as I think it’s very likely we’ll have them again when we return to Spiedo.

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Choyan Restaurant, Gordon (NSW, AU)

by Craig on June 15, 2011 · 0 comments

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On Wednesday last week we visited a restaurant that we’d seen a few times on our way home.  It looked like a nice enough place and we felt like some Chinese so we went in and gave it a try.  We’re glad we did.

To be honest we’ve been despondent about Chinese restaurants for a while.  In South Africa, there is a serious lack of good Chinese restaurants.  I’m not talking about take away, I mean proper restaurants, and while Choyan does do take away, in South Africa the trend seems to have gone toward restaurants that are primarily take aways with a few plastic tables and chairs for those who want to eat in.  That’s no way to provide dine in service.  Our over all favourite Chinese restaurant, “Hong Kong” in Pretoria, South Africa, closed it’s doors many years ago and we never found an acceptable replacement.

Well I’m happy to say that Choyan, the first Chinese restaurant that we’ve been to since becoming residents of Australia definitely meets our expectations.

You can see that the decor is a few years old, and the table we were at had bits of paint peeling off, but over all we were happy to see something reminiscent of what we remember from our favourite restaurants of the past.

For starters we had the curry beef puffs ($7.20 for 4).  They were lovely.  Tasty, crisp and hot.

We also had har gau ($9.80 for 6).  Lovely little dumplings of prawn.

For mains we had BBQ pork omelette ($18.80).  Again just lovely.  I haven’t had foo yong for a long time, and to have it with char siu (BBQ pork) was wonderful!  This was quite a serving too, and some of it was taken home for lunch the following day.

We also had a serve of fried rice ($9.00 for a large), which came with prawns (or large shrimps) which were appreciated and relished.

Our other main, which was also quite large, and some of which was also taken home for lunch the next day, was the lemon chicken ($17.80).  Nice.  It came with a batter rather than a crumb which is more what I’m used to, but it was very nice.  The lemon sauce was very sticky and sweet, more like a syrup, but it was still very nice.

Caroline skipped dessert, but I had the coconut delight ($5.00).  I was a little surprised when it arrived as I wasn’t expecting something that looked like that, but was happy to find that it tasted very nice.  It was a kind of coconut blancmange apparently!

We particularly liked the window to the back of the restaurant that looked out onto a bamboo garden that had been lit up.

Total bill including two lemon, lime and bitters, and two flat white coffees came to $83.20 for two people.

They also do take away, and offer a 10% discount for orders over $20.  They’ll deliver for free within 5km with orders over $30, and for orders further afield the delivery charge is $4.00.  Delivery times are 17:00 – 21:30 and they’re open seven days a week.

BUSINESS HOURS

All Week 11:30 – 15:00
Mon – Thur & Sun 17:00 – 22:00
Fri, Sat & Public Hols 17:00 – 23:00

Choyan Restaurant
9-11 St John’s Ave
Gordon
NSW 2072
Australia

Tel: 02 9498 8698
Fax: 02 9499 2013

 


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Food: MooMoo, Design Square, Brooklyn, Pretoria

by Craig on March 1, 2011 · 3 comments

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I like steak.  I like it a lot, but since trying to cut down on kilojoules we don’t get to have it that often any more.  It’s not the steak that’s the problem, but all the things that come with it.  But if you account for all of that and try to stick within a certain amount of kilojoules per day then it can be done.  On Sunday we went out north of Pretoria to visit the Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre, and on the way back we decided to stop and get some food.  I’m so glad we did because this is definitely one of the best steaks I have ever eaten.

We returned to Pretoria and asked the GPS to guide us to a steakhouse.  The first one it chose lead us to a relatively new looking shopping centre, but for the life of us we could not find the restaurant.  We left and Caro did a bit of searching on the Internet to see what else was available.  She found MooMoo, it was close, we liked the name.  I mean if a place called MooMoo can’t do steaks right then who can right?

MooMoo is in a centre called Design Square.  Caro mentioned that we’d been to that centre before on a previous trip to Pretoria, but I didn’t recognise it.  Eventually I started to put things together and once I realised that the place used to be called Brooklyn Square then I knew we had been there.  It’s a very nice centre, now full of restaurants and interesting shops, one of which we will have to come back to – a shop that sells all sorts of coffees and coffee paraphernalia.

I also got the feeling sitting at dinner that we could be in Cape Town.  That’s the kind of feeling you get sitting there, listening to the music, enjoying a good meal while the sun is still shining even though it’s lateish.  It’s a good feeling to have.  Even just passing through Pretoria East, roughly where we used to live, reminded me of how much we actually enjoyed living in Pretoria.  There’s just something different about it that Johannesburg, or even Durban doesn’t have.  We even saw apartments similar to what we are looking for in Sydney, albeit at a very high price that would not be affordable to us when still living in South Africa.

Any how, enough reminiscing!  On to the restaurant!

MooMoo seems very casual, but done in a way as to not seem too casual, or tacky.  They had live music, which I normally detest, but the people playing that night were actually quite good, and played quite a range of easy listening classics.  On the tables you’ll find a square glass vase filled with soil and growing wheatgrass with the roots visible through the soil (I love that look), presumably to have the effect of a small field of grass for the cow to graze on.  Well our slabs of cow would not be doing any grazing that’s for sure!  On the table you’ll also find their menu, which is laid out in the format of a newspaper, the “Moo News” where you can read all about the place, and of course look at the menu.  The front page of the menu is their fairly extensive whine (wine) list, each particular wine graded on a scale of 1 to 10, the lowest being “very ordinary” to the highest being “Superlative, Cape classic”.  We’re not really wine drinkers, but incidentally if you just want a glass you’re not penalised.  Pick any of their wines from the list and you can have a glass of it, for exactly(ish – some are rounded (up or down) to a full Rand) one quarter of the price of the bottle, which they dish out in quarters.  On the next page you’ll find their brunch menu (they open at 09:00), light meals, salads, platters & wraps.  The next page is their starters and meet (meat) dishes.  The final page covers their desserts and drinks.  If you’re into cocktails you can select from their wide rage of bovine themed names such as Moogarita, Moojito, Roll in the Hay, Milkmaid’s Orgasm, Strawberry DaquMoori, and “That Udder Drink”, containing Cointreau, Amarula, Malibu & cream.  Mooo…

We went the “boring” route though, having steak, some sides, a shared dessert, and to drink passionfruit and soda and cappuccino.

The focus of our attention.  BBQ basted, 250g beef fillet steak, cooked medium well. It comes without any side dishes, but is still very will priced at R82.  I have to say that this steak was absolutely perfect.  Not only was it cooked perfectly to my liking, but it actually looked like a 250g steak.  Most steaks shrink when cooked more, but this one was still quite large and appealing.  It wasn’t a fluke either as Caro had the exact same order and her steak was identical.  Well done MooMoo!  Oh, and the taste?  Absolutely amoosing!

We ordered two side dishes and shared them.  This was the indulgent onion rings (R12), that were wonderful.  Tasty, cooked well (i.e. not raw), and not dripping with oil.

And the slightly healthier baby potatoes (R12) that were also cooked to perfection.

To finish off we each had a lovely cappuccino. (R16)

And the induglent, but shared, crispy caramel springrolls with ice cream.  (R32)  The caramel inside was lovely, not too hot, but not cold, and the spring rolls did not leak or squirt hot caramel all over you when bitten into!  Totally unexpected, but the ice cream also seemed to be coconut, which we absolutely love.

We will definitely be back, and soon!

MooMoo
Brooklyn Design Square
cnr Veale & Middle Streets
Brooklyn
Pretoria
Gauteng
South Africa

Tel: 012-346-8888
Email: grazing@moo-moo.co.za
Web: www.moo-moo.co.za

 


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Food: Red Chamber, Hyde Park (JHB)

by Craig on February 23, 2011 · 0 comments

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First a slight rant:  Why is it so dark in restaurants?  They always make the lighting so dim that it’s virtually impossible to take decent photos without using the flash, and due to the flash they come out looking washed out and terrible.  I don’t like using flash in restaurants because it disturbs other patrons and draws attention to myself.  In this case other people were happily flashing away taking photos of each other so I wasn’t too bothered, but apologies for the poor photos none the less.

Red Chamber is a Mandarin Chinese restaurant in Hyde Park, Johannesburg.  It is quite highly rated, and we can see why.  It’s one of the few Chinese restaurants around in South Africa that actually looks like a proper restaurant and not a take away.  Yes, I do enjoy sitting at a proper table and chair in a nice setting rather than at a plastic garden table & chair!

The food is good here too.  We read a review when we were looking for a decent place to have our Chinese New Year feast and came up with Red Chamber.  Unfortunately Caroline was in Cape Town when we should have gone for our CNY feast, but that doesn’t mean we couldn’t come here for a normal meal afterwards!  I suggest reading the review too since there are some funny parts to it, and some good information on what to have at Red Chamber.

But this isn’t a review, it’s just a blog entry from a happy customer who will be back – even before we leave for Oz.

The seating at Red Chamber is comfortable, and the decor is pleasing.  Unknowingly (until we got there) our outfits matched their colour scheme of red and green!  This photo makes it look darker than it actually was, but you can see that it was pretty dark.

For starters, Caroline chose to have the spring roll, which looked amazing.  It’s a pity that they didn’t have any meaty ones on the menu but this looked pretty damn good.  There was no soy sauce on the table – I’m not sure if that was deliberate or just an oversight, but the starters were served with a bowl of lovely sweet and sour sauce.  I’m not sure whether the sauce was for my starter or intended to be shared, but there was sufficient for both of us. (Vegetable Spring Roll – R15.00)

I had the deep fried pork wonton.  Very nice.  They look a little over browned perhaps, but they were certainly tasty and were not burnt at all.  Along with the sweet and sour sauce these were just lovely. (R28.00)

For main course we ordered two dishes and shared them.  We were still looking though the menu when other people’s orders of sizzling beef came through.  Just by the smell alone we had to order one – the smell was so enticing!  I wasn’t quite finished perusing the menu when the waitress arrived and she asked if she could come back, but I was quite happy to just order the sizzling beef and I’m glad we did.  When it arrived it was sizzling, bubbling, steaming, and that wonderful aroma was permeating the room!  It tasted just as good as it smelled and looked.  Wonderful bits of beef in a deep, dark, rich, umami sauce along with spring onions, lovely sweet regular onion and garlic.  It was served on an iron plate in the shape of a cow.  Ooh, just writing this entry makes me want to hurry back there now for another one! (R86.50)

The other main course we had was sweet and sour pork.  While not quite as amazing as the sizzling beef, this dish is very, very nice in it’s own right.  Served with pineapple, green pepper (capsicum) and carrot, the pork itself was not fatty at all and lightly battered.  I’ve had so many sweet and sour pork dishes where the pork has been unacceptably fatty, and the batter either too thick or too oily, or both, but this was neither.  I’d certainly have this again too. (R74.50)

Both were served with a bowl of egg fried rice, which was very nice too.  I could eat this on its own! (R14.80)

Caroline chose to have the bowtie for dessert.  She says it was nice.  Not too sweet and syrupy. (R15.00)

I chose the ice cream with ginger.  I love vanilla ice cream and I love candied ginger so this was perfect! (R37.00)

We finished off with cappuccino, which is unusual of Chinese restaurants in South Africa.  They normally just have the usual jasmine tea, which I like, but didn’t feel like that night.  They also have oolong tea if that takes your fancy.

I don’t think I saw char siu on the menu, even as BBQ pork, which is a pity, but perhaps that is not Mandarin.  One thing I did see that reminded me that I like it, is foo yong (Chinese omelette).  I haven’t had foo yong for a very long time and think we need to go back there for lunch one day so I can get it!

Oh, and something else – they don’t use MSG at all, not that I mind food enhancers, but ultimately that’s good, especially since most MSG are synthetic.  They also don’t use butter, cheese – so perhaps a bit better for the lactose intolerant.

Red Chamber
Hyde Park Shopping Centre
68 Hyde Park Corner
Hyde Park
Gauteng
South Africa

Tel: 011-325-6048

 


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Asian Food: Chinese New Year Feasting

by Craig on February 14, 2011 · 4 comments

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Happy Chinese New Year … last year that is!

That’s how far behind I am with my Asian food posts, but there are not too many of them so it’s not too much of a worry.  So yes, last year we decided to celebrate CNY at home.  Even though we’re not Chinese we decided it would be a great excuse to fire up the wok and get cooking Chinese food.  This year we’re unfortunately in a teensy little garden cottage and so decided not to bother with cooking up a great feast, instead deciding to go to one of the few CNY festivals around and grab something to eat there.  Unfortunately Caroline was called to Cape Town for a week for work and so we have now missed the festival.  Not to worry, next year we’ll be in Sydney and will get to enjoy all the festivities there – and when Caro is back we’ll go and find the best Chinese restaurant we can find and have some excellent food there instead!

I realise that none of what we did includes any of the real symbolism of a real Chinese new year feast, but we were certainly happy with what we did.

By the way, you can see our non-recipe post for this meal here.

Onto the food.  First the photos, then the recipes.

We started off with shrimp crackers (not pictured) and moved on to velvet corn soup.

After the soup the plan was to have steamed Shanghai dumplings, but this didn’t work out too well.  We made them in advance and put them on a plate covered with film in the fridge.  When it came time to cook them they were all stuck to the plate and were destroyed when I tried to get them off.  Pity…  I guess next time they have to be made and cooked quickly.

Next was the honey glazed lemon chicken.  The glaze was served separately in a gravy boat.

These were also served with what is known as “longevity noodles”.  The noodles included bean sprouts, bok choy, broccoli & snow peas (mange tout).

For dessert we had orange tofu mousse with mandarin segments.

We finished off the meal with steamed red bean buns and steamed taro buns, not pictured because they were bought in rather than made by us.

Jasmine tea ended off the meal.

The Recipes:

Velvet Corn Soup
(adapted from Martin Yan’s Feast (ISBN: 0-912333-31-6))

Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

115g raw prawns (or shrimp)
6 cups chicken broth
0.5 cups diced cooked ham
0.25 cups chopped water chestnuts
1 large can cream style corn (+/- 450ml)
3 tbsp cornstarch dissolved in 0.3 cup water
2 egg whites, lightly beaten
1 green (spring) onion
2 tsp sesame oil
pinch of white pepper
pinch of salt

Method

If the prawns are not already shelled and deveined, then do it, and chop into coarse pieces.

Add the broth to a large pot and bring to the boil.

Add prawn, ham, chestnuts and corn, and reduce the heat to a simmer, stirring frequently.

Add cornstarch and increase the heat, stirring until it boils and thickens, then turn off the heat.

Add egg whites, stirring until they form threads.

Add the onion, sesame oil, pepper and salt to taste.

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Honey Glazed Lemon Chicken
(adapted from Marin Yan’s Feast (ISBN: 0-912333-31-6))

Serves: 4

Ingredients

4 boneless chicken breasts

Marinade

2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp cornstarch

Sauce

0.3 cup lemon juice
0.25 cup honey
2 tbsp chicken broth
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp graten lemon (or orange) peel
oil for deep frying
cornstarch or flour to coating chicken
1 egg, lightly beaten
Japanese panko breadcrumbs
2 tsp cornstarch dissolved in 1 tbsp water

Method

Combine the marinade ingredients in a bowl.

If the chicken breasts are too thick they may need to be flattened or butterflied a bit.

Add the chicken to the marinade and stand for 10 minutes.

While waiting, combine the sauce ingredients in a saucepan.

In a wok or deep frying pan, add and heat sufficient oil to cover the chicken.  Heat to 180˚C or thereabout.

Dip chicken into cornstarch, then into egg, then into breadcrumbs.

Deep fry chicken, turning once until golden brown – 3 to 4 minutes on each side.

Remove and drain on paper towel.

Cook sauce over a medium heat, stirring until it comes to a simmer.

Add cornstarch, increasing heat until the sauce boils and thickens.

Cut chicken into bite sized slices and pour sauce on top.

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Longevity Noodles
(adapted from somewhere on the Internet!)

Serves: ?

Ingredients

egg noodles
snow peas (mange tout)
mung bean sprouts
broccoli
bok choy
mushrooms

Method

This one’s very easy!

Cook the noodles according to the instructions on the packet.

Lightly stir fry snow peas, bean sprouts, broccoli, bok choy & mushrooms.

Mix it all together and you’re good to go.

We served it with the chicken.

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Orange Tofu Mousse with Mandarin Segments
(adapted from Martin Yan’s Feast (ISBN: 0-912333-31-6))

Serves: 6

Ingredients

1 packet unflavoured gelatine
0.25 cup cold water
0.75 cup sugar
0.5 cup boiling water
1 can (+/- 170g) orange juice concentrate
230g soft tofu, drained
1 can (+/- 320g) mandarin oranges, drained
a few mint sprigs

Method

In a bowl mix the gelatine with cold water and wait one minute to soften.

In a blender add sugar, boiling water, and softened gelatine and blend until all is dissolved.

Add juice concentrate and tofu and blend until smooth.

Pour into a large bowl, or individual bowls and refrigerate until set.

Place mandarin segments on top in a little pile, and garnish with a sprig of mint.

 

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Primi Piatti & The Butcher Shop and Grill

by Craig on December 15, 2010 · 2 comments

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The week before last we needed to go to Rosebank to have our passports evidenced. That means that while our Australian visas were authorised, they were not printed into our passports. This isn’t strictly necessary, but knowing how bureaucrats work we would rather have the proof right there in our passports so that no one can argue. We also needed to take the car in for a service so we took the opportunity to use our new found public transport system. While it’s a great step forward, it is still quite limited in where it goes, but fortunately we were able to get everywhere we needed to go using only public transport.

We dropped off the car at the service place, and caught the bus to the train station. From there we caught the Gautrain to Sandton, and then a bus from there to Rosebank. We did our business with the visa place and then headed to The Zone, which is a nearby shopping centre. It was still early when we arrived so we decided to have breakfast. One of the only places open at the time, and a good choice at that was Primi Piatti. We’ve been to different branches of Primi many times, but never for breakfast. We were keen to try them out.

Primi Piatti’s Latte Macchiato (R25). Served in a giant cup!

This is their ‘Bacon Cheese Melt” breakfast (R33 including egg; R28 without). It’s a hashbrown and cheese stack on top of a few rashers of bacon, and some cherry tomatoes scattered around the plate. I had mine with a fried egg on top which is optional. A very nice breakfast indeed!

Primi Piatti

Shop FF20A

The Zone Shopping Centre

Oxford Road

Rosebank

Johannesburg

Tel: 011-447-0300

Fax: 011-447-6316

Email: thezone@primi-piatti.com

Web: www.primi-world.com


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Next we went to walk around another nearby mall, and eventually headed back to Sandton.

When we got to Sandton we did a bit of clothes shopping and by this time it was lunchtime so we wandered around looking for somewhere to have lunch. We decided on a place called ‘The Butcher Shop and Grill’. We had heard positive things about this restaurant so we thought we’d give it a try. In some ways it was a good choice, and in some ways not.

One of the nice touches that we experienced here was a free side-starter of boerewors. They were some of the tastiest ‘wors that I have had – very fine textured and very very little visible fat and gristle as some ‘wors can tend to have.

Next up was the complimentary bread. What are these freebies actually called? Is there a name for this course? It’s not really a starter or appetiser as these come next. Well, not for us. We were so stuffed with boerewors and bread that we skipped the starter course and went straight to mains.

With the main course we ordered a side order of creamed spinach, and boy was that good. Sometimes it can be made so watery and insipid, but not here, it was perfect.

We opted for steak for our main course. This is where things went wrong – to a degree. Let me explain. I do not like a bloody steak. I used to opt for well done steak because more often than not it would appear with visibly red juices leaking out of the meat. The problem with well done meat is that while some restaurants err on the side of medium, some restaurants present you with a piece of charcoal – and of course they indemnify themselves on the menu by saying that they’re not responsible for well done steaks.

As a result, at some stage I started asking for “medium-well” steaks to try and avoid the charcoal, and this has worked well most of the time. But not here. I ordered medium-well, but what I received was probably more like medium-rare. Now call me silly, but a restaurant that is supposedly famed for it’s steaks should be able to get all levels of ‘doneness’ right without needing a disclaimer, and without customers having to send their food back.

I didn’t send my food back, and this is probably where I went wrong – I should have. There is some method to my madness though, as the steaks served here are quite lengthily aged and I wanted to see if an aged steak would be any better at this level of doneness than a non-aged steak. In a way it was better as there was no sign of blood even though the meat inside was clearly not cooked well enough for my liking. However even without the blood I did not at all like the texture of the rarer meat inside. I’m like that with tuna too – I know, to a connoisseur I’m a heathen. (Of course why can’t I be a connoisseur in my own style?)

Now don’t get me wrong – if you like your steak rare, this would probably have been one amazing steak. Indeed, the portions of the steak that were cooked though were very very tasty, and the light basting and chargrill marks were very nice. We chose fillet, which is both our favourite cut. I had mine with mash, which was also very nice, and Caroline had hers with a baked potato. If I remember correctly their smallest size is 260g which is quite large, but you can request any size larger than that if you want. Unfortunately I can’t remember the price, but it was not particularly cheap, and on their online menu it is SQ.

Dessert, which I still can’t believe we had as we were so very full, was an Apple & Berry Crumble (R50) that we shared. It was very nice however I do think that the name is pushing the boundaries of ‘crumble”, and I think they need to mention on the menu that it contains nuts. I don’t have a nut allergy, but many do. I just don’t like most nuts, but fortunately these were almonds which along with macadamias are my least hated nuts, so all was ok. The dessert was served with ice-cream (or cream if you wish) and a thin wafer. (Wafer thin mint? Go on you know you want to… :-) ).

The Butcher Shop and Grill

Nelson Mandela Square

Sandton

Johannesburg

Tel: 011-784-8676

Fax: 011-784-8677

Email: reservations@butchershop.co.za

Web: www.thebutchershop.co.za


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A Weekend At Kwa Maritane

by Craig November 11, 2010 Breakfast

This last weekend we took the opportunity to go to one of the wildlife reserves that is easier accessed from our new home, Pilanesberg National Park. The lodge that we stayed at is called Kwa Maritane, and is quite luxurious. While we were there it seems like we ate and ate and ate, but really [...]

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Our Namibia Trip (3 weeks of food!)

by Craig October 13, 2010 Breakfast

Finally after returning from our three week holiday in Namibia late last month, I’ve been able to sort out all the photos and get them on here for you to see! Firstly though, before we get on to the food, let me give you a brief account of the holiday, Namibia and why we went [...]

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Saké Restaurant, The Rocks, Sydney

by Craig July 22, 2010 Dinner

Yesterday we finally got to go to Saké Restaurant in The Rocks.  We went there the other day to find out that they were fully booked and so we could either wait 45 minutes or make a booking.  We chose to make a booking for the next day, which was yesterday.  Confused?  Me too! Saké [...]

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The Argyle, The Rocks, Sydney

by Craig July 21, 2010 Dinner

I’ve taken quite a liking to The Rocks recently.  I don’t know what came over me, but in previous trips I’ve written the place off as “that crappy old place”.  Yes it is one of the oldest parts of Sydney, but really it does have a wonderfully “ye olde” feel to it that is really [...]

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