{"id":3139,"date":"2017-06-09T18:17:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T16:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:10:36","slug":"the-chefs-selection-at-eb-social-kitchen-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/the-chefs-selection-at-eb-social-kitchen-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chef&#8217;s Selection at EB Social Kitchen &#038; Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chef Russell Armstrong, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/eb-social-kitchen-bar\/\"><strong>Social Kitchen &amp; Bar<\/strong><\/a> in Johannesburg uses his latest Chef\u2019s Selection to highlight some of the best seasonal taste combinations.<\/p>\n<p>Searching for the right flavour combinations to not only please your palate and rumbling tummy, but also your wallet, can be difficult. Social Kitchen &amp; Bar has put together a delightful seasonally-inspired sharing menu that is light, tasty and satisfying.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The Chef\u2019s Selection, priced at R420 for a five-course lunch menu or R580 for a seven-course dinner menu<\/strong><\/span>,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> is designed for two people<\/strong><\/span>. It serves up seven share-worthy plates. Fresh, simple dishes bursting with vibrant colour, texture and palate-pleasing flavours.<\/p>\n<p>Russell\u2019s philosophy when it comes to food is to combine beautiful flavours using skilled technique to deliver the best meals.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I love to cook simple food, because that\u2019s what I enjoy eating. When I cook for my family and friends in Australia, it\u2019s always simple dishes \u2013 gnocchi, risotto or pasta. These are dishes I\u2019d like everyone to try, and share.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The lunch and dinner menus are similar, just differing in the number of courses, and will change regularly. Each feature a simmering combination of fresh flavours, international flavours and simple combinations of ingredients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions to EB Social Kitchen<\/strong><br \/>\n156 Hyde Lane<br \/>\nSandton<br \/>\n2196<br \/>\n011 268 6039<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chef Russell Armstrong, from Social Kitchen &amp; Bar in Johannesburg uses his latest Chef\u2019s Selection to highlight some of the best seasonal taste combinations. Searching for the right flavour combinations to not only please your palate and rumbling tummy, but also your wallet, can be difficult. Social Kitchen &amp; Bar has put together a delightful&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[440,43,132,39,128,44,133,45,622,621,42,131,40,129,41,130],"class_list":["post-3139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-specials","category-news","tag-eb-social-kitchen-bar-news","tag-friday","tag-friday-restaurant-specials-sandton","tag-monday","tag-monday-restaurant-specials-sandton","tag-saturday","tag-saturday-restaurant-specials-sandton","tag-sunday","tag-tasting-menu-sandton-restaurants","tag-tasting-menu-johannesburg-restaurants","tag-thursday","tag-thursday-restaurant-specials-sandton","tag-tuesday","tag-tuesday-restaurant-specials-sandton","tag-wednesday","tag-wednesday-restaurant-specials-sandton"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3142,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3139\/revisions\/3142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}