Marvin Leugering

Sugarbird Fynbos Gin – get it funded on Thundafund!

Need a shot of inspiration? Discover how a new affordable and accessible gin aimed at creative go-getters is hoping to give flight to the entrepreneurial spirit in others by tapping into the collective support of inspired and proud South Africans.

There’s a new gin perched on the craft beverage tree. Sugarbird Gin is the manifestation of a few passionate entrepreneurs and spirit lovers. But she isn’t claiming to be the premium gin. No, she’s
about capturing the essence of South Africa and inspiring and empowering creative pursuits.

Sugarbird believe in the creative innovation of humanity, the incredible ventures that are born when people connect on common ground (often over an easy drink) and in the rewards of hustling to make your dreams come to life. But making dreams come to life is no easy feat as any entrepreneur will tell you, and so with the gin movement on the rise and desire to empower entrepreneurs in SA (especially the underrepresented women and previously disadvantaged), Sugarbird poured their passions together and crafted the vision for Sugarbird Fynbos Gin, a great SA gin with true entrepreneurial spirit.

Affordable and Accessible

This gin was created with hard working hustlers in mind. Sugarbird want her unpretentious, great
tasting quality to be enjoyed by the masses, fuelling as many creative ambitions as possible and making the craft gin trend accessible to a wider audience. By partnering with larger distilleries, this gin is moderately priced.. She is an everyday gin, not an elite, premium gin.

Proudly South African and always improving.

Sugarbird Gin includes extracts of juniper berries, rose geranium, orange peel, lemon peel, grapefruit peel, honey bush, Angelica root, rooibos, cardamom, Cape May (which is sourced by botanists of the slopes of Table Mountain), coriander and a tiny dash of cinnamon. – Rob Heyns.

What Can You Get Through This Campaign

By helping fund this project on Thundafund, it’s your unique opportunity to purchase some of the following exciting rewards:

A bottle of Sugarbird Fynbos Gin at a discounted price.
A bottle of Sugarbird Fynbos Gin at a discounted price, and some delicious
Barker & Quin tonic.
A bottle of Sugarbird Fynbos Gin at a discounted price and two Riedel to Go
Stemless Glasses.
A KOI Bootcamp Access Pass.
A Sugarbird Gin Infused Dinner.

Fund this project now!

Christmas Lunch & Dinners Pretoria Restaurants 2017

The festive season is nearly upon us and it’s time to celebrate!

Christmas Dinners & Lunches in Pretoria are always a wonderful experience to enjoy with the entire family. From buffets, set menus, and a la carte offerings, most restaurants offer traditional dishes to get you into the festive spirit. When looking at buffets, most places allow for a reduction in prices so that the kids also get good value for money while more fine dining establishments often prepare a delicious set menu that can be paired with great local wines to make this Christmas dinner or lunch a huge success for everyone involved.

On this page, we’ll be listing Christmas Eve Dinners as well as Christmas Day Lunches and Christmas Day Dinners. If you own a restaurant and would like to have your event featured on FoodBlogPTA as well, please always feel welcome to contact us – we’d love to promote your news, events & specials.

Christmas Menus Pretoria Restaurants 2017

Christmas Eve Dinner Pretoria 2017

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Christmas Day Lunch Pretoria 2017

Christmas Feast at Relish Bistro [read more]

Christmas Day Dinner Cape Town 2017

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Iceland’s Award Winning Reyka Vodka Now Available in South Africa

Living in a place like Iceland, gives one an interesting view of the world. It’s a beautiful place, but it’s also rugged and provocative. It requires its people to live creatively and take an inventive approach. And so when it comes to making vodka, Reyka followed this path. You can see it in their unique distillation method and innovative process. And you can surely taste it in the distinctive flavour of Reyka’s award-winning vodka.

A product of Borganes, a small village steeped in Viking history, Reyka Vodka is hand crafted in preciously small batches in Iceland’s first vodka distillery. Hailing from a land of fire and ice, Reyka makes the most of Iceland’s resources – using nearby glacier spring water and lava rocks as a natural filtration system. On top of that, the distillery is also powered by geo-thermal energy from nearby hot springs. This gives every drop of Reyka its smooth taste and silky finish.

Fuelled by living on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Icelanders come from a tradition of self sufficiency and making many things by hand, infusing nature and our own unique perspective in virtually everything we do. From the resourceful use of lava rock and glacier spring water, to being the only vodka in the world that uses a Carter-Head Still in distillation, Reyka Vodka is able to bring you the essence of Iceland by producing a smooth tasting vodka unlike any other. – Shaun Stemmett, Brand Manager for Reyka.

Reyka’s hand crafted process takes about 6 hours to produce a small batch of only 1,000 litres of vodka, using one of the only Carter-Head Stills in the world – and the only one that is used to make vodka. This precious spirit is then analyzed by the Master Distiller to ensure each and every bottle retains the highest of high quality.

Reyka made its debut in Iceland in 2005, when William Grant and Sons set out to make the cleanest and smoothest vodka in the world. It has developed an exceptional taste reputation internationally; in 2011 Reyka was awarded the Vodka Trophy at the International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) and in 2013, the Gold Medal in the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and ‘Very good—Strong recommendation’ at the Ultimate Spirits Challenge.

With a taste described as exceptionally smooth and rounded with a soft natural sweetness and a slight hint of wild fruits, Reyka Vodka is now available at leading liquor stores. Bottled at 43% ABV, RRSP R299.95.

30% Off Sushi Special at CTFM

Cape Town Fish Market is turning 20 this year, and to celebrate this special occasion they are launching an exciting new sushi special.

It is a unique restaurant built on fresh ingredients, a relaxing atmosphere, and, most of all, great-tasting seafood and sushi. From 1 August to 19 November CTFM customers can get 30% off all sushi on the menu – all day, every day.

Join them today to take advantage of this great new sushi special!

Truth Coffee is looking to fund Brew Bar on Thundafund

Truth Coffee is fundamentally changing the nature of a coffeeshop experience. You don’t need to look at a menu, order a coffee, or rush your visit. Instead, you will buy time with a world-class barista. Don’t just receive a finished product, learn and appreciate the full process, from bean to cup.

Fund the project on Thundafund!

Since Truth first opened in 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa their cafe has won multiple international awards from newspapers including T he Guardian and T he Telegraph UK, who have identified it as the best in the world. Their cafe features a steampunk design and is truly one of a kind.

The Truth Coffee Brew Bar

Truth are constantly aiming to enhance the experiences customers’ in order to consistently satisfy the high expectations that they so proudly garner. Their brand and reputation has flourished because of their commitment and their consumers’ support. One always reinforces the other.

Because of the importance of their relationship with their customer, they want to become even more familiar, more open and approachable. By building a Brew Bar you will be able to sit for longer, drink more coffee, try new brewing methods, and better understand their process. If you’re a coffee geek, great, they know you will cherish a Brew Bar experience. But if you aren’t (or at least not yet) this is your chance to become one, to explore beyond the menu or to treat family or friends.

We don’t want to give too much away, but here are some key words. Think pneumatics, hydraulics, levitation, aeronautics and of course, steampunk.

You will step through a gate, onto a private platform, with your own personal barista and party, the gate will shut behind you and the entire brew bar will levitate, taking you and your friends/family into a private space, overlooking our cafe, but providing a distinctly private experience.

Why a Brew Bar?
Their two most popular blends of coffee (Resurrection and Vengeance) were designed in a traditional manner, excellent as espresso and filter, respectively. As such, TRUTH has become identifiable with their smooth and flavourful flat-white.

As their roastery has developed, and their new product development team has blossomed, so has their need to adopt and perfect new brewing methods (think Aeropress, Drip Coffee, Cold Brew, Nitrous, etc).

This process is amongst the most exciting of the endeavours underway at Truth, and they now need a platform to share this project with you! After all, the overall goal is to provide an ever better customer experience!

Truth plans to do this through a brew bar. They want to invite you into their developments, allowing you to broaden your caffeinated horizons and curiosities, and allowing them to streamline their processes in a way more appreciative of your wants and desires.

How to make this project a reality?

In order to make this project a reality Truth are turning to the coffee lovers of the world through a crowdfunding campaign on Thundafund.com. With a dream goal of R500000.00 Truth has only 30 days to make it to their tipping point of R250 000.00.

At Truth we believe in quality above all else. To build something joyfully extraordinary requires time, passion and importantly, the right funding.

We do not do things half-hearted. We are going to build a brew bar that will truly be one of a kind.

Your kind donations will go towards a project that has been in the planning stage for almost a year. Truth are going to create an experience that you can only discover at TRUTH Coffee.

What Can You Get Through This Campaign?

This is your unique opportunity to purchase some of the following exciting rewards:

Exclusive pre-sale tickets to the Brew Bar.
One on one time with Truth Coffee founder David Donde.
A barrister course with you and 7 friends at Truth’s barrister academy.
And a highly unique offering of making your own signature coffee blend from
start to finish with the Truth team.

Fund the project on Thundafund!

The Counter’s Rocky Road Bars Recipe

Do you love The Counter?

Over the past few years, The Counter has grown immensely and their products can now be found all over Johannesburg at various markets selling their delicious home made sweets. One of their favourite products are their Rocky Road and Meg from The Counter was kind enough to make the video available to our readers.

Remember that The Counter also does catering for events and corporate functions. If you love what they do, why not give them a call to cater for your next office party.

Rocky Road by The Counter

Ingredients:
3 x 180g Dairy Milk slabs
2 x Crunchies
1 x Large Peppermint Aero
1 x Large Bar One
1 x Milky Bar
2 x Cups Rice Krispies
12 x Marshmallows
6 x Tennis Biscuits

Method:
Melt the Dairy Milk slabs in the microwave in a glass bowl – 30 seconds at a time. Once melted, cut
in the other chocolates (varying sizes for texture) and marshmallows. Leave some of the
marshmallows whole. Crush in the Tennis Biscuits and pour in the Rice Krispies. Mix well, until
everything is covered in chocolate.

Pour into a lined baking tray and refrigerate until set. Cut into large squares and serve.

Download the Col’Cacchio Rewards App

Start earning slices for every visit to Col’Cacchio!

Download the new Col’Cacchio mobile app and start earning rewards for every pizza slice that you eat. Becoming a pizza connoisseur has never been this easy as the app moves you from Apprentice to Maestro. All you have to do is log in every time you visit a Col’Cacchio pizzeria. Other handy features include the section where you will always find the latest menu, while it also lets you find the store you are closest to. More features are in the pipeline to make the app even more awesome!

P.S.: There will be a surprise waiting to all new users!

Download the app today!

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Don’t miss out on the Monday two for one special at Col’Cacchio Pizzeria

Col’Cacchio pizzeria, one of South Africa’s most popular and authentic eateries recently launched its new Monday ‘Buy 1 & Get 1 on Us’ special which will be available ~~from May until 31 August 2017 at all outlets across the country.~~ This special has been extended until the end of September due to popular demand.

Mondays buy 1 and get 1 free at Col’Cacchio pizzeria

Purchase any gourmet pizza and get a second classic or gourmet pizza, of your choice for free. The vibrant Italian-inspired restaurant offers a wide variety of gourmet pizza options filled with flavourful taste combinations. Whether you’re looking for something spicy or fresh, you’re bound to find a dish that will satisfy your palate.

Try the Nacho Libre, a Mexican inspired, jerk spiced chicken pizza topped with fresh, homemade Guacamole, sour cream with a hint of tomato chili salsa or the popular, Moghul, an Indian butter chicken pizza topped with mozzarella, coriander and drizzles of crispy onion. Whether its brunch, lunch or dinner, the new Monday pizza special is available all day and is one special you won’t want to miss out on!

Head over to your nearest Col’Cacchio pizzeria or Mio Col’Cacchio pizzeria nationwide to can take advantage of their two for one special. The offer is available for all in store or takeaway purchases however excludes all delivery orders. The less expensive pizza is free.

R50 Monday Special at CTFM

CTFM is celebrating Mondays with an epic R50 promotion.

To get your week off to a great start, you can head to CTFM every Monday to get great value for money. Get a portion of Fish & Chips (200g) or any burger on their extensive menu (served with chips and onion rings) for only R50. This special is available all day long for lunch and dinner.

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What will you order? A burger or fish & chips?

Directions to Cape Town Fish Market Pretoria
Shop F63,
Parkview Shopping Centre,
Cnr Garsfontein Road and Netcare Road,
Moreleta Park,
Pretoria,
0044
012 998 0070

Braai Free – Online Meat Store

Convenience. Quality. Affordability.

Braai Free ticks all these boxes by making the most delicious meat hampers, desserts, deli goods, and condiments available for you to purchase online with delivery to your door.

We stock only AAA-grade meat and process many of our own products in our factory adding age-old recipes and love to every product. Our prices are highly competitive and you can become a Braai Master without having to leave the house or wait in line.

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