It’s Spring – love life, share a picnic, be romantic!
Delicious picnic baskets can be reserved via email, and Afro-Boer will need two days’ notice to prepare a beautiful affair. The baskets are designed to be shared with two people and cost R380. Baskets for kids can also be ordered for R75 per child.
Directions to Afro-Boer
Meerlust Road
Equestria
Pretoria
0050
012 807 3099
Are you up for the challenge?
Relish Bistro is offering a 2kg top-grade rump steak with chilli rub served with fries and a 340 ml Coca Cola for R695. But if you finish this meal within 30 minutes, you don’t have to pay a single cent.
Are you brave enough? Book your table!
Directions to Relish Bistro
Springbok Park
Grosvenor St & Pretorius Street
Hatfield
012 430 3449
Do you have what it takes to finish Mike?
Tackle this monster of a burger with 5 x 200g Pure Beef Patties, Cheddar, Bacon, Chips and a 500ml Draught or Milkshake for R199.50. As an incentive, finish Mike in 30 minutes and you get to keep your Limited Edition Burger Bistro Knife.
As a benchmark, the current fastest KO is 7 minutes and 38 seconds. Are you up for the challenge???
Directions to Burger Bistro Hazelwood
The Village, 15 16th Street
Hazelwood
081 510 7080
There’s something about eating out for breakfast, whether it’s a breakfast meeting or catching up with friends on the weekend. It’s a treat without being extravagant, a time when you want something sustaining, comforting and not too fussy, nutritious enough to get you through the day. PRIMI’s newly launched breakfast menu fits the bill perfectly and while they still have their selection of timeless breakfast classics, they have come up with some sparkling new dishes that put the zing back into comfort food and leave you feeling well fed, healthy and happy.
Tradition
Chef Natale Schotti has been at the helm of PRIMI’s recipe development for the last year, her food background embracing the whole of the Mediterranean and the Middle East. You taste these influences in the fresh herbs, citrus highlights and gentle spices that enliven each dish, and she’s passionate about using ancient traditions such as fermenting foods to add both flavour and nutritional value. “The doughs we use for our breads and pizza are fermented and aged for at least 48 hours,” says Natale, “so you get a much better eating experience, a lot lighter.” These include a light crusty sour dough ciabatta and a dense, delicious rye.
Another fermentation innovation is a creamy yoghurt relish, natural yoghurt that is fermented for a few days with capers, herbs and luscious olives, to become thick, fresh and tangy. It works perfectly to balance the richness of the luxurious new Salmon Fraîche Frittata, an open-style omelette baked with cream and fresh salmon in a simple enamel dish in the pizza oven. Topped with generous ribbons of smoked Franschhoek salmon trout and a chopped Persian salad vibrant with herbs and fresh crunchy vegetables, the whole dish is power packed with nutrients, so indulgence and healthy eating go hand in hand.
Preservative-free condiments
As well as researching old food traditions, Natale is very firm about cooking without any preservatives and making everything from scratch in house. She’s introduced two age-old condiments into the PRIMI kitchens. The first is a simple green salt. Natural rock salt ground with celery and slow-dried herbs, it’s bursting with flavour and is used judiciously in every dish. Another favourite element from the Levant is toum. “Toum is ancient, it’s fresh garlic ground down with lemon juice, salt and oil,” explains Natale, “it’s something that is amazingly flavourful, and I love using quirky old traditional things and giving them a new coating.”
Gremolata, that delicious fresh and zesty Mediterranean condiment is another lively addition, especially addictive in the Sautéed Mushrooms breakfast dish, where the mushrooms soak up all that herby, lemony goodness. They come to table piled on top of creamy avocado salsa lavishly spread on rye toast and topped with a perfectly poached egg, light but sustaining and very moreish.
Locally sourced ingredients
There are only three ingredients that PRIMI imports from Italy, their tinned tomatoes, for that true Italian flavor, their bronze-cut pasta and the fine 00 flour. All the rest is sourced locally and Natale buys from an accomplished local cheese maker. “We use a lot of fresh cheeses,” she says, “in particular the aged mozzarella for our pizzas, also the fresh fior di latte mozzarella, and a wonderful salted ricotta, slightly aged, creamy and rich, it’s a gorgeous cheese.”
This ricotta is the secret ingredient in the hearty new ‘breakfast pasta’ dish, Rigatoni Forza, a quirky re-invention of a traditional Italian baked pasta – it’s the perfect winter warmer, robust flavours of bacon and chorizo in a tomato sauce, a slight kick of chili, added depth from the ricotta, and two eggs tucked into the dish, then baked in the pizza oven. With a light dusting of lemon zest and pecorino to lift all that heartiness it’s a dish to keep you warm throughout the day, even when there’s snow on the mountains.
The breakfast menu
There’s plenty more on the revamped breakfast menu, which reads temptingly in several chapters, from the indulgent Eggs Benedict in four variations, the Frittatas, Breakfast Bowls and classic straightforward bacon and egg combos like the PRIMI Power. Look out on the drinks section too for the new warmly spiced Masala Chai tea and latte. Don’t expect to manage more than one dish at a sitting (unless you’ve run a mini marathon before breakfast), they are generous and filling; but if you can’t decide between several of the mouth-watering descriptions, why not order several dishes for the table and share. It’s not tapas but there’s no reason why the sharing approach can’t work for breakfast too.
I don’t want to be preachy about health benefits and so on. I just want to include things that are healthy and tasty that work with the dish, amazing life-giving elements with flavours that speak for themselves. – concludes Natale.
For more information on PRIMI and to find your neighbourhood restaurant, please visit www.primi-world.com and join the breakfast conversation using #IAMUrban
Convenient and simple for all lifestyles!
Whether your goals are to slim down, bulk up, have kids lunch sorted or just maintain, our pre-packed snack packs are packed with all the goodness to help you out.
Grab one of Lunchkins’ pre-packed snack bags and add something fresh.
What you see is what you get. With new combinations monthly, our menu keeps your taste buds happy. Our products are packed in bags to ensure freshness and can be stored in the pantry without any worries.
Lunch sorted!!
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Spring has sprung and the end of year is approaching fast!
Have you thought about your year-end function yet? Book your year-end function at Cape Town Fish Market, as they’ve got a great selection of set menu options and the perfect venue to celebrate the end of another busy year.
Head over to the CTFM website to book one of their venues for your end of year function.
Skál! That is Icelandic for Cheers!
We hope you’ll be rasing your glass today in celebration of Vodka Day with the vodka proudly made with the help of volcanoes – Reyka Vodka.
Reyka holds true to the saying ‘the simple things in life are the best’ with the ‘Little Bit of Bittah’ cocktail, that goes back to basics in mixology. The addition of grapefruit adds a unique citrus flavour that really accentuates the floral notes prevalent in this vodka cocktail.
The ‘Little Bit of Bittah’ cocktail, made with fresh ingredients and premium handcrafted Reyka Vodka is one of the best drinks you’ll be able to cheers with this Vodka Day.
Skál!
LITTLE BIT OF BITTAH
INGREDIENTS
2 parts Reyka Vodka
1 1/2 parts Grapefruit juice
1/2 part Grenadine
1/2 part Campari
METHOD
Shake and strain into iced rocks glass. Garnish with grapefruit wedge
Saving time is paramount in today’s fast paced world. Convenience and value for money follows closely. Now think of a mobile app that gives you all of this!
It took me quite a long time to move away from cash transactions but once I realised how much more convenient (and safer) it is to pay with card, I was sold. Zapper takes the next step. No cash. No waiting on card machines. A quick and simple scan of a QR code, and the payment is done. It’s that simple!
Zapper Nearby
Not all restaurants are making use of Zapper at the moment, but those that do are highlighted on the Zapper Nearby feature when you access the mobile app. It shows you the eateries closest to your location first, but by scrolling down or viewing the handy map-layout, you can discover restaurants all over Pretoria.
That’s how we decided on visiting Rick’s Cafe the last time I visited Cape Town and quickly reserved a table for our group. What followed was an evening of fun conversation and excellent food. We shared tapas to start, each of us ordered a few drinks and enjoyed a juicy steak, while receiving friendly service from our lovely waiter.
When the bill arrived at the end of our meal, we found a QR code right at the bottom that was directly linked to our specific bill. I scanned the code with the Zapper app, and was immediately directed to an overview of the bill amount to be paid including gratuity. All that was left to do was hit the pay button.
No waiting. No drama. It’s simple, quick, and convenient.
Activate Password for Security
To keep your payment details secure, you can set a password for all important actions on the app. Even if your phone gets stolen your card information can’t be accessed because everything is encrypted to give you peace of mind.
Once a payment has been completed successfully, you’ll receive three payment notifications: on the app, via e-mail and per sms. Another way to keep you aware of every transaction that is taking place.
Get Free Vouchers and Discounts
Looking at ‘value for money’, there is a huge amount of savings to be had when using the app as well. Several merchants on Zapper are currently offering great discounts whenever you make use of the app when paying. These range from R15 – R25 discounts, while some go as far as offering a 20% discount when paying with Zapper.
Download a Virtual Loyalty Card
You’ve been going to the same coffee shop for the past 3 weeks. With every order, you whip out your loyalty card eyeing the 10th free coffee. The day has finally arrived, but alas: the loyalty card has disappeared, nowhere to be found.
With Zapper, that’s a thing of the past. The app offers a large range of digital loyalty cards for your favourite restaurants. Free vouchers when reaching a certain total spend and rewards after ordering a specific number of items are all part of the deal when using Zapper.
Business or Pleasure
You can add up to six different bank cards to the Zapper app so that you are prepared for every occasion. Simply select your company credit card as a payment method when you are wining an dining an important client and switch back to your personal account when you are having drinks after work with your colleagues.
Split the Bill
Especially, when you eat out with a number of friends, waiting for the card machine to finally arrive can be a pain. Once again – Zapper comes to the rescue. Scan the QR code and edit the amount you have to pay as you see fit. The same goes for the gratuity. While this amount is calculated automatically, you can change it with a quick tap on the screen.
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.
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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.
