… Check out a great new restaurant — Sibanye Restaurant in Imizamo Yethu, the township just outside Hout Bay. I went yesterday and I was a little reluctant, not to go for lunch in the township, but because I thought it would be very touristy — Sibanye is specifically aimed at tourists.
I was (very) pleasantly surprised. The restaurant is in a shack quite close to the entrance of Imizamo Yethu and although we attracted a few stares when we walked in, we were pretty much treated like locals for the rest of the time. Inside the brightly painted shack are mismatched tables and chairs and some very popular arcade games. The lunch is a three-course meal (for only R60 — a steal!) and it was absolutely delicious. Starters were small vetkoek-type pastries stuffed with delicious mince and served with a tomato salsa-type sauce. Mains were beef or chicken with samp and beans, cabbage, more tomato mix, pumpkin and delicious potatoes. Dessert included tea or coffee with freshly made koeksisters. Delicious!
Sibanye was started by a team of two — Randy Mcknight and Nathan Roberts — and they’ve got the place running as smoothly as you could wish. They even hooked up a pair of teenage gumboot dancers to provide mid-meal entertainment, a real treat! It’s aimed at tourists, local and international and seems to be a more chilled alternative to Mzoli’s Place in Gugulethu. Bear in mind, though, that you do have to book 24 hours ahead and it’s only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday lunch.
In the mood for an unconventional Sunday lunch? Check out Sibanye, you won’t be disappointed.
This blog post first appeared at www.bridgetmcnulty.com
is delicious the only word u know to describe food??
Ha! It looks like it. Didn’t notice that, sorry…
this article caused much mirth. on so many levels.
there was the “delicious” adjective block.
and the way you described your entire experience. i mean, COME ON! you express great surprise at how delicious all the food was (despite the fact that it was cooked in a shack. i can read between the lines too), how delicious all the colours were and how we should not miss this delicious experience.
i mean, how artsy-fartsy-Capetonian is that?
I t think your article is hardly worthy of Thought Leader.
“Sibanye is specifically aimed at tourists.”-we attracted a few stares when we walked in, we were pretty much treated like locals for the rest of the time.”
“Sibanye was started by a team of two — Randy Mcknight and Nathan Roberts” (How indigenous can we get!)
“They even hooked up a pair of teenage gumboot dancers to provide mid-meal entertainment”
(What an amazing feat)
Please we are 15 years on from 1994 .
Get a life !!
THANKS FOR THE ARTICLE MY SISTA, AFTER READING THIS i WILL VISIT THE PLACE WHEN IN CAPE TOWN…I think that was the whole point of your blog, great you did a goo job! As for the other know it all individuals, write your own blog so we can poke fun at YOUR WRITING!!!!
I am a South African living in England and I used to Live in Athelone – Cape Town long time ago and even today I still have the memories of Cape Town, it is such a nice place I have ever seen, especially the weather in Cape Town is so nice and warm also beaches to name a few Hout Bay, Miuzenberg, Vish Hoek and I had time of my life at Sea Point – Cape Town. I would love to go back one day and experience the warmth and enjoy being on the soil of South Africa.