Sunday Potjie

We were invited by Thinus and Frieda to join them for good boere potjiekos. While in boereland we might as well live like boere and eat their traditional food. A potjiekos or shortened to potjie is a traditional stew cooked in a cast iron three legged pot on a fire. Well note quite a stew as a stew is boiled in its juices while a potjie is almost steamed slowly. Most people in the cities are used to the braai or barbeque but this is even more traditional having originated from the Voortrekkers moving inland by ox wagon and using venison to make these awesome slow cooked potjies.

So while the potjiekos slowly steamed, we relaxed under the trees next to the swimming pool and the kids frolicked in the pool for most of the day. Here is the chef Thinus with his lovely wife Frieda just as we were about to tuck into some tasty potjiekos.

Ga Rouge

Fifteen people met on a cold winter's night at a country restaurant in the middle of no-where. Ga Rouge was the restaurant and the fifteen where the intrepid riders of Sani Pass. Yes, next week the a few fanatical riders will be attempting Sani Pass on Vespas. Firstly going by the last few days it is going freezing in the mountains and secondly it is going to be freezing. Didn't I just say that? But now we don't care how cold it is going to be as we painted the country restaurant red. I say old chap, here is Thinus, lord of the manor, showing us how to read the menu with a stiff upper lip.