Shrewd Food – Page 21 – Smart takes on food, coffee & service

WHERE TO PARC ON SUNDAYS

chicken breast topped with greens and parmesan slivers

PARC
394 Esther Roberts Road
Glenwood, Durban
Call 031 205 7285.
Open Tuesdays to Fridays from 7.30pm to 4pm; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 8am to 2pm. Closed Mondays.

INTRO
The Sunday lunches of my childhood was more roast chicken than beef and Yorkshire pudding but were always happy gatherings of family and friends. Pity today the tradition is largely lost. But with most women working how many want to spend their Sundays slaving over the proverbial hot stove? Not many.
But here’s an idea. Why not make your own tradition by taking your family to a restaurant for Sunday lunch. The right restaurant.

Guest Blogs

SMITHFIELD UNCOVERED

Smithfield, a town in a time-warp

PIERRE BROUARD VISTS SMITHFIELD’S ARTS FESTIVAL, SAMPLES THE FOOD AND ARTS ….AND RUNS INTO SOME FAMILIAR FACES

Is Smithfield the town that time forgot or is it finding its feet? Thanks to the Platteland Preview – a boutique arts festival the weekend before the Grahamstown Festival – it might just have turned a corner. On the food front, there are glimmers of hope too.

Food News

VEGETABLE ALTERNATIVES TO PASTA

Cucumber turned into “pasta” with a Spirelli kitchen gadget

EMBRACING ALL THAT IS NATURAL

I was browsing the food pages of the Independent in London recently and spotted a story about the rise of no guilt pasta. Basically it’s vegetables transformed into spaghetti-like worms – or “courgetti”, as it’s now known. For those with a gluten intolerance – as well as the health conscious and vegans – vegetable pasta is a lifesaver. Sometimes literally.

Food News

WOOLWORTH’S CAFE AND FOOD STORE LA LUCIA

Woolworth’s new look food store at La Lucia Mall

WOOLWORTH’S CAFE
1st floor La Lucia Mall
La Lucia
Call 031 572 9600
Open daily

Woolworth’s new look cafe and food store at La Lucia Mall is a winner. First they moved and spiced up the cafe giving it a very appealing industrial chic feel with bare brick walls and high factory-style ceilings. Very trendy these days. It’s also much more spacious.

Coffee Shops

MARK GOLD CAFE

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MARK GOLD
469 Innes road
Morningside
Call: 031 303 4417
Open weekdays from 7.30am to 3.30pm; Saturdays from 8.30am to 12.30pm.
Closed Sundays and public holidays

In the pursuit of the new, trendy and shinier we often forget the coffee shops that were once the new kids on the block and that set the pace for style and the bar for standards. And, most importantly, stood the test of time
One is Mark Gold, something of a vanity project for brothers Dean and Mark Gold who operate one of Durban’s most exclusive jewellery stores.