Saturdays in Paradise

So this Saturday I have decided was the official day of delicious food and everything else wonderful (besides the game of course, we aren't going to discuss that). One of the highlights of living in Cape Town is a gem of a place called the Old Biscuit Mill. Its open only on Saturdays and by 11am its absolutely packed. Its pretty hard to describe this establishment, like a farmers market but with pretty much everything from fresh produce, juices, smoothies, organic coffee to prepared crepes, pizzas, gyros and the most amazing pastries you have ever seen. All the vendors are set up and you can browse and take samples at most stations. My menu consisted of

1. organic coffee (naturally)

2. the freshest pizza I have ever tasted (picture exceptionally thin crust, just a bit of sauce for flavoring, fresh greens, artichokes, roma tomatoes, parmesan shavings and topped off with some balsamic vinegar)

3. fresh orange mango smoothie

4. flan flavored pastry (it was like you get 2 in 1; pastry crust, flan filling, topped with fresh whip cream and crumbles)

As food coma started to set in, we decided to go to the roof to get some sun. After chillin and eating all day, we decided to finish off the evening with a nice braai (bbq). C and I decided to go veggie style with some meatless, braai flavored sausages and roasted corn on the cob. As a shout out to my sister, I prepared them in chilean/ completos style (which pretty much means adding a gigantic amount of mayo, ketchup and guac to your sausage). All of this was almost a disaster when we forgot to get coals and then once we did procure them, we couldn't get them to light. Thankfully some others on the roof were using the braai as well and took pity on us and said we could use their fire starters/ tools/ hot coals. Thank goodness!