THABA TRAILS Posted May 21, 2011 Share Johann,what's wrong with Buffet???? The new park I am busy with doesn't have a restuarant so I am looking at a self service ( good quality,clean etc)but as trails is what I am trying to be best at...I am not in the food business....what do you suggest. ONE thing you can count on the coffee will be good...Wendell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmeyerSS Posted May 21, 2011 Share Johann,what's wrong with Buffet???? The new park I am busy with doesn't have a restuarant so I am looking at a self service ( good quality,clean etc)but as trails is what I am trying to be best at...I am not in the food business....what do you suggest. ONE thing you can count on the coffee will be good...Wendellwhere where where :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leet22 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Johann,what's wrong with Buffet???? The new park I am busy with doesn't have a restuarant so I am looking at a self service ( good quality,clean etc)but as trails is what I am trying to be best at...I am not in the food business....what do you suggest. ONE thing you can count on the coffee will be good...WendellIm in the food business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big H* Posted May 21, 2011 Share We have gone there as a family many times for the Sunday Buffet, at that stage there was nothing wrong. Good quality food. Would be a pity if it went wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawieO Posted May 21, 2011 Share I agree Wendell, you can forgive a lot for a jumping castle in line of sight and earshot of your table... Like the spur with nicer outdoor tables! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Bornman Posted May 21, 2011 Share Whats wrong with a buffet breakfast? There is something terribly sad about eating baked beans served from a Bain-marie fired by a smelly paraffin flame. Besides, I don't queue for food. Maybe in Siberia and cheapskate weddings they do so, but I don't stand in queues for food. Call me a snob. But seriously, as soon as you see those Bain-maries lined up on top of tables with white linen, you just know that the back-end is crap. The waiters will be untrained and indifferent. The manager won't kick arse when he needs to and the coffee....don't get me going now... is also served from some sort of keep-warm device. Life is too short to drink rubbish coffee. South Africa is now a sophisticated place, if you don't have an espresso machine and a trained barista, don't call yourself a restaurant. The thesaurus will give you plenty of suggestions for other nomenclature - trough, cafeteria and mess-hall comes to mind. Edited May 21, 2011 by Johan Bornman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capricorn Posted May 21, 2011 Share lool.. another near-epic, marble-losing post from JB . Troff or trough? either way Edited May 21, 2011 by Jarek Wysocki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOldGuy Posted May 21, 2011 Share That restaurant sucks. It doesn't even have an espresso machine and serves coffee from one of those 1970s filter pots that stews on a warmer for two days until the contents turns into tar. Pointers for spotting a crap restaurant.  1) Always be suspiscious of a restaurant that doesn't know what a Caffe Americano is.2) Always be suspiscious of a restaurant with white table cloths and waiters that stand around in groups talking ****. Professionalism is more than just pretentious table finery.3) Always be suspiscious of restaurants serving buffet breakfasts.4) Always be suspiscious of a restaurant with a captive clientele. 5) Always be suspiscios of a restaurant with decor that is so out of kilter with the rest of the place that it is suspicious by itself. IIRC correctly this place has fancy tables, pocupine quill lamps, fake tusks and crap. It is a sure sign of a crap kitchen and stupid staff.  - Ha, Ha, Yeah Johan, I need to print that out and carry it with me in my wallet, so whenever I am tempted to try somewhere, I can haul it out, look it over and move on.!  ...and by the way I agree on Buffet's, generally they are designed to provide enormous quantity and zero quality, yesterdays boerewors, undercrisped bacon and overcooked liver on a cold plate has never impressed me either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoziNinja Posted May 21, 2011 Share I have not been there. Yet. But all I see talking about is food. Is it not a place where you ride MTB and stuff...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawieO Posted May 21, 2011 Share Food is actually great anyway, service is a bit hit and miss. The riding is fantastic virtually all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Bornman Posted May 21, 2011 Share lool.. another near-epic, marble-losing post from JB . Troff or trough? either way   Coff coff...ahem..cough cough. Pretend you didn't see that slip. I've fixed it. Now, where is that marble of mine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Bornman Posted May 21, 2011 Share I have not been there. Yet. But all I see talking about is food. Is it not a place where you ride MTB and stuff...?  Hefty china, we can see you're from the far east. Here in the norf...sorry Jarek, north, we ride lots so that we can eat what we like, and lots of it. Try it, you'll like it. Well, perhaps not the buffet at Teak, but most other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted May 21, 2011 Share I have not been there. Yet. But all I see talking about is food. Is it not a place where you ride MTB and stuff...?absolutely stunning riding.double the vertical ascent than groenkloof or rietvlei for same kms. big variety of track, which includes a floating bridge, some steep climbies, some fun bits through a forest, lots of flowing singletrack, bridgies over rivers with chickenruns. did i mention some downhills to match the terrible short steep climbies? Edited May 21, 2011 by cat-i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted May 21, 2011 Share The new park I am busy with doesn't have a restuarant so I am looking at a self service ( good quality,clean etc)but as trails is what I am trying to be best at...I am not in the food business....what do you suggest. ONE thing you can count on the coffee will be good...Wendell those chock-chip muffins that you serve warm so that the chock-bits are melted, and with cream .... i told YOU i ride there for the trails, but in actual fact it is for those muffins - had 2 that day, and will have to go back for more. when does the other track open? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyTrailRider Posted May 21, 2011 Share Besides, I don't queue for food. Maybe in Siberia and cheapskate weddings they do so, but I don't stand in queues for food. Call me a snob. I agree absolutely. If I happen to forget about this "pay day" thing (restraint needed, this post is not about that) and accidentally walk into Pick 'n Pay on the 25th or one of those dates, I actually walk straight back out, drive and and shop somewhere else. I refuse to queue. I have a friend who while at Stellenbosch joked that he was one day going to write a book entitled Poor People Suck, with a chapter devoted to queueing. Granted, we were living a very sheltered student-bubble life then, but there may be a market for his novel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markgc Posted May 22, 2011 Share Go ride your bike @ Teak place then you go around the corner to "Home of the chicken pie". They make the best home made pies, banana bread and milk tarts I have ever tasted!   +1 perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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