02/07/2026
Another month come and gone. Bye bye June, hello July (sounds like a Lothario on a busy Friday evening......bad joke....? Sorry).
The Leopard Trail was just spectacular. The huge valleys, towering peaks and mangled and concertinaed folds of sedimentary rock were only marginally outshone by the scoured and boulder strewn streams that had become mad torrents in the recent floods. The rocks were shiny bright as if someone had gone about cleaning them with steel wool and Sunlight soap. And there was not a living thing in the streams. Not a tadpole or beetle. I guess every living thing was unceremoniously ripped from its hidey hole and transported downstream at high speed, never to see its home again. Quite sad really, if you think about it. Anyway, we survived well. Very well.
Back at work, everything functioned very well in my absence. Extremely well in fact, so a big thanks to the team at Lime Tree Cafe for allowing me the breaks that I appreciate so much.
And I was truly impressed and a bit amazed at, and very grateful for, the efforts the staff made to come in to work on Tuesday. A few just could not make it for obvious reasons but the show went on.
Moving on to a sad note. As Covid was biting hard, one of our clients, Kit, took the time and trouble to encourage me to get back on my horse and ignore the mounting and unpayable debts accruing to landlord, Eskom, suppliers and taxmen. It was a bad time for many, but he convinced me there was value still and a bright future for Lime Tree Cafe. So I did get on my horse and we slowly dug ourselves out of our rut. After that Kit regularly came for breakfasts, and always had a kind and funny word with his sharp repartee and twinkling eyes. I never missed an opportunity to chat with him. But I heard this week that he had suddenly passed away a couple of weeks ago. Kit, goodbye. Thanks for everything. You will be missed. I will miss you. RIP my friend.
But Kit would not want me to rest on the sad notes. He would probably admonish me for the pathos. So instead I will carry on with the specials that were devised in my absence and end next Wednesday 8th July.
The soup is roast sweet potato & coconut served with toasted sourdough - R75
Pan Fried Dorado on wholegrain mustard mash with tarragon and white wine cream served with wilted baby spinach - R245
Slow roast lamb knuckle in a red wine rosemary jus served with basmati rice - R240
Creamy chorizo, tomato and mushroom risotto topped with shaved grana padano - R190
The pizza special is a margherita pizza topped with parma ham, camembert, preserved fig and rocket and rocket - R198
And the dessert is sticky orange pudding with homemade chocolate ice cream - R80
Our Sunday roast is....
Roast leg of lamb - R215
or Roast Pork Belly - R170
served with Butternut mash, steamed carrots and green beans and a delicious gravy.
Oh my. I should stay away more often if this is what they come up with in my absence. Dessert is like a Terry's chocolate orange that you can eat out of a bowel with a spoon. Oh my.
As a final note...I posted recently about our lemon meringue pies. I omitted to mention that we sell slices, large cakes....AND the baby sized versions...which are perfect for a small gathering...or a really truly indulgent night in.
Its freezing outside. Lets see how many are prepared to brave the cold and join us.
Meantime, take care and see you later.
Jeremy
PS...as you can see I have departed from a customary food photograph because this is such a lovely shot of Vanessa and the friends we went hiking with.
