5 Star Takeaway!

[Michael Alexander]

Somebody just emailed me about the ex East Gate Takeaway folk taking over the Sperrgebiet Guesthouse Kitchen, A Lot of chatter on the wires as to why or how they got this right.....  In essence , the main kitchen at the Posh Guesthouse has been given to the Folk from the Takeaways that used to operate down at Eastgate, we are all entitled to our opinions, so here is mine.....

I think it is a good move,as the Kitchen was under utilized.... I also know that the folk who have taken it over also make grand food and are often called apon to cater for Presidents and Knob type folk.... They have not taken over the entire guesthouse, just the kitchen ..... and Like I said to a local politician this morning..... If the mine owns the Guesthouse or kitchen, they can bloody well give it to whoever they want to......

Perhaps if the pink palace, Flamingo;s had been opened , then this might not have occurred 

For those of you who are interested, I believe Dorothy creates the best Quiches in town.... especially the Feta and spinach ones....

Just my two cents....

[Mike Voden (RIP)]

Mike A, the kitchen at the Sperrgebiet Guesthouse has always been under used and if the equipment that used to be there is still present (debatable though), then why not utilise it. I agree with you Mike, the food that Dorothy makes is very good indeed but what about you mother in law's spinach and feta quiches....????

[Michael Alexander]

Does'nt help me if mother in laws kitchen ain't local based!

[Chris Macpherson]

Whatever happened to the central kitchen that was operating in my appie days?????

[Michael Alexander]

A White Elephant, has been for the last 15 years, a small and I mean a very small portion of it is being used by a catering company, Sodexho to supply the mines workforce with meals.....

[Clive Symes]

MIke there was once talk about using the Central Kitchen to fillet fish ( which were supposed to be reared in the mines water holes)

[Alfred Boehme]

Clive
The fish project is underway still the beginning stages maybe that's the big plan later
Alfred

[Chris Macpherson]

Alf is that the old tractor that was red once at the riding club??

[Alfred Boehme]

Chris
No this is the old petrol - paraffin tractor we repaired at a holiday resort the old timers called it Val jappie
You would start it on petrol and when it was warmed up would run on paraffin

[Andrew Darné]

@ Chris... the red tractor at the Riding Club is still there and gets used regularly. It is a much newer Massey Ferguson model than the Vaal japie Alf is sitting on.

[Chris Macpherson]

Red Tractor I once drove it from Riding club to town garage that long ago about 25 yrs ago jislaaik thats long ago???

[Mike Voden (RIP)]

Yes Chris, time flies. I remember when the Central Kitched first opened, in July 1982. It should have opened in February but due to a fire in the basement, this was put back a few months for trhe repairs and clean up operation.

[Chris Macpherson]

Yes Mike, I did a stint in central kitchen when I was an appie also about 82 or 83......... Always fancied working in food industry ,hence worked at Bokomo Moirs, Jungle oats, Purity baby foods, Jive colddrinks, SABreweries and now presently at Dairybelle ,milk, fruit juices, and yoghurts, and uht box milk long life .........

[Uwe Leube]

I work out on a mine site in Australia and the crowd doing the kitchen are ... Sodexho. International cuisine?

[Michael Alexander]

Yep! Sodexho are a french based international catering company.... doing mostly GOV and Mining contracts.....