We ate some lovely food this week at a new restaurant/deli
in Somerset West called Imibala. The Imibala Trust, a Gaynor Rupert
philanthropic initiative started 15 years ago, is a charity that provides
scholarships, uniforms and supplementary educational training to children in
financial need. They ask donors to give a child R1000 and every penny of this is
spent on the child and is accounted for. The Imibala Restaurant and Arts (Pty)
Ltd is a company that runs a restaurant, shop and gallery and this company's
activities are separate from the activities conducted by the Imibala Trust. It
is the income from these businesses that supports the charity by donating funds
from time to time and by hosting events for the charity
We were invited by Ian Downie, who is a member of the
trust and who runs the restaurant, to join him for a delightful lunch this week
with other members of the media
The outside of the Imibala Restaurant
and Deli. Imibala means colours in Zulu
Inside the restaurant, the Deli is on
one side. They sell local produce and have a link with a company called Terra
Madre who make products for the Deli. We saw some very nice looking take home
meals and some good pickles and preserves
Comfortable seats, light and airy and
lots of outside space for good days
Ian Downie, Restaurant manager par
excellence. We know Ian from the International Wine and Food Society
The media table
Everyone was encouraged to order both
a starter and a main course. These are prawn and fish cakes with tartar source
The very crisp deep fried calamari
were envied by all
Lynne had the avo, smoked trout tian,
topped with chopped egg and onion and salmon caviar, Very light and fresh, just
what she wanted. You can have this as a main course as well.
A selection of desserts was ordered
for the table and we all tried them. This was a rose panna cotta topped with
Turkish delight, raspberries , pistachio nuts and crisp tuille biscuits
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