PENNE PASTA WITH SPANISH SAUSAGE (CHORIZO) OR BACON AND BLACK OLIVES

There are those occasions that YUM Eat Cafe is in an Mediterranean mood. When there is pasta on the menu for example. Here a recipe from a Spanish customer living in the heart of Italy.

Ingredients:

60 ml olive oil

250 g chorizo sausage sliced

400 g cocktail rosa tomatoes

250 ml cream

170 g pitted black olives

salt and pepper

500 g penne pasta

How to make it (isn’t that simple?)

Heat olive oil in a deep pan.  Fry the sausages for approximately 5 minutes while stirring.  Add tomatoes and fry until soft. Add cream and season with salt and pepper.  Cook until cream is deglazed.  Add olives and mix.  Cook pasta, pour sauce over.  Mix well and serve immediately.

We offer also a variety with bacon instead of chorizo:

Enough  for 4 people. Serve with YUM-smile. 

Bloemfontein stories

South Africa has a culture of story-telling. ‘Bloemfonteiners’ are a special breed amongst the story-tellers. Esther and Jake are the previous owners of The Hobbit in Bloemfontein; it was the home of J.R.R. Tolkien in the first years of his life. Esther and Jake met all his children visiting the place of birth of their famous father and The Hobbit was once mentioned as the ‘Numero Uno’ guest house in South Africa. Every now and then people from Bloemfontein are visiting the previous proprietors of The Hobbit and when they start telling their stories ….

Our furniture is very solid

Reviews

So many great reviews from all over. Here is another one:

“What a gem! Mr and Mrs Uys are a phenomenal team and the passion and flare into their business is exhibited from the moment you’re warmly greeted right through to the amazing flavour and presentation of the food and drinks. So glad to have found this place and will be back every time i pass through Stanford. HIGHLY recommended that you stop here!” – Steven Hayman (tour guide USA)

In the business of making you smile

Customer service

(Esther entertaining the daughter of a customer in the playground adjacent to YUM Eat cafe)

The YUM-Smile

A Swiss couple who rented a house in a nearby town for a month in January discovered where they could eat the best French Toast in the region. The last week of January Antonio and Desiree were daily breakfast guests of YUM and soon got acquainted with the staff and their YUM-Smiles. Sharon taught them the refined art of The Smile.

Bet they are still laughing in their village near Schaffhausen along the Rhine.

Recipe Ansies Omelette

Special regular customers have their own special wishes. Such a customer is Ansie. She wanted a real cheesy omelette. And when other customers see this omelette being served to Ansie … “Can I have that”? ….

It’s a simple recipe:

Pour 2 beaten eggs (with salt and pepper) into a pan and cook until set.

Place fried bacon on one half and a handful of cheese (we use real cheddar) on top. Fold over, sprinkle some more grated cheddar on top, and serve with onion marmalade, a few slices of tomato and mushrooms sprinkled with chopped parsley.

Enjoy!

The finishing touch of the YUM Chocolate Cake

An awful lot of work goes into the creation of your chocolate cake. The finishing touch is done by Selestine. She first sculptures the chocolate on top (see main picture). Then the ‘cherry-on-top’ and next proportion it. When an order comes in Selestine makes work of the serving. Yes a lot of work goes in making the customers happy and we are glad that we can keep them happy.

Portraits of Elliott eating THE YUM Chocolate Cake

Last Friday morning we posted the recipe of the YUM Chocolate Cake. It was read by a family in Cape Town and -zoomzoom- one-and-a-half hour later father, mother and son Elliott had their treat of the day.