What a disappointment.
This is such a lovely country hotel set in a beautiful garden and best of all it's just 10km out of Joburg.
This was one of the wedding venues we considered a couple of years ago (feels like yesterday though!) and even though it wasn't quite what we were looking for at that time, I was very impressed none the less!
So when Karlien brought home a flyer of a country market at Hertford taking place this past Sunday I pictured a lovely Sunday outing with food, wine and art stalls under the big trees in Hertford's garden!
When we arrived there yesterday there was only a handful of cars and we soon discovered why...
There was about 5 stalls none of which sold any food or wine. It reminded me of a primary school market day with stalls selling, well... a load of rubbish.
There was a table with coffee and tea and only a few beers and ciders on sale (with no one insight to man the table) and the fresh produce, freshly baked bread and cold meat stalls which I expected to see was nowhere to be found.
We gave it one look and drove off again.
Now I don't know if we perhaps misinterpreted the flyer (unfortunately I couldn't find it when we got home to read it carefully) but I'm sure it made mention of food stalls and wine tasting. Even if it didn't I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Such a waste of time.
At least the day didn't end on this disappointing note...
We decided to opt for a restaurant instead seeing that we didn't prepare anything for lunch at home. On our way back I thought of this little Greek restaurant that we've always wanted to try out.
THE GREEK SIZZLER
What a delight! Reasonable prices, a very tasty greek menu and a relaxing atmosphere under the overgrown bougenvillas. Ideal place for a extended Sunday lunch!
We had a Haloumi starter with a tzatziki sauce, Karlien had a very tasty vegetable Moussaka and I had the lamb gyros for mains (which was quite a small portion I must say but delicious none the less) and we shared a chocolate mousse for desert. All of this for about R200.
We had a bottle of Simonsig Chenin Blanc 2009 (always a winner!) priced at R77
So next time we're not in the mood to clean up the kitchen after a Sunday feast, we'll rather skip the market and head for the Greek Sizzler anytime!
http://www.eatout.co.za/Restaurants/5467/Johannesburg/Greek/Greek-Sizzler
Cheers
Chris
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