Friday, 6 May, 2005

Ndebele

tea@ndebele Ndebele is a name of a tribe in africa... but in edinburgh, it is a lovely african cafe not far from where i live... and a popular place for people to hang out... this evening, ruth and i met there and caught up over a bowl of scrumptious butternut, sundried tomato and hot pepper soup each, which was served with lovely corn bread... i was a little early and had a little snap snap fun while enjoying my cuppa rooibosch tea with honey.

the ambience of the place is simply created by reusing various things: from woven sacks layered to cover the ceiling to second-hand wooden furniture to hand-painted walls with afro-patterns... it certainly has an organic feel to it...

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apart from serving really yummy african-styled dishes, sweets and gorgeous sandwiches, the cafe always exhibit works by artists who paint, draw or capture scenes from the African lands... and this evening, we were eyed by elephants, one water-buffalo and a leopard while drinking our soups... and they eavesdropped while we chatted about random things... (including politics... and my chronic nomadic existence... sigh)

posted by ~overacuppa~ on Friday, 6 May, 2005 at 23:40 hrs
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Argh! Reading that on a breakfastless Monday morning, memories of Ndebele's mango chutney and cambazola sandwiches are now making it hard to think straight! The thick crusty bread with olive oil instead of butter. The satisfyingly crisp greaseproof brown paper that they wrap their takeout sandwiches in... Their soups are good, too - with that soft, sponge-cakey corn bread. That would be just the thing right now...

Posted by: nick on Monday, 9 May, 2005 at 02:52 hrs

heyee! sorry to make you miss edinburgh more than i should... next time i head there, i will go on your behalf and sample some of your favs =c) i love the dateballs with cocos... yummy.

Posted by: overacuppa on Monday, 9 May, 2005 at 09:38 hrs

Thanks May, that's a great idea! I seem to remember their banana and bacon sandwiches were pretty nice, too, before I became a vegetarian... Maybe you could surreptitiously eat one of those for me as well...! ;)

Posted by: nick on Monday, 9 May, 2005 at 10:13 hrs

gotcha... =c) that sandwich sounds yums... you can help me gobble up some lovely agadeshi (sp?) tofu on your little island in Okinawa! =c) heee.

Posted by: overacuppa on Monday, 9 May, 2005 at 10:25 hrs

Aha! That's the deep-fried stuff, isn't it? In stock, with a little minced radish, maybe... It's a deal! I'll happily eat some of that for you! I had some with peanut tofu the other week, and it was very very tasty...

Posted by: nick on Tuesday, 10 May, 2005 at 02:25 hrs

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