Sara's Messy Kitchen: A little town called Greyton

In the last 2 insanely busy weeks I have unfortunately had to put updating my blog on the back burner, but have no fear for I am back and after a beautiful weekend away with Josh feeling very inspired.

Obviously going away entails a lot of junk food and hopefully a braai or two, or so we planned, however due to road closures and terrible weather we arrived very late on our first night. So... no braai. We did however get the most beautiful gift basket from the owners of the farm we were staying on. Packed with a beautiful loaf of homemade bread (which became dinner), a jar of honey (we assume they produce on their farm), a local bottle of wine, some Nescafe cappuccinos and a little box of Lindor chocolates.

The beautiful gift basket we arrived to

After a long windy night, and after checking that my car hadn’t blown away, Josh and I got ready to explore Greyton. Could it be any more beautiful here?? It’s only Saturday morning and I’m already sad that I’m going to have to leave.

Beautiful views on surrounding farms

There’s beautiful little market on a Saturday, but we arrived 2 hours early so we did a little drive around the town and look what we found...

Me and the GIANT pumpkin

This has to be one on the biggest pumpkins ever, and yes it is real. More on this will definitely follow.

Of course seeing such huge food only made me very excited for things to come and when the market finally opened we immediately found the pancake guy. I can’t believe I forgot to take a photo of him but try imagine- he stands there with about 8 gas burners in front of him all with a pan and there is always a pancake in each pan, and he never burns any, he just stands there flipping them. It’s pretty awesome to watch. Of course they taste amazing too. I mean who doesn’t want a cinnamon and sugar pancake on a Saturday morning??

I also managed to find a delicious lemon, rosemary, feta and almond pesto, and some really good biltong.

Yummy delicious biltong

Of course we couldn’t miss the rugby so after a lovely nap (which we needed after stuffing our faces), we were back in town at the Vanilla Cafe to watch the rugby. What a beautiful little spot.It’s owner run and so welcoming and friendly, with the most beautiful eclectic decor and an iron fireplace which made for the perfect shelter from the weather. The beer also flows very freely. So this made for a wonderful evening of victory (our boys did us so proud) and socialising with the locals.

The Vanilla Cafe

Wanting to try a little of their menu we decided to take ourselves and our hangovers back there for breakfast, on our way home the following morning. The place was even lovelier during the day, and everything on their menu looks delicious. I had a full English breakfast and a latte of course. It was absolutely delicious and the perfect way to end off our little weekend trip. I can’t wait to go back and try some more.