LOCALLY SOURCED & HOMEMADE
Sani Lodge is home to the Giant's Cup Café which is well known for wholesome, homemade goodness prepared from original ingredients. Our policy is local procurement of quality South African foods, supporting small-scale producers in our district - such as free-range egg producers - as well as growing organic fruit and vegetables in the summer months. We use water from the mountains that is free of chemicals or pollutants. This means that what you eat and drink in our restaurant has been carefully sourced to provide you with wholesome food and drink that encapsulates all the goodness provided by sunshine, natural soil and love. We have owned our own small herd of happy free-ranging Jersey cows since 2002, hand-milking them twice a day and using their rich creamy milk to make butter, cream cheese, feta, halloumi, yoghurt and hard cheese.
BREAKFAST
The Buffet table offers our own quality, healthy farm produce including wholewheat bread, jams, muffins, farm cheese made from our Jersey cows, butter, fresh farm milk and honey, accompanied by tea, filter coffee and fruit juice.
Traditional cooked
2 to 4 free range eggs, bacon, tomato, toast.
Farm goodness - can't beat it!
Organic farm butter made from our Jersey cow cream with home-baked bread, fresh milk and farm cheese.
Homemade Jams & Local Honey
Made on-site by Russell from fresh organic fruit grown in our orchard: plum and blackberry.
Continental
Our roasted muesli topped with our farm yoghurt, our Jersey cow milk and fresh fruit with muffins, home-baked health bread, farm cheese, fruit juice, tea / coffee.
Muffins
Baked for you at breakfast time.
Tea, Coffee & Fruit Juice
Served with tea or Filter coffee and fresh fruit juice.
SPECIAL DIETARY ITEMS AVAILABLE, JUST ASK.
LIGHT LUNCHES & TEATIME TREATS
Homemade & locally sourced where possible. Here are a few of the favorites.
Baked Cheesecake
Decadent and made with our Jersey milk cream cheese and butter.
Dutch Apple Pie
Made with fresh fruit from our own orchard.
Sweet Pancakes
Various fillings available. All served with fresh farm cream.
Scones
Two delicious scones served with rich cream and butter made from our own Jersey cows, as well as homemade jam from our seasonal orchard.
Carbonara Pancakes
Two pancakes with a decadent savoury filling of bacon, heavy cream, paprika and green pepper.
Toasted Sandwiches
A variety of fillings available. Served with a side salad or potato fries.
Fair Trade Coffee
Made from freshly ground roasted coffee beans.
Organic Teas
Rooibos, Chai Rooibos, Bourbon vanilla and Chamomile.
DINNER
We offer a three course set menu every night: Starter, Main Course and Dessert. Dinner is served at 6.30pm. Please note that dinner needs to be booked in advance.
PHUZABOOZA BAR
The licensed bar located at the Giant's Cup Cafe is open daily and offers craft beer, cocktails, local wines, and mixers. Happy Hour is on Fridays between 5 to 6 pm. The history of this room is that it was a shop back in the 1950 s during the time when Mokhotlong Mountain Transport owned the building. MMT traded with Lesotho by sending goods up the Sani Pass in trucks so laden that the task of negotiating the hair-pin bends and steep gradients required a skilfull driver with great courage.
CRAFT SHOP
Homemade Ice Cream
The best ice cream you’ll ever taste is prepared the French way from our own organic fresh cream.
Homemade Yoghurt
Using our own milk and probiotic cultures, our yoghurt is healthy and yummy.
Homebaked German Jam Slice
Filled with our own organic jams made from fruit grown on our property.
Fair Trade Candles, Teas, Coffees and Chocolate
Proudly made in South Africa.
Original Paintings, Pendants and Plants
Acrylic and oil paintings, hand carved wood pendants and indigenous plants.
Socks, Soaps and Snacks
Mohair socks, handmade soaps, baked snacks and organic chocolate.
Books, Blankets, Bed Throws and Basket ware
Support local.
SimBergclay Ceramics
On-site stoneware pottery handmade from local clay by Simone into beautiful stoneware crafts and functional ware. For more information check out www.simbergclay.com
Homemade Jams
When the fruit ripens, our kitchen becomes a hive of activity with bubbling pots and a multitude of sterilized jars! Our jams contain nothing but fruit and sugar, with as much of the fruit as possible being homegrown. These include peaches, raspberries, plums, apples, blackberries and gooseberries.
Honey
Pure local honey.
Cheese
We make our own dairy products including a very tasty Gouda of three varieties: - plain, garlic and onion and pepper; rich cream cheese, feta, and halloumi using our own organic milk.
PAINT ON CLAY
Designed for family fun, groups and art therapy for all, paint on clay is available between 9 am and 5 pm, based in the craft shop building.
Select your favourite ceramic item (handmade by Simone on her pottery wheel), choose your underglaze colours, and settle down to enjoy the space and time that has been carved out for you to tap into your inner creativity.
Many people are unaware that they have a creative side or are filled with self doubt. Art therapy is not about self-judgement. It fulfils an essential need for creative expression to mitigate against the energy-sapping mental and physical demands of this crazy, fast-paced world.
Enjoy the tranquil setting of our indigenous garden or the cool interior of our craft shop, and make use of our onsite restaurant to satiate your thirst or hunger whilst you paint.
Your painted pieces will be glaze fired afterwards, making lovely memoirs or gifts for that special person in your life.
It is advisable for large groups to book ahead with Simone.
Check out her website www.simbergclay.com on the link below.
What does Fair Trade Tourism mean?
- Local Procurement of goods and services.
- Support of local artists and crafters.
- Quality ingredients including organic fruit, vegetables, dairy farming practices.
- Fair Pricing of goods.
- Support of South African Fair Trade produce.
- Waste separation at source, waste minimisation, recycling and reuse.
- Skills Development.
- Health and Safety.
- Environmental Management – water usage, energy reduction, no pollutants.
- Human Resource Practice.
- Labour Standards.
- Legal and General.
- Ownership and Control.
- Biodiversity landscapes – indigenous gardens need no watering, pesticides or fertilisers.
GET IN TOUCH
Whichever method you choose, we will respond to you as quickly and informatively as possible.
Give Us a Call
Call our reception on +27 83 987 3071. Someone will be available between 7am and 7pm everyday. South African time is GMT+2
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Drop By and Talk
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