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Buchu Marinated Olives R65 & Aubergine Pate served with roosterkoek

Salt & Vinegar Halloumi R60 served with tartar sauce

Hot or Not Taxi Wings R75 marinated with sticky brandy braai sauce

Baby Calamari Pan R75 ash fried and served with homemade tartar sauce

Basil Tomato Soup R70 The Legend of The Village Idiot, served with a brie & cheddar cheese toastie Oskar the Ostrich & Local Charcuterie Board R125 The Legendary VILLAGE IDIOT Oskar the ostrich was racing his friend Blikkies on his XT 500, in under 10 hours – served with cashew nuts, cranberry jam & roosterkoek hatched in the backyard of a Durban shabeen in the the numerous paternity suits he was facing was probably decadent 1980s. also a contributing factor to his decision to re-locate Local Artisanal Cheese Board R115 with chargrilled seasonal citrus, marmalade & roosterkoek unexpectedly. Hand raised and bottle-fed a diet of mampoer and whisky OSKAR surfaced a few weeks later in a friend’s Loop Street by the local spirit distillers, OSKAR naturally grew into a bar, where his heavy drinking sessions, idiotic antics and Lip Smacking Samoosas with R40 Malay chicken / butternut / spiced mince / cheese & corn raging bar y, whose antics are still revered and spoken outrageous dance moves, which were often mistaken as about fondly to this day. primitive mating rituals, caused his legend to grow. Slow Roasted Beef Bone Marrow R80 served with button mushrooms and roosterkoek The life of the Durban party scene, gaining a reputation as It is rumored that, in this very spot where you’re standing a general ruan, relentless womaniser, and joker – who on right now, OSKAR found his blissful place in the sun. Legend more than one occasion got into bar brawls over his also has it that he still makes an appearance from time to alleged long neck drink-stealing technique. In such battles time, in the shadows, when the music is right and the Kitchen Sink Salad R80 his speciality was the ying “Karate Kid” round house kick, whisky is owing. (Ask your Idiot for description) which was as eective as it was spectacular. So if your head feels a little sore in the morning after gently smoked grilled chicken R40 Being the free-spirit that he was, OSKAR decided to leave having a good time, it might have been the booze … but grilled ostrich llet R30 Durban to sample the Cape Town Nightlife after losing a maybe, just maybe, it was a roundhouse kick from OSKAR smoked and seared sirloin R30 drunken bet that he could make it there on foot, as well. baby calamari R20

Here at The Village Idiot we raise our glasses to the foolish renegades, the adventurous idiots and all the people who refuse to live life by the rules of normality.

“Surround yourself with a bunch of outstanding idiots and you will have a lot of fun.” Kristian Goldmund Aumann HERBIVORE CARNIVORE

Larney Mac & Cheese R90 Slow Cooked Lamb Pot Pie R130 Brie & cheddar with white true topped with grilled mozzarella served with a side salad & red wine jus Tata Ma Sides bacon bits R20 Ordered Individually - All R35 rosa tomatoes R10 Ouma’s R110 served with chutney, side salad and jeweled basmati rice Smoked apple slaw Vegan Board R95 Pap with charcuterie gravy veg , mielies, brinjal stued roosterkoek, Tata Ma Chance Pork Ribs R160(full) / R90(half) Fries with biltong spices and sweet potato fries with sticky brandy basting and chips / salad / pap Sweet potato fries Seasonal side salad Veggie R85 Rack of Lamb R170 Corn on the cob seasonal veg nished with Bualo Ridge mozzarella, with wholegrain mustard mash, roasted veg and homemade Seasonal roasted veg house pesto and tomato smoor mint sauce and a red wine jus Pumpkin fritters Wholegrain mustard mash Halloumi Salad R110 Braai Board R160 mixed baby leaves, cauli ower, cranberries, toasted nuts & seeds a selection of local braai meats served with chakalaka and chips / salad / pap Roasted Veg Pot Pie R120 served with a side salad and wild mushroom sauce Deluxe Braai Board R220 lamb sausage, chicken wings, sirloin, ribs, chakalaka Feeling saucy today? Gogo's Veg Potjie R130 and two sides of your choice Ordered Individually - All R25 nished with saron coconut cream and served with wholegrain mustard mash, pumpkin fritters and mango atchar Green Peppercorn Red Wine Jus BURGERS Monkey Gland (includes smoked apple slaw and chips / salad / pap) made with love, with Mrs Raju’s spices Wild Mushroom CURRIES Traditional tomato-based Durban curry Lekker Boerie Burger R115 with caramelised chutney onion marmalade Veg R95 Chicken (on the bone) R110 Oskar’s Ex, Ostrich Burger R115 Lamb R125 with gherkins and cumin balsamic reduction Prawn R135 R110 Choose your hotness - Cape Town mild or Durban Hothothot Chicken Burger chicken breast grilled in sticky brandy basting topped served with Basmati Rice or as a with chopped sambal

Braaied Vegan Burger R110 SHISANYAMA smoked corn, chickpea and butter bean patty nished (served with smoked apple slaw, sauce of choice and chips / salad / pap) with hummus and avo, served with sweet potato fries, pickled red onions & gherkins Rib Eye 250g R195 Rump 250g R150 “Only two things are innite, the universe and human stupidity, Sirloin 250g R150 and I'm not sure about the former.” Ostrich Fillet 250g R160 Albert Einstein SO-FISH-TICATED BEER

Seafood Pot R180 On Tap mussels & prawns steamed in coconut milk, lemongrass Standard Premium Lager R48 and ginger with a fried baby squid salad and roosterkoek Standard Premium Pilsner R48 Standard Mary Jane Ale R48 Sesame Crusted Braaied Kingklip R160 with Malay mango atchar and peppered asparagus and side salad / seasonal veg Rotating Tap Ask your favourite idiot

Baby Calamari R130 Bottled ash fried and served with homemade tartar sauce Amstel R30 and chips / salad / pap Castle Lite R32 Babelas Fish & Chips R110 Hansa Pilsner R30 beer battered hake with tartare sauce and grilled lemon Heineken R33 Windhoek Lager R30 Black Label R30 Tafel Lager R30 POWER COMBOS Budweiser R32 (served with smoked apple slaw and chips / salad / pap) Heneiken 0.0 R30

Rib & Wing R170 Rib & Calamari R170 Fish & Calamari R160 COOLERS

Dragon Fiery Ginger R40 Alpha Dry Cider R40 SWEET TOOTH Hunters Dry R34 Savanna Dry R34 Chocolate Brownie R65 Savanna Lite R34 with ice cream Smirno Spin R36 Smirno Storm R36 Peppermint Crisp R65 layered with Tennis biscuits and caramel cream

Malva Pudding R55 with custard

Melktert R55 made the traditional way

Koeksisters R55 "Stupid is as stupid does." with Rooibos ice cream Forrest Gump MOCK’TAILS WINE

Oskar’s Honey R35 Whites peach ice tea, honey, cranberry juice and mint House White R35 / R130 Dornier Cocoa Hill Sauvignon Blanc R45 / R165 Boneless Mojito R35 Zandvliet Wooded Chardonnay R46 / R165 mint, lime, lemonade and soda Eikendal Janina Unwooded Chardonnay R50 / R170 Opstal Chenin Blanc R50 / R185 Badenhorst Secateurs Chenin R55 / R210 Bosman Sauvignon Blanc R60 / R220 MINERALS & MIXERS Klein Constantia Sauvignon Blanc R70 / R250 Bouchard Finlayson Sauvignon Blanc R270 Sodas 200ml R20 Juice 200ml R22 Rosé Bos ice tea R30 Pierre Jourdan Tranquille R45 / R160 Red Bull R45 Cavalli Pink Pony R50 / R185 Appletizer / Grapetizer R30 The Foundation Stone Rosé R190 Still / Sparkling water R25/45 Haute Cabrière Chardonnay / Pinot Noir R225

Reds House Red R35 / R130 Protea Merlot R45 / R170 Landskroon Cinsaut/Shiraz R50 / R180 Brampton Pinotage R55 / R200 Warwick First Lady Cabernet Sauvignon R60 / R230 Thunderchild Blend R65 / R250 De Toren Delicate Blend R70 / R260 Kruger Family Pinot Noir R230 Saronsberg Provenance Shiraz R250 L’Avenir Stellenbosch Classic (Bordeaux blend) R295 Springeld Whole Berry Cabernet Sauvignon R340

“If idiots could y, the sky would be like an airport.” “I'm fairly certain that YOLO is just Carpe Diem for stupid people.” Laura Davenport Jack Black BUBBLES COCKTAILS

Méthode Cap Classique John Deere R45 Allee Bleue Brut Rose R50 / R275 Cane, cream soda, cucumber and lime Our cocktails are served till 11pm Simonsig Kaapse Vonkel R55 / R290 Mojito – Classic or Vanilla L’Ormarins Brut Classique R60 / R300 We do most of the classics, Rum, mint, lime, soda R60 just ask your favourite Village idiot Pini wants a Cracker R65 French Rum, pineapple, mint Moët & Chandon Brut R1350 Mumm Brut R1550 Margarita Dom Pérignon R4800 frozen R45 shaken not stirred R65

Oskar’s Honey R70 Rum, honey, peach ice tea, cranberry juice

Berry Jane R70 Cannabis Sativa vodka, strawberry, grapefruit

Barrel Aged Negroni R75

Vanilla Whiskey Sour R75 Jameson Whiskey, fresh lime, vanilla sugar, apple & vanilla foam

Bubbly Baboon R65 Absolut Vodka, cranberry, strawberry, cherry and bubbly

Pornstar Martini R70 Granadilla, vanilla and bubbly

Patron Paloma R70 Patron Silver, grapefruit, sugar syrup, lime juice

Red Boosh R75 Inverroche Amber, Caperitif, Rooibos, lemon and apple juice

Force of Nature R75 Inverroche Classic, Buchu, Spekboom and fresh lime

Jungle Queen R65 Bombay Sapphire, watermelon, lime, tonic and soda

Haibo Highball R70 “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” Dewar’s 12, ginger ale and fresh lime Sarah Cook COCKTAIL JUGS BOTTLE SERVICE

John Deere R180 Vodka Absolut R900 Mojito R220 Tequila Grey Goose R1440 Olmeca Black R900 Belvedere R1440 Jungle Queen R250 Altos Reposado R990 Cabrito R1050 Gin R250 Pini wants a Jug Patron Silver R1350 Beefeater R900 Avion Reposado R1500 Bombay Sapphire R900 Oskar’s Honey R260 Patron Reposado R1800 Hendrick’s R1050 Herradura Anejo R1800 Bulldog R1200 Slushie of the week R160 Don Julio R1650 Irish Whiskey Jameson R1050 Jameson Caskmates Stout R1050 SHOOTERS Jameson Caskmates IPA R1050

Springbokkie R20 Scotch Whisky Dewar’s 12 R1050 Sowetan Toilet R20 Dewar’s 15 R1350 Chivas Regal 18 R2100 Marshmallow Kisses R23 Glenlivet 12 R1500 marshmallows, cream, vodka Glenlivet 15 R2250 Glenlivet 18 R3600 Melktertjie R23 Glenddich 12 R1500 like the tart, but you can drink it Glenddich 15 R2250 Super Sour C R23 Glenddich 18 R3600 strawberry, lemon, pineapple, vodka Tennessee Whiskey Lemon Meringue R25 Jack Daniel’s R900 toee lemon treat Liqueur Boegoe Blits R22 Jägermeister R900 traditional medicinal moonshine, benets include liquid courage Brandy Marula Mampoer R32 potstilled South African re water with a hint of Marula magic KWV 5 R840

Jäger Bomb x 4 R135 Rum Bumbu Rum R1350 Atchar: cold spicy pickled sauce made Marula: exotic African tree, local lore from mangoes says that elephants get intoxicated from Come celebrate your special occasions with us! the fermented fruit Babelas: derived from the Zulu ‘ibhab- halazi’ and is used to describe a really bad : sweet pastry crust and a For all reservations contact us during o ce hours at hangover creamy milk lling, topped with cinnamon 021 418 1548 - [email protected] powder 32 Loop st, Cape Town Biltong: dried and salted meat, similar to beef jerky Mielie: corn on the cob

Bobotie: similar to meatloaf, but with Monkey Gland: the sauce is not a Trading Hours sweet curry avors and so much better gland and zero monkeys were used in making it Boerie: , sausage, make sure Tues-Thurs: 3pm - 2am you roll the ‘r’ when pronouncing this word Ouma: grandmother, gogo, an elderly Fri & Sat: 12pm - 2am woman Braai: also known as a barbecue where food is cooked on a grid over wood and Pap: porridge, usually made with maize ames meal

Social Media Bunny Chow: hollowed-out loaf of Rooibos: a type of tea that is made white bread lled with curry from a plant also called rooibos, literally facebook.com/thevillageidiotct/ translated “red bush” @thevillageidiotct Chakalaka: mild tomato, onion and bean relish Roosterkoek: bread baked on a grid-iron over a re Haibo: "denitely not!", usually expressed on its own, at the start or end of a Samoosa: tasty triangular-shaped T's & C's sentence when something seems unbe- pastry with lling lievable We do not take Drinks Only bookings Shisa nyama: Zulu phrase and, literally, : deliciously sweet, sticky, means to "burn meat" Tables of 8 or more will be subject to 10% service charge on the bill crunchy fried dough drenched in syrup All reservations of 8 or more require a R75 per person minimum food spend Smoor: tomato & onion relish Larney: a very rich person, something which is expensive or fancy Sosatie: skewered meat or veg kebabs

Check out our other venues Lekker: tasty, sexy, hot, cool, great, Spekboom: indigenous, drought-resist- delicious, fun, nice, very excellent ant succulent native to our country, www.thermct.co.za literally translates to ‘bacon tree’ @thermct - facebook.com/thermct/