Riverside Caffe & Bistro in Sandton

This is Saturday before going to the airport.

The second  time I've come to this place. Nice, good food and cheap. What were you expecting? Biltong, a litre of water and lions?

It's at the Village Walk which is a small mall across the street from the Hilton Sandton.

I had the salmon salad and it was fab (I couldn't wait to start eating it so that's why it looks a little 'used'.)

Note the Coke can -- it's not to scale, it's actual size -- smaller than a Red Bull can.

As a rule, I don't eat anything that's not been boiled or burnt when I'm east of Romania/Czech Republic or south of Italy: Montezuma may not be in this part of the world, but his finger has a mighty long reach -- if ya know what I mean. The locals and touristas are eating salads and other uncooked produce, so I guess it's safe.

It's kinda like monkeys eating the red berries.

One monkey will eat a red berry and the others will watch him to see if he gets sick or dies.

But this is just to show that SA is very civilized and modern. Although I was troubled to read that there is an ongoing problem with an affluent neighborhood near hear who's mothers have been getting robbed -- by the same group for months now -- when picking up children from school. If the police can't curtail this... well, it does say something about the state of law enforcement. SA and JoBurg (as the locals call it) is a nice place and like many other stops in Europe for me I wouldn't mind staying and working for an extended period, but, crime is still something to be concerned with.

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