A delicious Roar menu in Sandton
Roar bar and bistro are infusing the taste of African homes into the heart of Sandton.
With so many flavours available daily to the Sandton community, the Roar Bar and Bistro has returned to the scene with a remastered menu from their new head chef.
The restaurant hosted an event launching its new menu by chef Thabang Mohapi on June 28. Restaurant manager Kuda Dhliwayo said that the undertaking of reopening began in December last year, when the brand hired Chef Mohapi to relaunch the eatery with a fresh look and feel.
“He created the menu based on things that people like to eat everywhere else, added into one menu; we’re calling this an Afropolitan menu, combining Africa with cosmopolitan,” Dhliwayo said.
Born in Soweto, and raised in Thembisa, Mohapi’s journey began when working as a sculler at OR Tambo in 2005. While there, he made a friend who introduced him to the world of culinary excellence. Since those formative years in the industry, he’s gone on to work at the Signature brand restaurant in Brooklyn, Pretoria – ahead of becoming a senior Chef de Partie at Aurum Restaurant in Sandton. It was through Aurum that Mohapi realised the opportunity to join Roar Bar and Bistro as their head chef.
“I remembered how, growing up, I had also wanted to be a magazine chef – creating new dishes on my own, that had not been seen or experienced before. Being in the kitchen is my peaceful, quiet place.”
When he isn’t being creative in the kitchen, Mohapi also dabbles in music and DJing.
“When I’m free, or invited to come and play music, I DJ,” Mohapi said. “I love music. I think music and food complement each other. They’re the two things that I do with love when I get to do them.”
If he had to choose one item listed on the menu as his favourite, Mohapi said that he would recommend the crispy pork belly dish to customers.
“The pork belly is one of my favourite dishes,” Mohapi concluded. “I modified it here and there; it’s nice, simple and tasty. That’s where I was going with this pork belly.”
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