Lanzerac Cheese Lunches

Ideal Throwback Thursday story. Zelda Furstenburg of Lanzerac asked me what the cheese lunches cost when I was manager there in the 1970s.

I actually don’t remember what they cost then. I do remember going to work at Lanzerac in 1966 and the Cheese Lunch which was served in the Tent Bar was 95 cents.

Each day we had hot soup, served in a copper pot over a flame. There had to be 20 cheeses, 6 different kinds of cheese biscuits, a loaf of Lanzerac Brown Bread made with Nuttiwheat Flour which was ground by the Gelb Family in Stellenbosch. The recipe came from Mrs Anton Rupert. There was a salad, pickled onions, green figs, watermelon preserve and chicken liver paté. You were given a choice of a glass of wine, served in a 125ml Paris goblet, of Lanzerac Rosé, La Gratitude and Chateau Libertas. This was followed by coffee, served in a small after dinner cup. When Christo Wiese owned Lanzerac, they reintroduced the Cheese Lunch and sold it for R95.


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