Today I browsed my recipe book collection and randomly pulled out a thin paper cover recipe book called The Caltex Recipe Collection (published in about 1983 by Caltex). The book is a compilation of recipes from the Caltex Recipe Calendar series over the period 1979 to 1982.
Book Cover
The 1982 calendar presented recipes from 12 South African restaurants with drawings of the restaurants by the Cape Town artist Christiane Janssens.
I was delighted to find that Norman's Grill, a choice place for LM prawns, was one of twelve South African restaurants selected. Norman's Grill was located in the Grand Station Hotel at 302 Main Street in Jeppestown. Finding this particular page is poignant as in 2019 it was lost to fire and Norman's had passed on and his restaurant was no more. In 1986 the building was awarded a Johannesburg 100 blue plaque by the Simon van der Stel Foundation. I have fond memories of the ultimate seafood feast at Norman Gaffen's Grill in the 1970s and 80s. So at this time of anxiety it is a small pleasure to remember Norman's Grill and to unearth four of Norman's recipes. Our at home holiday is a good time to rediscover old recipe books.
A Norman's Grill Recipe
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