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And what better stop to make after a walk Joël, who makes the best chicken pie ever, the narrow stoep. The Pro Shop was also
or jog than the Clubhouse! You can buy has been at Silver Lakes for more years below and next to the halfway house, all
your cooldrink to drink on your way home than most of us have been staying here. If tucked out of the way.
from the small store at the entrance to Café there were stars to be won for his cooking
41, or if you have time, sit down at Café 41 skills, he would have received one! What we have today started developing
and enjoy a sumptuous breakfast, lunch into what we see now when Piet Geyser
or dinner. Staff at the Fairways restaurant I remember when we moved in: the bought the golf course from Ampros, a
upstairs at the bar make the most delicious Clubhouse was just the main building one subsidiary of Anglo American. He extended
pub food! It’s all prepared by Joël and his sees from across the water and it was a the little building, which was the original
team of chefs in the kitchen. lot smaller, being just the upper part with sales office, to become the Pro Shop.
no covered patio. It had a large stoep
It is this same chef’s team who prepare with the bar inside on the left, same as Today it is the wine shop and grocery
the fresh breads and biscuits at the store. it is today. shop. Piet decided he wanted to run a golf
My favourite is the dark rye. The team also course, not a catering business. So, he sold
prepare the food we eat at our Silver Lakes Homeowners had meals upstairs only the main building to Nick Valikellis to start
events as well as the food at conferences, once a month, and these were called a restaurant for Silver Lakes. Nick moved
weddings, baptisms, birthdays and any Homeowner Wednesday buffet-style his team of chefs, including Joël, from his
other celebration. We can enjoy delicious meals. The area below the upper floor original restaurant in Brooklyn to Silver
meals and an amazing view of our two last was a small, narrow, galley-like halfway Lakes and started making pizzas (which
tee boxes, 9 and 18, as well as of the dams house. It was dark inside and had a few proved to be the best seller in Silver Lakes)
in front of the Clubhouse. tables as well as some seating outside on and other great food.

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Joël in the kitchen at the Fairways
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The wine shop Bread baking

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