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Making my way to Millers Cafe

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I wouldn’t say that I’m a regular at Millers Café, but I’m definitely not a newcomer. Despite how many times I’ve been to Millers before, it is completely different approaching my dining experience both as a paying customer and a writer. I’m forced to attempt to forget everything else I’ve known about the place, wipe the slate clean and start again.

Something I immediately notice that’s changed in the last few months is the palm tree display out front. Several palm trees in pot plants, and in brick containers section the customers sitting outside off from the rest of Sam Levy’s Village. Two massive palm trees have been positioned on either side of the entrance, beckoning you inside. Nearby I read a sign that says “Palms supplied and lovingly maintained by Pleasure in Palms”.

Outside the restaurant, the tables are situated both in the sunshine and in the shade. They’re spread out in a spacious manner. With wooden picnic-style tables and hard plastic cream chairs, you can’t help that feel that you’re in some kind of garden, when you’re actually sitting next to a car-park. Gas burners can also be seen near the entrance, proving the Millers accommodates fairly for both Summer and Winter.

Inside is host to many, many tables catering to groups of all shapes and sizes. When I arrive it’s around 12.00 noon so Millers Café hasn’t quite hit it’s lunchtime stride, and both inside and outside are relatively quiet. I’m so happy for this, as prior lunchtime experience has tended to be chaotic. When I speak to the manager, Lyn Labuschagne Bawden, she tells me that lunchtime is their busiest time of day, especially on Sundays when they do a traditional Sunday roast. She also comments that Mondays are busy because they are one of few restaurants open on Mondays. For obvious reasons, Fridays are similarly busy.

When I arrive, I find a seat to my liking slightly in the sun, but not enough to overwhelm me. The waiters are a constant reassuring presence, and one brings me a menu. After flipping through it I’m guaranteed that this is the biggest menu I’ve seen on the entire Coffee Shop Tour. Ranging from breakfasts (“Morning Mayhem”), to light meals (“On the Lighter Side”), to starters (“Right let’s get started”), lunches, dinners and coffee-time treats (“The Beans”), Millers Café has so very much offer from their interestingly titled food and drinks. I stare at the menu for a good fifteen minutes making a remaking my mind. It’s hard not to be stuck with options such as “The Bunny”;“The Hipster” burger with avo, feta, bacon, rocket and cherry tomatoes; “A fun guy to be with” pizza; the “Borrowdallian” chicken dish and “Chocolate Sin” for desert.

Finally, after a pain stakingly long time I decide to order a macchiato and a croissant with butter and jam. When they arrive, after a tiny wait, they’re presented beautifully. The macchiato represents the saying “dynamite comes in small packages”, and is a tiny, delicious shot of goodness. The layer of foam on top has been played lovingly to cover the strong flavour beneath it. The croissant is arranged with a line of syrup placed adjacent to it, as well as three slices of strawberry. The taste is lovely, and the centre is warm and moist. To sum it up, it’s a great coffee-time meal.

I walk over to another lone dinner sitting nearby me, Roxanne, to ask her a few questions. Like me she’s here to order a coffee-time option, and she’s chosen a bran muffin a cappuccino. So far, she’s very impressed with her order. I ask her what’s made her choose Millers Cafe over all the other coffee shops in Borrowdale, and she replies that they’ve usually got space, which is always a plus. She also loves the pizza, which she usually gets as a takeaways. I also ask her what she’s enjoyed about this particular experience and she tells me has enjoyed the quiet, the peacefulness and the great service.

When I’ve made my way over back to my table, Lyn comes over again for a proper chat. I ask her what people order the most and she replies that the steaks, chickens and pizza are most popular. On the coffee shop side of things, she comments that the cakes of the day seem to fly out. Millers Cafe has been open since May 2010, and she tells me that while this is their second menu, a third is currently in the works, soon to be released. She’s also proud to point out that Millers Cafe is open 365 days a year, and this proves that Millers is always reliable.

Millers Cafe can be found at Shop 110 Sam Levy’s Village, Borrowdale, Harare. It is open every day from 8.00am to 9.00pm. Visit The Coffee Shop Tour tab at www.eatout.co.zw for more information on The Coffee Shop Tour and on their menu.


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