design indaba food vendors

So remember we said we were not the only food vendor, well what sort of cool peeps would we be if we didn't sample the goods on your behalf.  Yes we did it for you not ourselves.

The indaba was made even better by the other awesome food vendors we worked next to such great personalities and given we are still newbies it was a pleasure to watch them work. 

The Cottage Cafe you must give Faro a raise.  That guy convinced us to spend so much money at your stall.  My personal favourite remains the chocolate orange fudge cake simply divine.  Looking at it you would think ah whatever but OH MY WORD.  Then the lemon meringue pie, the bacon chedder muffin, the lemonade the carrot cake the list goes on and on.  There were so many goodies at this stall.  We are officially hooked and will be regulars at your shop :-)  did I mention they also make veggie crisps, talk about the perfect low carb snack. 

On the other side we had an awesome French man who was killing it with the crepes.  Our favourite being the Nutella and banana one. yum yum yum.  They were sharing a stall with a lady that makes the best halloumi in town.  So yes if you love crepes and halloumi holla :-) 

Next to them was Pizzazz Pizza - Greystone Park I am proud to say we are very loyal customers of theirs :-)  we live for their lasagne, thai green curry, chocolate mousse and the wings the wings oh my word the wings.  If you haven't tried them what are you waiting for.  On Saturday they introduced us to some crazy tasty butter chicken yoh that chicken was lush.   OOO then on Friday they served up some mean lentil soup.  this is the second time we have tried lentil soup done in two different ways but we love them both. 

Right next to them was Porto's Takeaway they went right ahead and blessed us with some delicious pizza.  I am ashamed to say we are also loyal customers of theirs.  they used to operate in southerton which was great cause its where we hit our 9 to 5.  Awesome food served by awesome people. 

Last but not least PHOMO shame on us for waiting so long to get something from them.  They ran out of food so fast and for obvious reasons.  Their food stall had so much character you couldn't resist but to be drawn to them.

EEE but I lie how can we forget the peeps that kept us caffeinated :-) Zimbarista delivered daily. Even though I didn't get my chai latte the mocha went down a treat.
Shame we had such a hectic and fun time this weekend and we look forward to being busy busy like that more often.
So hopefully if you missed the indaba I have created enough of a amazing picture for you to kick yourself for not having come through. However follow these awesome peeps on facebook to see what is happening or where to locate them and let us know if you enjoy the food as much as we did.

#foodies #zimbolove #burgerboyszw #kalifekemaburger #igndesignindaba

PREPPING FOR A GIG

So I am going to try really hard not to turn this into a venting session  lol, but I feel i need to say these things.

Its tough sometimes to get potential customers to understand that its really not as simple as us going to our meat supplier and saying " Hi mr butcher please can you prepare 50 beef patties 30 chicken patties" and thats us ready to come to an event.

We have spent a lot of time stuffing our faces in the name of RD, testing out different combinations of things to get our patties tasting just right for all of you.  In a way I suppose we should blame all of you lovers of all things burger boys, we are fat because of you :-)

Its hard enough to even decide how many of each type of burger to prep and I do not know how many times we have come with less boers because at a previous event only two people wanted boers then the next event EVERYONE IS ASKING FOR BOERS!!! hahahaha but its great cause it means you love a little of everything we do and you must have a fix of a little bit of everything once in a while.  We have not reached the levels we want with our boers as yet due to financial constraints but we have been speaking with a supplier and in the next month you will be getting a taste of sausages made by one of our business partners.  You can imagine how excited we are for this to happen.


Prepping is a mammoth task and aunty feels the brunt of it when she has to clean up after a prepping session.  Add the fact that our burger baby will want to "help" mommy make tomato jam or help daddy make bbq sauce.  Not to mention when a customer requests pineapple salsa or mushroom sauce, GUY WE MAKE IT ALL FROM SCRATCH.  Now because we want everything to be fresh we wake up at unGodly hours to make the caramalised onion, tomato jam, or our awesome whiskey bbq sauce and coffee rub and any other special condiments that customers would have asked for.

THERE IS SO MUCH WORK BEING DONE TO DELIVER.  I think this is the same with any small business that makes its own products.  Lets respect each others grind and pay what the proprieter believes their products is worth.  When you have a taste and you feel it is not value for money by all means stop buying but if you love it pay whats due.  As businesses grow they begin to enjoy reduced costs due to volumes that are being pushed so be sure to watch this space and eat and grow with us.

The ride may be bumpy but you def wont want to miss out.

HAPPY 2017

So we had our first event of 2017 and oh my word you guys were not playing this weekend.  SO SO SO MUCH LOVE to each and every single one of you that pulled through and bought a burger.  You seriously kept us on our feet and had us pushing those orders out non stop.  Without you there would be n burger boys so you are all honestly appreciated.

Hustlers always has that awesome mix of chill and jol all in the same space.  Like seriously the artists I heard performing Zim has so many hidden gems that need to showcased and platforms like this have helped a group of friends turn their love of food into a legit business and for that we must thank the team at moto republik https://www.facebook.com/MotoRepublikZW/?fref=ts for continuing to give creatives a place to express themselves.  The 1st anniversary celebration of Hustlers was so dope and we wish you would celebrate in this way every month.  

Maybe its just me but i generally find non meat eaters to be seriously picky.  Not saying its a bad thing cause if you have to eat it, the least the food can do is taste nice.  So understand me when i say we are so stoked they raved about our pulled sweet potato burger WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP.  As burger boys even though we seriously love meat we want to be the go to burger peeps for everyone and that includes our veggie loving friends.  So if you are vegetarian dont hesitate to stop by our stall and let us hook you up.  We intend to do trials of a few other veggie combos to ensure you have as many options as our lovers of all things meat :-)