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racehorse parade ring. PHOTO: Barry du Plessis.

LUNCH
has also done numerous voice-overs, and
radio and TV adverts.
“I remember doing a Geen & Richards
TV ad in 2001 with Cindy Mabe,” he grins.
Mabe since became the well-known host
on eTV’s Sunrise morning show.
“It was quite an experience, with the
makeup and lights and everything. Cindy
would insist we eat together at the nearby
McDonalds in Springfield and would then
laugh at me having lunch in public wearing
makeup. And you know, sometimes they
got a bit heavy-handed with that makeup...”
He laughs as he bites into his Manly
Beef sandwich, a 150-gram rump steak
with caramelised onions, charred button
mushrooms, roasted tomatoes, gherkins,
lettuce, melted mozzarella cheese and
Thousand Island sauce, which he has
chosen to have on rye.
I have also opted for a sandwich, because
taking interview notes while trying to eat
with a knife and fork is tricky. But V&V’s
Famous Pulled Lamb sandwich, like all their
other “In Betweeners” is a meal in itself
,
and demands more than my half-hearted
attention. With a three-centimetre layer
of pulled lamb, together with caramelised
onion, diced tomato, feta, tzatziki, rocket
and olive oil in a baguette, and served
with a green salad and a handful of kettlefried chips, you have to wonder what one
would possibly have it between, if it is not
typically breakfast and dinner.
I ask Zuma what his menu favourite is.
“The lamb cutlet, with potato and veg,”
he says.
“I’m a tall, strong Zulu man, you know. I
need my meat,” he laughs.
“But I did post a photo of their kingklip
on Facebook once, it was so good.”
Zuma’s career led from education, where
he was eventually the senior education
specialist for arts and culture in the
Department of Education and Training
until 1996, to a four-year stint as a personal
financial advisor with Old Mutual. He
says that he left education because as a
staunch ANC supporter, he couldn’t find
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