Independent on Saturday

Oh for another slice of Cheddar custard

Pop-Up Surprise

Meraki by Charlie Lakin

Where: 7 Builders Way Hillcrest

Open: Thursday to Saturday, lunch noon to 2pm, dinner 6pm to 8pm.

Call: 067 346 5995

REPORTS have been filtering down the hill. Chef Charlie Lakin’s new pop-up restaurant is causing a little bit of a stir in the Upper Highway area. Many are raving about his unusual and innovative five-course tasting menus.

So I had dinner with Ingrid Shevlin and her brother Pierre, who was visiting from Johannesburg.

It’s a simple space interestingly decorated with funky coloured walls and zany napkins and Persian

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