Chops Foods and Drinks, Johannesburg: Where Nigerians find value of food . Written by: Wale Ojo lanre
Wale Ojo Lanr
April 27, 2016
The political – cultural relations between Nigeria and South Africa has led to influx of the citizens of the two nations into each other’s countries.
As a lot of Nigerians are daily jumping into available flights heading for South Africa and South Africans are daily scrambling to Nigeria for business, leisure, religious and cultural memories.
One of the fears of some people leaving their domiciled environment is basically whether the desired culinary desires will be available. This is essential for many do not joke with their normal and daily diet and always careful of whatever they passed down their throats.
In South Africa, some Nigerians have not only established restaurants and bars, but to ensure that the foods served there are wholly of Nigerian brand and ingredients.
One of such is Chops Foods and Drinks located in Midrand , South Africa.
It is an African setting, diagonally shaped gaboozle hut with its interior decked with the pictorial beauty of Nigerian landscape and tourism sites. Chops is one of the few restaurants established by a Nigerian where one can satisfactorily have its choice of African food
According to Mr Bestman Nze Jumbo, a former University of Lagos Students Union Leader said, “The setting up of Chops Foods and Drinks was actuated by the urgent need to make available African dishes to satisfy the ever present visitors from Nigeria in particular and other West African countries in general.”
He disclosed, “When I relocated to this country, most of the pubs and restaurants were European in content, service and outlook. Even, South African restaurants were not so many. Thus, the onus was on some of us, who have gathered experience in this sector before we moved here to rise to the dictates of the circumstance and do something needful and worthwhile.”
At Chops, Midrand, the choice is yours, your taste dictates their service. It is how do you want it or what do you want. “Here, it is about your choice and taste. We ensure that our primary ingredients are from Nigeria. The menu is African, the cooking is African and the taste is Nigerian”, Bestman revealed
He disclosed that, “the restaurant business in South Africa is encouraging if the operator stays and abides by the rules of the business. Here, you cannot just cook for cooking sake. The hospitality business here is regulated, monitored and controlled for quality, hygiene and health. Thus whatever you eat here apart from being an authentic Nigerian affair is of the highest hygienic quality”.
Bestman pointed out that, ‘Nigerian operated restaurants in South Africa have been able to help in filling the culinary gap which would have confronted visitors from home. We have been able to remove the fear. Any person coming from any part of Nigeria will have access to his choices of food no matter his/her choice.
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