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10/09/2026
📍 RINGWOOD collab is back with Saazaa Coffee Roasters this Sunday morning
☕️ Grab a seat and coffee this Sunday morning
⬇️ Menu and details below
🤤 Combo of old and nu school items
🚚 9-1.30pm SUN 13 SEP
Saazaa coffee roasters
📍 9 Olive Gr Ringwood
See you then 🤙🏾
09/09/2026
Tricky by name, tasty by flavour.
Lends itself well to pork though, so we baste it on bacon for our egg-n-bacon mini rotis, which will be on this Sunday’s collaboration with our friends SAAZAA Coffee®️ Ringwood
📍 SAAZAA Coffee®️ SUN 13 Sep 9-1.30pm
06/09/2026
Salute to all to all the fathers out there on Father’s Day.
Have a springbokkie shot whilst you’re at it. 🤙🏾
25/08/2026
SAMOOSAS: South Africa style. From the very first bite it does one thing - take you home.
Commonly spelled and pronounced this way in South Africa, particularly within the Cape Malay and Durban communities.
Samusa: Used in Sudan and Madagascar.
Samoussa: Spelled this way in Réunion.
Chamuça: Used in Portuguese-influenced regions and former colonies.
Sambusa: Widely used in East Africa (including Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) and the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea)
Samosa: Spelled and pronounced this way in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (in Hindi, Urdu, and English contexts).
Easily one of the most famous snacks, hand rolled, crisply fried and with various fillings.
The perfect snack in our opinion. We only do curried potato on our menu given our menu is meat heavy.
The only problem is they take ages to make and about 9 seconds to eat 😭
What’s your fondest memory of eating these?
20/08/2026
To give more context around the inspiration for our freshly resprayed truck, Bo Kaap is vibrant, colourful area in Cape Town.
Home of Cape Malay community and cooking, where a lot of South African street food flavours originated as well as Cape Malay koeksisters (or as we like to call them) aka Cape Town Doughnuts
🚚 Private catering this weekend so we’ll back on the road the following weekend!
13/08/2026
Our “pickle fish salsa” is the yellow sauce you see.
Pickle fish is uniquely South African which combines the fish, spices, onions and oil that form the dish as a whole - and only eaten at Easter. (Cape communities)
There is no such thing as “pickle fish salsa” - South Africans will tell you that.
Until now.
We believe the sweet sour turmeric base spice is too good to wait once a year to eat. So we’ve turned it into a cool sauce for our fish mini roti.
It’s been described as similar in to mango chutney by a Sri Lankan guy and a South African customer said it sounds as though it shouldn’t work, but it does.
It’ll be running again on our menu this Sunday at Boatrocker Brewers Distillers - deets in bio
Keen to know how you would describe the pickle fish flavour?
(Sneak peek st our new truck colour too btw)
Full menu:
Lamb bunny chow
Boerewors cheeseburger
Pickle fish mini roti
Potato samoosas
Cape Town doughnuts (koesisters)
05/08/2026
🚚 BRAESIDE Sunday only at Boat rocker brewery 12-4pm
🍻 Grab a seat and b**r at Boat Rocker Brewery whilst enjoying a chow
🐟 Nu school item our “pickle fish salsa” mini roti has been described as a “belter” (Thats what Dwayne from Durban said)
👇🏾 Tap below for full menu
📍 Boat rocker brewery 34 Macbeth St Braeside
👀 See you then
28/07/2026
Private catering this weekend mense.
Next public outting Sunday 9 Aug Boatrocker Brewers Distillers 12-4pm.
👀 Stay tuned for menu drop!
08/07/2026
📍 RINGWOOD COLLAB!
New winter item added for the morning - brunch session this Saturday at Saazaa Coffee roasters 🇰🇪
🕰️ Sat 12 July
9.30-1.30
8 Olive Grove Ringwood
🖐️ Tap the poster for menu
☕️ Grab a seat, coffee and feed!
👀 See you then
01/07/2026
Did you know we can do canapé style catering for parties?
These are examples we did at Grant and Julia’s wedding party. Straight from the truck and snapped up quickly!
Pap battered boerewors mini skewer, chakalaka
Biltong dust pâté - cream cheese vibe, fresh baguette
Bean bobotie, roti, masala aioli, curry leaf
Someday nu school. Still authentic flavours. Always O&E
26/06/2026
🍛 Keeping this weekends collab menu real tight and old school!
🙌🏾 We hardly make it out to the South East so don’t sleep on this Berwick!
🥳 Join us to celebrate Bushman Meats 1st birthday this Saturday!
🍖 20+ kg bunny chow, hundreds of cape koesisters and vetkoek so grab a seat outside or sit in your car and chow, maak nie saak vir ons just geniet!
👀 Details in poster
🤙🏾 See you Saturday
11/06/2026
A few snippets of what’s behind a bunny? (Aka bunny chow curry, lamb bunny chow curry)
Not rabbits, never was, never will.
03/06/2026
📍 BRAESIDE
Boat Rocker Brewery
34 Macbeth St
Sat 12-8pm
🥘 Expanded menu with new items rotated on!
🍻 Pull up for lunch or dinner and grab a b**r
👇🏾 Tap poster for full image
🤤 For the record - curry salsa is pickle fish salsa
👀 See you then!
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Ostrich & the Egg is a must-visit food truck in Melbourne for anyone who loves South African street food. This family-owned eatery offers an authentic and reimagined menu that will take your taste buds on a journey. The aromas of spices and ingredients are unmatchable, and everything is made from scratch with their own hands. The Cape Malay koeksister doughnuts are a must-try, and the rotating reimagined menu items keep things exciting. The casual dining experience is filled with good vibes and South African humor, making it a perfect spot to hang out with friends and family. Ostrich & the Egg's mission to replicate the experience synonymous with kitchens in South Africa is truly reflected in their food, which is hand-made with humble techniques just like you would at home. Overall, Ostrich & the Egg is a gem of a food truck that should not be missed!
