July 21 - Ballito Umhl

estaurant Review
Perfect chicken & pizza!
Delicious chicken and the some of the tastiest wood-fired pizzas we’ve ever had …
the Get It girls were invited for lunch at Umhlanga’s yummiest new spot!
Text: Leah Shone
Perched on the corner in Umhlanga’s
bustling village centre, the newly
opened Bird & Co store is a great spot
to sit back with a glass of wine or cold
beer and enjoy a delicious meal. We
know, because we tried it!
Owners and long-time Durban
restaurateurs, Derryck Myers and Alan
Lazarus (who also happen to own
the Butcher Boys in the same street)
invited the Get It girls to experience
a selection of tasty treats from their
menu and Alan sat down for a quick
chat with us while we were there.
“I’ve been in the restaurant industry
for 50 years and I’ve never served food
like this. It’s freshly prepared, tasty
and easy going,” says the Umhlanga
franchise co-owner.
With six branches around the country,
four of which are in KZN, the trendy
Bird & Co brand has become popular
on the North Coast. The Umhlanga
branch offers the same, absolutely
to-die-for favourites that the Ballito
store first introduced to our palates.
They also recently just took home the
title of KZN’s best Peri-Peri chicken,
bestowed upon them by the well-known Facebook group, GBN (Good, Bad &
Nasty).
The secret, Alan says, is in the quality of the ingredients ... and those absolutely
delicious sauces! “We don’t skimp on anything and the quality of our ingredients
is very important to us.”
After being served our drinks, our team lunch started off with a few slices of
pizza. We ordered the Capri (mozzarella, bacon, feta, caramelised onion, avo and
rocket) and the Bird & Co (mozzarella, peri mayo, chicken, chorizo, caramelised
onion and rocket). Both of these wood-fired oven pizzas were crisp, fresh and full
of flavour … and paired perfectly with an ice-cold glass of white wine!
Chicken, of course, is the hero of the menu at Bird & Co and Alan took the liberty
26 Get It • Ballito Umhlanga July 2021