You eat Balkan burgers at a mall counter in Gqeberha, where the kitchen works from Serbian family recipes that began as a Johannesburg food truck operation in 2011. The menu leans on a signature sauce and spices from the Balkans, applied to beef patties and vegetarian options alike. The Boardwalk Mall location puts it where holidaymakers and locals already walk.

The kitchen makes the sauce in batches, and the recipe comes from the founders' mother — the same one that first went into the food truck that started the business. Vegetarian options sit alongside the beef, and the mall setting means you can take the food to the nearby beach if you prefer.

The founders still run the operation, having expanded from the original truck to this permanent spot by the coast. What you taste is what worked at markets twelve years ago, just with walls around it now.