The restaurant's name, 12000 FRANCS, refers to the sum of money offered by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1795 to anyone who could devise a method of preserving food for his conquering armies.
Lo Appet lona wacala kupakisha kudla ngekulandzela umklomelo wase france wa 12 000 lakawuniketwa ngu Napoleon Bonaparte kuwonkhe muntfu lobekakhona kusungula indlela yekusebenta ngekugcina kudla kwentela libutfo lakhe ngetikhatsi letidze tasetigangeni.