“Taste of Cape Town is a much awaited highlight on the city's social calendar; and it's no surprise - it's a one-stop shop for the best food, wine and gourmet goodies the Cape has to offer.

Each Taste festival is better than the last and this year will be no exception."
- Justine Drake

Visit her website at: www.justinedrake.com

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Bistro Sixteen82
Beef Tataki- Seered,chilled beef fillet with fresh green ginger, chilli, Tamari soya and lime
 
7 Crowns
Soft Shell Crab- Panko crumbed and fried, served with dressed pea shoots and smoked paprika aioli
8 Crowns
Frozen 'Lemon Meringue' mousse with pinenut praline
 
 
 
6 Crowns
Cape Colony at The Mount Nelson Hotel
Mushroom Empanadas
 
 
 
3 Crowns
Mustard marinated beef fillet, butternut puree, lentil salad and oxtail croquet
 
7 Crowns
Vanilla and lime panna cotta with 'fruit salad'
 
 
4 Crowns
Ginja
Thai spiced porchetta, roasted garlic gnocchi, celeriac and lemongrass puree
5 Crowns
Crispy fried calamari pina colada, pineapple salsa, chilli glaze
 
5 Crowns
 
Myoga
Salt and pepper prawns, sweet peppadew and coriander foam
 
5 Crowns
 
Liquid Nitrogen vanilla ice cream, strawberries and chocolate
 
5 Crowns
Grande Provence
Sweetcorn veloute, parsnip puree and tempura prawn tail
 
6 Crowns
Warm ballontine of Elgin free range chicken and lobster, white onion risotto
8 Crowns
Chocolate calzone with white chocolate vodka shot
 
5 Crowns
Gold Restaurant
Cape Malay and African platter – potato and pea samoosa with chutney cream, maize nut fritter with cucumber raita and butterbean mash on puri sprinkled with dukka
 
5 Crowns
Cape Malay Chicken Curry – fragrant chicken curry served on traditional yellow rice with morog cooked with coconut and peanuts
 
 
 
7 Crowns
Fish Frikkadels- smoked snoek fish cakes served with apple and mint relish
 
 
 
 
 
5 Crowns
Il Leone
Carpaccio of the day
 
5 Crowns
Pappardelle ragu
 
7 Crowns
Crispelle al Cioccolato
5 Crowns
Jardine
Pork knuckle terrine, Guiness puree, pickled baby onions and mustard
5 Crowns
Confit Kroondal duck leg, pomegranate, celeriac, walnut and duck crumble
6 Crowns
Red wine poached pear bourdaloue, chocolate cremeux
 
5 Crowns
Bread & Wine
Bolognaise sausage, parsley puree, caponata
 
8 Crowns
Duck trifle – duck jelly, liver parfait and roast pear
 
8 Crowns
 
Le Quartier Francais
Braised lamb breast, white bean and buchu puree, apricot blatjang
 
 
8 Crowns
Brie panna cotta, confit chicken, poached tomato and olive salad, basil and cucumber dressing
8 Crowns
 
Maze by Gordon Ramsay
Peppered biltong consomme, poached and fried quail eggs, shaved biltong
6 Crowns
Kentucky fried quail, sour cream coleslaw, mini corn cob
 
8 Crowns
Vanilla rice pudding, raspberry compote, pistachio biscotti
 
7 Crowns
Nobu
Yellowtail sahimi with jalapeno
4 Crowns
Black cod den miso on butter lettuce
8 Crowns
Crispy pork belly with spicy miso
6 Crowns
Overture
Over-burger, truffle mayonnaise
 
 
8 Crowns
Braised pig's cheek, parsley pomme puree, carrots, gremolata
 
7 Crowns
Chocolate mille fuille, raspberry ice cream
 
6 Crowns
Reubens
Sweet & sour coconut braised oxtail
 
8 Crowns
Prawns, rocket, yuzu dressing and wasabi cream
7 Crowns
White chocolate berry fool
 
6 Crowns
Signal at Cape Grace
Pan seared scallops on saffron risotto, micro green salad and burnt butter vinaigrette
 
7 Crowns
Cumin crusted springbok loin, smoked potato and goats cheese samoosa, date and tamarind jus
 
6 Crowns
Pistachio pavlova, liquid cardamom poached pear and Rooibos and honey ice cream
 
4 Crowns
Societi Bistro
West Coast oyster with cucumber and ginger bubbles
 
4 Crowns
Slow braised ox tongue in a parsley and caper sauce, Pommes Dauphine
4 Crowns
Tart au Citron Ice Cream
 
 
4 Crowns
The Greenhouse
Crispy Sesame prawn sandwich with Ponzu
 
 
 
8 Crowns
Salmon in miso, pickled Daikon radish, sticky rice, fried Wakame seaweed
7 Crowns
Tonka bean crème brulee, summer berry chutney, salted peanut butter espuma
6 Crowns
Wang Thai
Pla Muk Yan – Grilled calamari skewer
5 Crowns
Geang Massaman Ga – Lamb Massaman curry
5 Crowns
Larb Gai - Thai chicken and herb salad
5 Crowns

 
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