Cuisine of Cape Town for gourmets. Places for dinner - best restaurants

Rich choice of seafood is one of the brightest distinctive features of the national cuisine. Fans of this culinary trend will find many restaurants, where they can order classic fish dishes and interesting delicacies. The local delicacies include yellowtail fillet, tuna and Cape Town salmon, as well as lobster and oysters. Many small restaurants update their menus literally every day, because the dishes they offer dependent on the fish and shellfish that were bought by the chefs in local markets. Fans of meat will also have no trouble choosing the right treat. Such dishes as Karoo lamb are very popular with visitors. By the way, every restaurant cooks this dish according to its special recipe.

Another distinctive feature of Cape Town cuisine is a rich choice of fresh fruit. Local desserts will satisfy even visitors who care about their shape. Tourists should definitely try the local wine, which is widely known among connoisseurs of alcoholic beverages around the world. A large part of popular restaurants is located in the coastal area. This is the place where you will find the most expensive and luxurious dining facilities. Long Street is home to restaurants with more democratic prices. In addition to numerous restaurants tourists will be pleased to find many cozy cafes.

Gourmet travellers will surely enjoy their visit to the Hout Bay restaurant, the menu of which consists exclusively of gourmet and exotic dishes. Despite the fact that the prices in this restaurant are quite high, the restaurant is always full of visitors who are eager to signature dishes. Eastern part of the city is the location of the Kalk Bay restaurant, which also features a rich selection of fish dishes. The restaurant will delight visitors with reasonable prices. Kalk Bay is one of the best places to try popular national dishes. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

Tourists usually enjoy attending excursions to the city’s wineries. There are several of them located around the city. Cape Winelands and Franschhoek remain the best-known districts of the city. Here visitors will find not only wineries, but also attractive restaurants and shops. Of course, guests are welcome to taste the best sorts of wine and purchase the sorts they like as souvenirs. Connoisseurs of Cape Town wine will be also interested in visiting the region of Constantia Valley. This cozy settlement has become home to numerous restaurants and bars. The most famous of them are Pastis Brasserie, The River Cafe, Constantia Uitsig, Wasabi and La Colombe. Each of these restaurants serves not only a stunning choice of national treats, but also an impressive wine list.

Visiting restaurants of Cape Town alone, you'll hardly be able to fully appreciate the multifacetedness and uniqueness of the local cuisine. Experienced gourmets will surely recommend small family farms. There are a lot of them in the vicinity of the city, most of the farms are open for tours. Here you can try specialty foods and products that have long become regular for locals. The farms produce wonderful cheeses and bake homemade cakes; you can also try and buy various kinds of fruit jams.

Those who do not want to leave the city limits should pay attention to gastronomic shops and cafes in Cape Town. Here you can also try traditional pastries baked according to family recipes. One of the most popular sweets among tourists is Koeksister. This is the name of small braided donuts soaked in honey.

Kauai, a restaurant chain presented on major city streets, is very popular among locals and tourists. Kauai cafes have a quite unusual specialization - they offer guests “healthy fast food”. A lot of unusual "fast" dishes that are not only incredibly tasty but also very healthy are served here. In such cafes, there is always a huge selection of fresh smoothies and fruit salads, sandwiches with eco vegetables and legumes, salads, and other original dishes that will surely please all adherents of a healthy diet.

In other restaurants of Cape Town, you can try classic South African dishes, which are widespread in many regions of the country. They serve wonderful pilaf of lamb called “Bobotie”, which is necessarily prepared with the addition of dried apricots and raisins. In high-class restaurants, guests are offered a lot of interesting dishes from crocodile meat, usually fried in oil and served with various sauces and vegetable side dishes.

A unique gastronomic masterpiece is a dish with a hard name to pronounce - "Waterblommetije-Bredie". It resembles a classic meat stew, the most unusual component of which is lily buds stewed with meat. The dish looks really unique - after all, it's not so easy for a gourmet to find stewed flowers anywhere else. Well, those who prefer more traditional dishes will like huge steaks traditionally served with fresh greens.