After Buitenverwachting, we made our way to Noordhoek, where we had
booked lunch at Franck Dangereux’s restaurant. We are fans of his cooking and
he uses locally sourced ingredients, cooked with a French influence. The meal
was really delicious
The restaurant is painted a lovely
duck egg blue which is very cooling on a hot summer day
Tempura prawns and “crunchy legs”, a
sweet chilli sauce and a basil salsa.
They deep fry the prawn shells and you eat them. (well, only if you enjoy
Chitin). Terry loved it
Fresh yellowtail tartare on top of an
avocado & basil concasse, deep fried mussels, aioli and topped with salmon
caviar. John was in heaven
Lynne and our other friends had
Franck’s classic Bouillabaisse, full of mussels, fish and prawns and topped with
rouille and a slice of cheese topped
toast. It tastes of the sea and is very
special
A portion for the table of the creamy
Gratin potatoes
Everyone on the table ordered Duck for
their entree except Lynne. She chose the sea fresh Yellowfin tuna, lightly
seared , dusted with sesame seeds and with a rich Asian sauce
Slightly pink duck breast with roasted
peaches and a duck leg confit rissole Fantastic but a little small
We had no room for
dessert. We drank a bottle of the 2012 Buitenverwachting Hussey’s Vlei Sauvignon
Blanc and one of Pinot Noir from Newton Johnson. The bill came to R1836 for 5 people, including tip. R368 per head including 1 corkage & 1 bottle of wine
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2015
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