There are several challenges served
up to you if you run a restaurant and you are open on a religious holiday in an
area where many people follow that religion. We booked a table at La Boheme for
lunch last Friday as it is always very busy, only to find that we were almost
the only people there. It was Yom Kippur and Sea Point has a significant Jewish
population. But we had a lovely long
relaxed lunch on the pavement terrace.
Their prices are amazing. Each of
us had two courses, priced at R120 for any combination of the starters and
mains on the normal menu
Friend Terry was about
to board his plane back to London and we felt he needed a good lunch and a bit
more good South African wine before the airline food supper
Owners Faisal and his
wife Anna catching up with admin
Duck filled spring rolls
A soft chicken liver paté, served with an onion jam and toasted French
bread
John had beef carpaccio with caper berries and grated Parmigiano
Tom Yum with chicken and calamari
Ox tail, shredded, off the bone
Roast Pork with all the trimmings and good crispy crackling
A typical South African scene. No, they obviously can’t read
The bill came to R660
with tip, very reasonable with two bottles of wine: Diemersdal and Catherine Marshall sauvignons blanc
READ ON
READ ON
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2014
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