It only takes a minute to plan and get a good table on the terrace!
While we were at the Franschhoek Summer Wines festival we knew in advance
that it was going to be very hot,
especially at midday. So we decided we would escape the heat and go and have
lunch in the village and return to the festival later when it was cooler. Who has a menu that will allow you to have a
small salad or a grand gourmet meal? Chef
Mathew Gordon has at his restaurant The French Connection on Main Road. And he
has a great chef there, Shirene Patrick who was head chef at his restaurant
Harvest at Laborie (now sadly closed) and who has 'come home' to her roots in
Franschhoek
Franschhoek was filled with tourists;
this gentleman was so enjoying his lunch. They have a board with daily specials
We had the best table in the house, and
could watch the world go by
A salad of chicken and bacon on a
flatbread with lots of avocado and a drizzle of mayonnaise. Crisp chips were
shared by two of us
Another flatbread topped with long
braised, then pulled rib of beef, red wine onion marmalade, baby tomatoes and,
something to copy at home, a generous drizzle of humus spiced with Moroccan Harissa
chilli sauce
and a hamburger, crisp bacon and chips.
This also had the onion marmalade underneath the burger.
Amusing acrobats move from restaurant to
restaurant with their performance. This acrobat has rather got his tush into a
bind! He managed to get his whole body
through the metal drum, so no problems and a few tips and claps
The bill for the three of us; The bill said we were two! We had a refreshing low alcohol ale each. Good lunch, just what we
wanted
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2018
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