Lock down has been hard on many people and restaurants have
really struggled. No trade for months and then they had to reinvent themselves
to keep going, doing take aways and deliveries. But none of these made them the
revenue they needed to survive. If you have a favourite local restaurant,
please try and support them, even if it’s in a small way; they need your help
We discovered that La Bohème in Sea Point was featured on
Restaurant Week - which is running for the whole of October, so should probably
be retitled Restaurant Month. You can still book and get the specials run by
the restaurants who have joined. Here is the link: http://www.restaurantweek.co.za/
We made a booking and, when we alerted friends who live close to us, they also made a booking
and we sat together. It was a wet Friday
night so, sadly, we could not sit on the terrace, which we had hoped to do
Through a glass darkly! We hadn’t seen Peter and Michele for
over 6 months, so it was a joy to sit and chat, gossip and hear stories of what
they have been up to, of work, family and friends. We had a lovely young
waitress called Angie who saw to our every need. Sadly, the restaurant was not
very full for a Friday night; we do hope it improves
The special Restaurant Week menu. It was a very reasonable R250 per head for three courses
While we waited, some oiled, toasted bread was served with olive tapenade and aioli
We ordered a bottle of Mooiplaas Chenin Blanc, one we can
always recommend
A classic, elegant Bush Vine Chenin grown on the high slopes
in Stellenbosch with great fruit and good crispness
Some good choices of starters; most of us chose one that
contrasted with our main course
This was the Smoked salmon tortellini with
burnt sage butter and pico de gallo
Michele had the Beef crudo with caramelised onion purée, pickled
ginger and watercress
There was some food envy; this looked and tasted very
good. (She gave us some to taste)
Our palate cleanser: a very delicious mango sorbet
Grilled West Coast Sole was topped with an Asian salsa, and came
with crisp prawn croquettes and garlic aioli. Sadly John's camera’s SD card has
behaved very badly and did not process the photo he took of our very tender
Steak au Poivre served with fondant potatoes, green beans and spinach. We asked
for medium rare and the three small pieces of steak on the plate were meltingly
tender and perfectly medium rare. The black pepper cream sauce was suitably
peppery. A dish we hadn’t had for a long time, and thoroughly enjoyed. It needs
to be revived; it is a classic that should not disappear
We ordered a bottle of Spier Shiraz to go with the main
courses, lovely and rich berries and spices with dark wood supporting
Sad to see the
restaurant so empty, it usually buzzes and it has been difficult to get a table
The classic Crème
Brûlée
And the rich and creamy Vanilla Baked Cheesecake;
the berry
coulis came a little later, but just in time to enjoy
Our bill with service means R400 a head with some good wine.
The owners, Faisal Khakoo and his Catalonian wife Anna Rascola, really know their wines and the wine list is
compact but very good. We will be back
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