Rosemead Bakery and YzerBru, a bakery and a professional micro-brewery in Yzerfontein

Several Cape Town friends drove to join us for a day,

so we gave them tours of the town and took them out for lunch at places we knew they would enjoy

The first is YzerBru, a small micro brewery that makes very good beers

What we loved is that you can do a tasting of three of them, or all six in 100 ml glasses

The excellent Pale Whale IPA

One of the most beautiful bougainvillea plants we have seen;

white and frilly with pink edges to some of the flowers

Loraine's Vir-gin and Tonic was pronounced delicious and just right for a hot day

Excellent, hand-cut, crispy chips. Yzerfontein does seem to have the secret of crisp chips right wherever we go

At the Rosemead Bakery, next door, they serve these huge sandwiches on their excellent sourdough bread

This one came with optional bacon; there are several vegetarian options

Lynne ordered one of the specials - an open sandwich of smoked trout, cream cheese and dill on sourdough bread
However, she thought that it was very ungenerous, as it was very small
She had asked for it on their softer Rustica bread, but it came on Sourdough with a very tough crust
When she questioned why it was so small when the others were having such enormous sandwiches
and she was rather hungry, the manageress arranged for her to have it on a croissant. That was generous

They are unlicensed, so we had brought a Buitenverwachting Sauvignon blanc 2020,

which was crisp and green and delightful with the food

The bakery interior. They bake a very good selection of artisan breads, pastries, a variety of croissants, Pasteis de Nata
but, while you don’t need to book a table, you do need to get there early to buy the breads and pastries,
as they are very popular

You can order ahead and they will keep them for you
You can watch the bakers in the morning in the open area where they prepare their loaves and pastries

Nicole James the manageress

Our bill

Back to the Brewery on Sunday with another beer loving friend
and a Belgian Blonde

The burgers were good, but did not look spectacular. Lynne's smoked Pork Belly Ribs were spectacular
and it’s a very generous portion. This is the 400g. There is a larger portion

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