Favorite Establishments in Cape Town
I was just there for a couple weeks, mainly for work, so I didn’t get out and about extensively. But I did enjoy sampling the food, art and culture in close proximity to my lodging in an inexhaustive way. Here’s my list of places I’d like to return to:
Food establishments, in no particular order
Fork - Tapas bar where you get four bites of yum on a plate. The butternut squash deserved better, but the eggplant ("aubergine") and chocolate cake were spectacular.
Khaya Nyama - Game (and non-game) meat restaurant; get the zebra!! It’s delicious! Or, if you chicken out, get springbok or ostrich.
The Showroom Cafe - at the Grand Daddy Hotel. The 80% flourless brownie deserves to have a planetoid named after it. It is THAT amazing. The tea selection, salad, and ostrich burger were also commendable.
The Quarter: Gourmet Bunny Chow - I can’t really explain. I don’t even know if bunnies were on the menu. Just go and see. I was very happy with my gemsbok sausage and chutney.
News Cafe - Smoked salmon and CBS for breakfast!
Cafe Mozart - Civilization, any way you like it, for breakfast.
Royal Eatery - Inventive, yummy, beautiful, healthy salads, among many other wonderful creations, including thick milkshakes.
Rcaffe - Excellent museli, excellent waitstaff, excellent internet connection.
Other establishments of note
The African Portrait Art Gallery. The art on the website isn’t nearly as great as the stuff in the store. Go in an be intrigued, captivated, impressed, uplifted, happy. http://www.theafricanportrait.co.za/main.php
Table Mountain cable car ride. http://www.smartguide.co.za/tablemountain/smartguide.swf
Medical Morphology Museum - I didn’t go (missed connection), but I totally wanted to. At Stellenbosch University.
http://sun025.sun.ac.za/portal/page/portal/Health_Sciences/English/Departments/Biomedical_Sciences/Anatomy_Histology/museum
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