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SA cuisine
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Gingko vegetarian restaurant
When it comes to vegetarian dining, it doesn’t get much better than Gingko in Johannesburg, with its extensive buffet and à la carte menu. more
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Yum Yum Restaurant, Tzaneen
Yum Yum Restaurant’s funky décor and fabulous, fresh fusion food have perked up dining in the subtropical town of Tzaneen. more
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Freedom Café, Durban
The Freedom Café is a tribute to creativity. Set in a red shipping container, its menu is as deliciously quirky as the décor and design. more
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9th Avenue Bistro, Durban
9th Avenue Bistro is a popular Durban eatery offering delicious bistro meals that honour the seasons and make use of the freshest of local produce. more
More about SA cuisine
Bistro dining in South Africa
Bistro dining is a fine affair at South Africa's cosy restaurants, which have interpreted the original bistro concept and given it an African slant. more
The Gourmet Shed, Clarens
The Gourmet Shed near Clarens in the Free State offers the best of home-grown fare and a good dose of local hospitality. more
Chain restaurants offering vegetarian options
More and more South African chain restaurants offer vegetarian options these days, ensuring that vegetarians are catered for in practically every corner of the country. more
Top 10
Established chefs
1Harald Bresselschmidt
Everything Chef-patron Harald Bresselschmidt’s touches turns to yum! The signature ‘East meets West’ mélange of sukiyaki twinned with crayfish béarnaise is world class wonderful.
Aubergine Restaurant. 39 Barnet Street, Gardens, Cape Town. Tel: +27 (0)21 465 4909.
2Richard Carstens
Ever-inventive, chef Richard Carstens combines seasonal ingedient perfection with playful elements like savoury ice-creams and cloud sushi. Adventurous gourmets book now ... Tokara restaurant, Tokara wine estate, Helshoogte Pass, Stellenbosch. Tel: +27 (0)21 885 2550
3David Higgs
Foodie fans follow wherever chef extraordinaire David lays his toque. His latest gig is at the Radisson Blu Gautrain hotel, and Jo'burg gourmets are salivating at having this recent Chef-of-the-Year in their midst. Radisson Blu Gautrain hotel Cnr Rivonia Road and West Street, Sandton, Johannesburg. Tel: +27 (0)11 286 1000
4Margot Janse
Margot's innovative, locally inspired menus see her restaurant feature consistently among the top 50 in the world. Do not forgo the culinary epiphany that is the tasting menu.
The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français. 16 Huguenot Road, Franschhoek. Tel: +27 (0)21 876 2151
5Reuben Riffel
Everything chef-Patron Reuben Riffel prepares is delicious, seasonal and honest in flavour, whether its at his original bistro in Franschhoek or Reuben's at the One&Only.
Reuben's Restaurant. Oude Stallen Centre, 19 Huguenot Rd, Franschhoek Tel: +27 (0)21 876 3772
6Neil Jewell
The king of South African charcuterie chic. Neil Jewell’s truffle studded organic salami is a triumph and he’s not wrong when he says his breads are “kick-arse good.”
Bread and Wine Restaurant. Môreson wine farm, Happy Valley Road, Franschhoek. Tel:+27 (0)21 876 3692.
7Daniel Leusch
Pretoria’s gourmet king woos diners with French cuisine so sublime an angry uprising would almost certainly ensue if the chef laid down his whisks and knives. Subtle, sophisticated, superb. La Madeleine, 122 Priory Road, Lynnwood Ridge, Pretoria. Te: +27 (0)12 361 3667
8Michael Broughton
Chef Michael Broughton is the king of sauces. Deceptively simple dishes made with superb seasonal ingedients reveal sublime textures and flavours. Terroir restaurant, Kleine Zalze Wine Estate, R44, Stellenbosch. Tel:+27 (0)021 880 8167.
9Luke Dale-Roberts
Twice voted Chef-of-the-Year, Luke Dale-Roberts stretches the limits of his culinary artistry without forsaking flavour and technique. His concept restaurant is a gourmet laboratory where you can watch the chefs prepare edible art. The Test Kitchen, Unit 104A, Old Biscuit Mill, 375 Albert road, Woodstock, Cape Town. Tel: +27 (0)21 4472337
10Giovanni Mazzone
Giovanni Mazzone has offered the sun-drenched flavours of the south of Italy to adoring fans for over 30 years. Expect chunky minestrone and achingly wonderful lumaconi veal-stuffed pasta shells.
Ristorante Ritrovo,Shop 2, Waterkloof Heights Centre, 103 Club Avenue. Tel: +27 (0)12 460 5173.
