FRANSCHHOEK restaurants shone again at this year’s Eat Out Restaurant Awards, with The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français scooping both the Eat Out Restaurant of the Year 2007 and the Eat Out Service Award 2007.
Both Bread & Wine, and the Restaurant at Grande Provence joined The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français on the coveted 2007 Eat Out Top 10 Restaurants list.
The three award-winning winelands restaurants held the flag high for South Africa’s ‘gourmet capital’ at this year’s glittering ‘foodie Oscars’, which took place at The Rotunda at The Bay Hotel in Camp’s Bay.
The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Français is legendary for its innovative, contemporary and creative cuisine with multi-award winning executive chef Margot Janse at the helm. Awarded the Relais & Chateaux Rising Chef Trophy 2006, Janse’s love of flavours, textures, colours and forms work their way through a sense-dazzling array of dishes, with food combinations that are in blissful harmony.
This chef-supreme reveals an innate understanding of ingredients that translates into true gastronomical bliss, delivering a sensual taste experience that is heavenly on the palate.
Bread & Wine Restaurant at the Môreson Wine Farm is known as the ‘relaxed relative’ of Le Quartier Français. A secret to some and fiercely guarded by the locals, this charming restaurant is set amongst lemon orchards and vineyards.
The attraction is simple: real rustic food prepared with honesty and masses of flavour. The menu showcases chef Neil Jewell’s characteristic skills with an antipasti plate that is an absolute prerequisite, while the seasonal menu boasts original combinations of authentic, handcrafted ingredients.
The Restaurant at Grande Provence offers an elegant and contemporary lunch and dinner menu by chef Peter Tempelhoff.
The menu exudes culinary excellence and with dishes prepared from local fare and flavoured with global influences both modern and classical, the cuisine is deliciously eclectic and reflects the chef’’s approach which is characterised by a philosophy of innovatio
