Guide to Tulbagh
DE OUDE HERBERG
The cosy country restaurant and guesthouse is located in one of the long row of Cape Dutch national monuments built in the Tulbagh style. Enjoy real home cooking in a sun-drenched courtyard. The key is simplicity - with mussel soup, beef and bobotie, and home-made chicken pies, apple pies and cheesecake. Slow lamb for a long, slow lunch on weekends.
6 Church Street
Tulbagh
tel: (023) 230-0260
PADDAGANG WINE HOUSE
Mind the frogs on the long driveway to the courtyard complex. You won't find frog's legs on the menu at this popular restaurant and cellar. You will find Cape perennials like waterblommetjiebredie, bobotie, smoersnoek and real home-made fare served under the trees or in the quaint dining rooms of this 1821 homestead.
23 Church Street
Tulbagh
e-mail: paddagang@mweb.co.za
tel: (023) 230-0242
READERS
Relaxed dining in an art gallery and restaurant set in the oldest house on Tulbagh's gabled row of 32 national monuments. The global cuisine of Silwood-trained chef Carol Collins is causing a flutter in the valley. The daily menu draws the tourists and the locals, with the accent on the simplicity of fresh local ingredients in unusual flavour combinations.
12 Church Street
Tulbagh
e-mail: readers@iafrica.com
tel: (023) 230-0087
RIJK'S RIDGE
Set on a dreamy lake overlooking terraced vineyards in the shadow of the Witzenberg Mountains, Rijk's is at the forefront of the food and wine renaissance in the Tulbagh Valley. Matching the cellar's award-winning Pinotage, Semillon and other wines, the menu emphasises fresh, seasonal produce and unpretentious country cuisine, from salads to pork fillet and steaks. Excellent desserts, including cheeses, pavlova and crepes.
Main Road
Tulbagh
tel: (023) 230-1006
BALLOTINA
Behind the Cape Dutch facade, chef-patron Michael Kenny raises the thatch with fresh olive bread, home-made Italian meatballs and local fruits baked in mascarpone. Here is a menu with robust Med flavours: caprese with a twist, a vegetarian pasta arrabiata with lashings of garlic, pesto, chilli and tomato. Enjoy a post-prandial digestif on the patio at this popular spot.
43 Church Street
Tulbagh
