SA restaurants ranked among world's top 100
Cape Town’s La Colombe and the small restaurant Wolfgat on the West Coast have again been rated among the world's top 100.
On Wednesday, the organisers of the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurant List published their rankings of the number 51 to 100 placed restaurants – ahead of the release of the 50 top restaurants later this month.
More than 1 000 culinary experts vote on the awards, which were first launched 20 years ago.
La Colombe was ranked number 56 on the list – from 81st place in 2021.
"With a treehouse-like setting, with a large glass ceiling that allows light to stream in, the dining room is minimalist and muted, allowing James Gaag’s theatrical dishes to sing," the organisers of the awards noted. "Smoked tomato, aubergine and pine nut, and petit poussin with crayfish and miso corn are stalwarts on the Chef’s Experience multi-course menu."
The 20-seater restaurant in Paternoster, Wolfgat, was ranked 90th, from number 50 in 2021.
"Chef Kobus van der Merwe’s restaurant in beautiful coastal Paternoster in South Africa serves a seven-course menu built on local indigenous ingredients in dishes inspired by the surrounding landscape," the organisers said.
"Try the Saldanha Bay oyster mushroom for a taste of the oceanic West Coast, or springbok loin with kale and sea lettuce. The old advice not to fill up on bread does not apply here: especially when paired with the signature bokkom butter and wild sage."
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 will be announced in London on 18 July. -Fin24
On Wednesday, the organisers of the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurant List published their rankings of the number 51 to 100 placed restaurants – ahead of the release of the 50 top restaurants later this month.
More than 1 000 culinary experts vote on the awards, which were first launched 20 years ago.
La Colombe was ranked number 56 on the list – from 81st place in 2021.
"With a treehouse-like setting, with a large glass ceiling that allows light to stream in, the dining room is minimalist and muted, allowing James Gaag’s theatrical dishes to sing," the organisers of the awards noted. "Smoked tomato, aubergine and pine nut, and petit poussin with crayfish and miso corn are stalwarts on the Chef’s Experience multi-course menu."
The 20-seater restaurant in Paternoster, Wolfgat, was ranked 90th, from number 50 in 2021.
"Chef Kobus van der Merwe’s restaurant in beautiful coastal Paternoster in South Africa serves a seven-course menu built on local indigenous ingredients in dishes inspired by the surrounding landscape," the organisers said.
"Try the Saldanha Bay oyster mushroom for a taste of the oceanic West Coast, or springbok loin with kale and sea lettuce. The old advice not to fill up on bread does not apply here: especially when paired with the signature bokkom butter and wild sage."
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022 will be announced in London on 18 July. -Fin24
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