{"id":18801,"date":"2017-10-09T16:53:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T16:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=18801"},"modified":"2017-10-09T16:53:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T16:53:20","slug":"lunch-at-the-short-market-club-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/south-africa\/lunch-at-the-short-market-club-cape-town","title":{"rendered":"Lunch at the Short Market Club, Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Had a brilliant lunch experience today in Cape Town, at the Short Market Club<\/a>. It’s a newish restaurant that’s an offspring of two of Cape Town’s most celebrated eateries, the Test Kitchen and the Pot Luck Club. So how did this, the latest venture from\u00a0Luke Dale-Roberts, stack up? It’s a project he has handed off to his chef Wesley Randles and manager Simon Widdison, and they’ve done a great job.<\/p>\n

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First of all, the decor. This place just feel special. It has a lovely vintage feel to it. Luxuriously intimate. And the staff are amazing: often service is a tricky thing in South Africa, even in high-end restaurants, but this was a really good experience.<\/p>\n

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The food is superb. To start, we ordered cape malay crispy octopus and crispy pig cheek, and both were stunning: rich but balanced, and perfectly nuanced.<\/p>\n

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The main course: we went beef, and the two options we chose (rib on the bone, and sirloin) were lovely, and brilliantly complemented by the utterly more-ish duck fat roast potatoes and the duck fat roasted sprouts. This was pure deliciousness.<\/p>\n

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Wine? A good list of top local wines. We started with Graham Beck Ros\u00e9 in coupes, then followed up with Spioenkoep Riesling 2016 by the glass, and a bottle of the fabulous Dark Side Syrah from Craig Hawkins, which was thrilling.<\/p>\n

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Finally, a negroni. An almost perfect lunch, and by London standards the bill was about half what I’d have expected to pay for this quality of food.<\/p>\n

The Short Market Club, 88 Shortmarket St, Cape Town<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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