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Discover the "Big Five" as part of your South African trek
Restaurants in Johannesburg, Cape Town and the Western Cape
JOHANNESBURG
Enjoy fillet of ostrich, as tender and tasty as filet mignon, on the sunlit patio at Café Mezza Luna (9a 7th St.; +27-11-482-2477), in Melville. Situated in an ultramodern building in the heart of the Cradle of Humankind, the Cornuti Restaurant (+27-11-659-1622; Route T3, Kromdraai Rd.) features dishes like quail salad with baby potatoes and venison stew in a pastry crust.
CAPE TOWN
La Perla (Beach Rd.; +27-21-439-9538) is a swanky Italian seafood restaurant in Sea Point that's hosted everyone from Marlene Dietrich to Winnie Mandela to Prince William to South African president Thabo Mbeki. Occupying an 18th-century house and courtyard, the Five Flies (14–16 Keerom St.; +27-21-424-4442) serves up a menu of local fish like kingklip and linefish.
WINE COUNTRY
Voted one of the finest restaurants in all of South Africa, Bosmans (+27-21-863-2727) in the Grande Roche Hotel in Paarl, can serve up an 8–12 course tasting menu for those who can't decide between the medium seared tuna with passion fruit–curry crème fraîche and the breast of quail and seared foie gras.
CAPE PENINSULA
Your waiter may have to shoo a pesky baboon off of your table before seating you at the Two Oceans (Cape Point Nature Reserve; +27-21-780-9200), where fresh seafood from both the Atlantic and Indian oceans is served.
