The Peech
Johannesburg, South Africa
Eating
The colourful Bistrorestaurant and adjoining bar,
open to outsiders as well as to guests, are the neural centre of
this remarkable small hotel and have been making waves amongst the
city’s intelligentsia. They look at their best at night when
you look out through they glass frontage to the pool and garden,
bathed in ethereal, green light.
Our breakfast began with fruit kebabs and muesli soaked in
honey which was accompanied by a mixed-fruit smoothie, freshly
baked bread and croissants, and pot-fulls of tea and coffee. A
cooked breakfast is then served: any variant on the full English
or, perhaps, the eggs florentine which gets full marks from
us.
As the name suggests, the restaurant has a French slant but
it also picks and mixes from the world cookbook. When we visited
starters included moules frites, gazpacho, vegetable spring
rolls with sweet chilli sauce, and several different salads:
nicoise, smoked salmon and avocado, grilled rump with cream cheese
or a simple green leaf variant with mustard dessing. Flagship main
courses include chargrilled rump steak, kingklip with a crust of
sundried tomato and almond pesto, and chermoula lamb chops
served with a strawberry sauce. And there are some wicked desserts:
‘decadent’ chocolate torte, crème brulée
or maybe an almond and cream cheese cheescake. There is an
excellent wine list, with all selections coming from South Africa,
apart from the bubbly courtesy of Veuve Clicquot.
If you fancy eating out, James has put together his own list
of Johannesburg’s best eateries with his own star ratings.
Features include:
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Breakfast
