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| The Afrikaans language monument |
On Tuesday the 27th it was time to head to our last stop in South Africa, Cape Town. Before leaving Paarl we went to visit the
Afrikaans Language Monument and did one final stop (we thought) at the wine farm. We did a quick tasting at the
Landskroon wine farm and bought a one bottle of their
portwine.
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| Part of the monument |
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| Plants in the garden of the the monument |
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| Entering the tasting room of the Landskroon wine farm |
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| View from the Landskroon wine farm |
Our way down to Cape Town took us past Stellenbosch where we decided to
make a quick stop in the centre. The whole place felt very crowded so we
just walked a short round and jumped back into the car. It was still
early and we didn't have to drive to Cape Town yet. We had told our
guesthouse that we would be arriving between 4 and 5pm. We decided to go
to have lunch on wine farm we had visited the previos time:
The Jordan Wine Estate.
Our dinner there three years ago had been fantastic! One of those
experiences which will stay with us for the rest of our lives. Because
we were so close to the farm and it was lunch time we thought why not?
Let's drive there and find out what has changed in three years. We
didn't regret this decision. Nowadays they have two restaurants a bistro
style Bakery and the Jordan Restaurant. We hadn't made reservations for
the lunch so we decided to eat at the Bakery.
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| The view at the Jordan has stayed the same. I have a photo like this from our previous
trip as my computer background and it was pretty amazing to sit down to
the terrance and take in the view as real. |
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| Cheers! |
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| Salt and pepper squid, wild rocket, aioli and chimichurri 70 ZAR |
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| Sticky Moo Moo, honey and soy glazed beef brisket, toasted sesame seeds and dukkah slaw 95 ZAR |
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| Lemon meringue pie |
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| Salty Caramel Chocolate Tart |
After lunch we also stopped at the tasting room, because I wanted to buy
some bottles of the sauvignon blanc I had drank to the lunch. The guy
at the tasting room was super nice. He told us that there are actually
two sauvignon blancs so we, of course, had to taste both of them. We
were talking about the farm and told him that it was already our second
time there because we really loved the place. He got quite excited and
asked if we would like to taste their better Chardonnay, which according
to him is one of the best Chardonnays in the world:
Nine Yards 2013.
He said that normally the wine is not open for tasting but the owner
had had some visitors earlier who had tasted the wine and thus there was
one open bottle. When somebody claims wine to be one of the best, we
just had to taste it. And yeah, it might be the best Chardonnay I have
tasted so far :D So, we left the place with six wine bottles.
Despite the heavy traffic in Cape Town we arrived at the right time to
the Merriman Road where our guest house welcomed us with open arms. For
the rest of our stay we had booked a room at the
Bluegum Hill Guest House.
Absolutely a perfect place to stay when in Cape Town. Lovely room and
the view is superb. The place is owned by two sisters who both were the
most helpful. They helped us to conform a booking for the Test Kitchen
and told us many useful tips. If we ever go back to Cape Town, we will
for sure book a room in this place again. A stay of four nights with
breakfast in a king room cost us 6760 ZAR. (446 Eur / 487 CHF). By the way, it was hard work carrying all the wine we had bought all the way down to the room ;D Luckily we got some help.
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| Our room at the Bluegum Hill Guest House |
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| The owners dog looking in |
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| One could see down to the Waterfront |
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| The view from the upper terrace |
