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A first taste of Chef Jan-Hendrik’s KLEIN JAN at Tswalu Private Game Reserve!

 

The likelihood of Capetonians experiencing Restaurant KLEIN JAN in the Tswalu Private Game Reserve, the newest restaurant in the JAN Collection by Chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen, is small, unless one is lucky enough to be Jo Pentz, whose daughter Jess is a chef at the new restaurant.

Jo has given me permission to post some of her photographs, mainly of the interior. I am still missing seeing information and photographs of the dishes served at KLEIN JAN.

Restaurant KLEIN JAN opened at Tswalu in April, to Tswalu guests initially,and since the beginning of May to day visitors too. Continue reading →

Chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen finally opens his Restaurant KLEIN JAN in the Kalahari, most expensive restaurant in SA!

 

One of the most popular stories on my Blog currently is one I wrote just over a year ago, announcing the planned opening by Chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen of Restaurant KLEIN JAN, the baby brother restaurant to its well-known and Michelin one-star  JAN Restaurant in Nice in France.

Last week Restaurant KLEIN JAN opened its doors in the Tswalu Private Game Reserve in the Kalahari Desert, between Hotazel and Vanzylsrus in the Northern Cape. It plans to showcase the food highlights of the Kalahari.

The restaurant building Boscia House is almost a hundred years old, lovingly restored for this restaurant project. Adrian Davidson was the project architect.

‘Kleinjan’ was the name given to Chef Jan-Hendrik by his grandmother Maria.

At R2500 per person for an eight-course Tasting Menu Restaurant KLEIN JAN must be our country’s most expensive restaurant!

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Chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen’s new KLEIN JAN Restaurant at Tswalu Kalahari opens its doors for a first peek inside!

 

In the latest issue of SARIE KOS (Summer 2020), the reader receives a detailed introduction to the new KLEIN JAN restaurant which Chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen, of Michelin one-star restaurant in Nice, plans to open in November 2020 at Tswalu Private Game Reserve in the Kalahari Desert. It will become even more South African in its cuisine than its big brother JAN. Continue reading →