{"id":12359,"date":"2010-09-27T09:55:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T07:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=12359"},"modified":"2010-09-27T09:55:59","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T07:55:59","slug":"restaurant-review-superette-is-almost-super","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/restaurant-review-superette-is-almost-super\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Review: Superette is …almost super!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I had read about Superette on Twitter, and having braved the Old Biscuit Mill market close by last week, I decided to stop there for a cappuccino and a late breakfast.\u00a0\u00a0 It doesn’t look anything like its name implies, although one can buy a few items to take home.\u00a0\u00a0 Bar the very laid-back man taking the orders from behind the counter, Superette is really super.<\/p>\n

Superette was started a year ago by Justin Rhodes and Cameron Munro, the operators of the Old Biscuit Mill market, and they must have seen how their market has revitalised the Woodstock area.\u00a0 The one weakness the market has is that there is no adequate place to sit and have a proper meal, and certainly no coffee (other than at its only restaurant there).\u00a0 Superette caters perfectly for\u00a0people like me that get claustrophobic in crowds, and that hate doing the look-and-see shuffle through what feels like a massive country bazaar at the Old Biscuit Mill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I loved the casualness of Superette, in that the menu is written onto the white tiles behind the counter.\u00a0 What is sold out is crossed out.\u00a0 When I spoke to Mr Laid Back he immediately told me that there were no tomatoes, before I even had a chance to read the menu.\u00a0 It is not very neatly written, so I had to ask his help.\u00a0 When I asked about the bread that the All-Day breakfast is served with, he lay on the counter and pointed behind him at two different breads on the counter, which did not give me the exact answer I was looking for.\u00a0 He was facetious in his replies, and clearly seemed irritated to be dealing with anyone who asked too many questions!\u00a0 Luckily the food is brought to the table by pleasant waitresses, and they bring the bill to the table too.\u00a0 The interior is very casual, with wobbly tables and little triangle-shaped stools.\u00a0 There are fresh flowers on each table.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I chose the All-Day Breakfast (R40)\u00a0and it was served on lightly toasted milk bread, topped with scrambled egg, roasted rose tomatoes and bacon, with rocket as garnish on the plate, an attractive-looking breakfast treat.\u00a0 The cappuccino was the new-style flat which I do not like at all, but it was strong and made from good coffee.\u00a0\u00a0 The waitress tried her best to answer all my questions, and sent the chef Lyndall Maunder to my table to answer more.\u00a0\u00a0 Lyndall was super friendly, and told me that she had trained\u00a0with David Higgs when he was still at Meerendal, and had worked at Jardine, and as a private chef.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There is a weekday and a Saturday menu.\u00a0 On Saturdays it is the busiest day, and the menu focuses on breakfast only, served until closing time at about 3 pm.\u00a0\u00a0 In addition to the scrambled egg sandwich, one can order cheese on toast (R25), anchovy toast (R30), almond and cranberry granola (R34), boiled eggs and soldiers (R30), and croque monsieur (R45).\u00a0 On weekdays one can have breakfast all day.\u00a0 From 12h00 Superette serves salads made from vegetables which are close to\u00a0raw, with added nuts and seeds,\u00a0a selection of three costing R55; pastas; sandwiches with porkbelly or steak at R45;\u00a0and a Plat du Jour at R65, which could be\u00a0a lasagne, a sweetbread terrine or whatever Lyndall feels like preparing on that day.<\/p>\n

One is able to buy the bread as well, milk bread and pain de campagne being on offer, which comes from a tiny Muizenberg bakery called Le Petite Boulangerie.\u00a0 A table with fresh vegetables is displayed near the counter, and it looked like a display to me.\u00a0 There is no indication that one can buy the farm-fresh organic vegetables, which are delivered every Saturday morning from the Appelsdrift Farm in Napier.\u00a0Oddly, there was a bowl full of tomatoes on the table! \u00a0 What is novel is a self-help “Mini-Bar”, which is stocked with waters, &Union beer brands and Frankie’s Ginger Beer, drinks taken being added to one’s bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Superette<\/strong>, 218 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town.\u00a0 tel (021) 802 5525. www.superette.co.za<\/a>.\u00a0The website has a blog, which is written by Lyndall. \u00a0Open Monday – Friday from 9h00 – 17h00, and on Saturday from 9h00 – 15h00.\u00a0 The business card looks like a price tag, a cute touch.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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