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<\/a>I invited my friend Jenny Stephens to a Birthday Breakfast at Hemelhuijs, not having been to the restaurant for a couple of years. Despite it being a wet and cold Saturday, the restaurant was full, and I was grateful that the manager had advised me to book when I popped in a day ahead.<\/p>\nHemelhuijs opened almost eleven years, and remains a firm favorite, despite being under the radar.<\/p>\n
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I wrote about Hemelhuijs just after it opened:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/cape-town\/restaurant-review-hemelhuijs-is-heaven-from-manna<\/p>\n
Our table was right at the end of the restaurant, furthest away from the hustle and bustle, located The manager immediately offered us a glass of birthday bubbly, a welcome start to our breakfast. Our waiter brought us the most beautiful A4 menus, the floral visual above, which is also hung in the restaurant as a picture. It makes the menu look good enough to eat.<\/p>\n We only focused on the Breakfast section, interestingly not listed at the beginning of the menu. Teas are listed separately, and all sounded tasty, but expensive at R45. The brand is not specified but I saw It took us some time to order, having so much to catch up on. Jenny kept it more simple and traditional, ordering Soft Scrambled egg with thyme-roasted \u00a0tomato and toast.<\/p>\n Other breakfast options include toasted \u00a0Mosbolletjiebrood, mieliepap, and slow roasted strawberries and yoghurt.<\/p>\n<\/a> near a display unit of the bespoke ceramic and linen ware which the restaurant sells.<\/p>\n<\/a>that one is an Earl Grey, so I ordered it. Jenny wanted a Ceylon tea, so she was offered Five Roses tea (R30), served in a beautiful glass tea pot. From the bill it appeared that we both were served Five Roses. Perhaps it was the beautiful tea cup that I drank it from that made it so tasty, that I requested two more pots of hot water, the tea pot not containing much water.<\/p>\n<\/a>Our waiter was patient, and came to check on us regularly. Finally we ordered. I had seen a photograph of the Home-made R\u00f6sti with two poached eggs, and Cr\u00e8me Fra\u00eeche, finished off with greenery (R105). A number of extras can be ordered with any of the breakfast dishes, including unusual artichokes, which would make it an <\/a>expensive breakfast dish.<\/p>\n