{"id":3418,"date":"2009-08-01T00:02:19","date_gmt":"2009-07-31T22:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=3418"},"modified":"2009-08-03T01:00:15","modified_gmt":"2009-08-02T23:00:15","slug":"reubens-opens-robertson-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/reubens-opens-robertson-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Reubens opens Robertson Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Reubens opened a branch in Robertson yesterday, when The Robertson Small Hotel opened, with Reubens as its restaurant.\u00a0\u00a0 It is housed in the Zandvliet building, a National Monument built in 1909, reports wine.co.za. <\/strong>The hotel belongs to Tim Rands of Franschhoek, who is one of Reuben Riffel’s partners in the Reubens Franschhoek restaurant.<\/p>\n

Another new restaurant set to open in October in the new Cape Quarter extension in De Waterkant is Vanilla, belonging to Nigel and Simon\u00a0Newhouse of Tuscany Beach in Camps Bay.\u00a0\u00a0 Boldly they are opening a 180-seater fine-dining restaurant in the new top one-stop design and decor centre on Somerset Road.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matthew Gordon, owner of Haute Cabriere and the French Connection and co-owner of Cotage Fromage, is the consultant chef for the new restaurant.\u00a0 It will sport a baby grand, and will serve musical treats as well.<\/p>\n

Balducci’s in the V & A Waterfront has radically amended its menu, now in a small magazine size format and carrying ads for its suppliers’ products,\u00a0and has a strong Italian flavour, strengthening its heritage with more pizza (27 unique combinations to\u00a0 choose from, ranging in price from R 59 – R 75)\u00a0and pasta, retaining its antipasti starters and salads, its seafood,\u00a0steak (R 130 for a fillet), and expensive desserts (R 49 – 59).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A non-Italian addition is a range of burgers, from R 55 for a classic to R 75 for a luxury lamb burger and guacamole, with other burger variations including ostrich, chicken, vegetarian, swiss cheese, bacon guacamole, and gorgonzola.\u00a0\u00a0 The new menu looks far less pretentious than before, and is more comfort food-orientated, to suit the credit crunch times.<\/p>\n

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Reubens opened a branch in Robertson yesterday, when The Robertson Small Hotel opened, with Reubens as its restaurant.\u00a0\u00a0 It is housed in the Zandvliet building, a National Monument built in 1909, reports wine.co.za. The hotel belongs to Tim Rands of Franschhoek, who is one of Reuben Riffel’s partners in the Reubens Franschhoek restaurant. Another new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[15,3,14,20,21],"tags":[1349,32370,1778,1551,348,474,32369,1137,581,1776,1347,41,1777,1772,1773,1157,283,1775,32373,1774],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t