Mon Plaisir
Area location:
Western Cape - Boland (Winelands) - Stellenbosch
Address / how to get there:
Bottelary Road, near entrance to Hartenberg Wine Estate & Ons Genot Guesthouse
Open for...:
lunch,dinner
Contact:
021 865 2456
Published:
18 Feb 09
Service:
friendly and well informed
Winelist:
many Bottelary/Stellenbosch bottles and a large French wine selection including several treasures; numerous by-the-glass offerings; BYO at R25 corkage
Other features...:
Child friendly, Wheelchair Friendly, Smoking Permitted.
Avg Price:
R140 - R160
Food:
other
At last French food made as the French would make it! Mon Plaisir is real French gastronomy, with a real gastromaniac in command. Chef David Sadeh runs the kitchen while his wife Céline manages the front of house with elegant aplomb. From the moment that the starter of pan-fried foie gras on Puy lentils appears you know you are onto a good thing. The terrine of duck is very very good – slow-cooked within duck skins in order to retain flavour and moisture. Main courses are similarly flavoursome, simple and skilled. The béarnaise on the beef fillet is a real béarnaise sauce, not just a converted mayonnaise, and the duck confit with potatoes sarladaises is just fatty enough – like they make them in South-West France for eating after a good rugby match
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