Whether it's strawberry and balsamic sorbet at Veranda in Cape Town, milk and cookies with a dash of brandy and Gorgonzola white chocolate truffle at the Green Truffle in Johannesburg, or salmon saltimbocca with fennel mash at fu.shi in Plettenberg Bay, here are some ideas for celebrating an adventurous culinary festive season.

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Cape Town and surrounds

Mount Nelson

Fork

Veranda

Orange Bleu

Pure

The Nose

Africa Café

Atlantic
 

Bayside

Blues

De Oewer

Fraai Uitzicht

Masters – Menu

Volkskombuis

Wild Fig – a la carte lunch

Thirty7

Beluga – a la carte lunch

Wharfside – special Christmas lunch

Five Flies – lunch

Greyton Lodge

Two Oceans – lunch buffet at R250pp

Bertha's

Cafe Blouberg

Johannesburg

Browns of Rivonia
 

Green Truffle 

The Grace – December 3-course dinner special R155pp

Annica

Byzance

Me-Lo Cafe

Sides – lunch at R350pp

Garden Route

Cafe Gannett

fu.shi

Durban

Ciao Itallia

Audacia Manor

Bean Bag Bohemia

The Royal Grill

Quarters