de Tafel

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Last updated 25 May 2026
REFUGIA - 7 COURSE MENU
This menu is shaped by refugia — the quiet places where life endures. Across South Africa’s nine biomes, from fynbos slopes to arid plains, forest edges to grassland valleys, species have adapted, survived, and carried memory through time. These landscapes are not separate — they are living systems, connected by migration, season, and resilience. Here, we cook from those intersections. Game moves across terrain, feeding on diverse flora, shaped by climate and place. Indigenous herbs, grains, and botanicals speak of soil, rain, fire, and wind — each plate a reflection of an ecosystem that has learned to persist. This is a menu of survival and belonging. Of land remembered, and life sustained.
REFUGIA - 7 COURSE MENU
ANCESTRAL Fynbos and Savannah Pressed Quail Terrine Scotch Quail Egg in a Nest, Shoots, Wormwood Essence Venison Dombolo Amaasi Espume, Heritage Corn Denningvleis African Cranberry Gel, Turmeric Napkin, Puffed Sorghum MOUNTAINS West Coast Springbok No. 65 White Sorghum, Smoked Nightshade & Agathosma, Marula Nuts C3 Anysbos Lamb Kapokbos Millet, Ouma onder die Komberse, Burnt Leek, Strandveld Potato, Danawa REFUGIA 7-Day Dry-Aged Smoked Mountain Sage Duck Chestnut Milk Tart, Invasive Peppercorn & Cape Bramble, Tallow-Confit Duck Leg & Mebos, Root Vegetable Candy BIOCLIMATE The Cape Honey Bee Honeybush Panna Cotta, Fynbos Sponge, Wildflower Caviar, Honeycomb, Heuningboegoe Crème Glacée, Bee Pollen, Fallen Nuts
Halal
R 745.00
CONFLUENCE- 7 COURSE MENU
This menu is shaped by confluence — where ocean, tide, and freshwater meet and give life. Along the Cape coast, these shifting waters create ecosystems rich in movement, salinity, and exchange. We work with traceable seafood and ocean-foraged ingredients, guided by the rhythms of current, season, and shore. This is the meeting of waters, reimagined on your plate.
CONFLUENCE - 7 COURSE MENU
INTERTIDAL Wild Settlers Fennel Macaron with Gerookte Snoek Mousse Cape Rock Oyster Agathosma lancelata Caviar, Smoked Tulbaghia Mayo, Coastal Pickings Salsa Verde Knysna Brown Crab Lollipop Daikon, Pelargonium crispum Sabayon SUB TIDAL White Mussel Pavé Strandspinasie (Prenia vanrensburgii), Sugar Bush Radish Petal, Cape Nori & Shell Essence, Wild Fennel Blossoms East Coast Rock Lobster Waterblommetjie Kerrie, Lobster Crème, 365-Day Fermented Cape Pondweed Blossoms ESTUARINE Coastal Migration 54°C Cape Bream Sous Vide Dune Spinach, Amaasi Dashi Cream, Ecklonia maxima Potato, Bokkoms Crumble BIOCLIMATE The Cape Honey Bee Honeybush Panna Cotta, Fynbos Sponge, Wildflower Caviar, Honeycomb, Heuningboegoe Crème Glacée, Bee Pollen, Fallen Nuts
Halal
R 745.00
BOTANICA - 7 COURSE MENU
This menu is inspired by Botanica — a celebration of the wild, edible landscapes that thrive across South Africa’s diverse biomes. From root to flower, leaf to seed, each ingredient tells a story of growth, resilience, and renewal. We cook from the earth’s quiet abundance, where indigenous plants, herbs, and botanicals shape every plate. This is nature in bloom, reimagined on your plate.
BOTANICA - 7 COURSE MENU
FARMLANDS — CULTIVATED EARTH Cape to Canyons Boletus, Yuzi Buchu Pearls, Ocean Water Masala Tea Sewejaartjie Marinated Beetroot Petals, Olive Bubble, Danawa Terrine, Dehydrated Leeks, Kapokbos Bambara Wild Settlers Fennel Macaron with Bambara Mousse COAST TO WOODLANDS — WHERE OCEAN MEETS FOREST “Gathering Roots” Wild Almond Root Terrine, Kaapse Suuring, Wild Garlic & Nutmeg Geranium Foam, Rooibos Tuile FOREST ECOSYSTEM — SHADE & UNDERGROWTH Forest Floor Abalone Mushrooms, Porcini Dust, Truffle Oil Snow, Popped Sorghum, Edible Soil Grounded in Our Roots Coal Baked Celeriac, Wild Rosemary, Red Millet Textures, Dune Spinach Crispies, Wild Forest Mushroom Pâté BIO CLIMATE — RESILIENCE & RENEWAL The Cape Honey Bee Honeybush Pannacotta, Fynbos Sponge, Wild Flower Caviar, Honey Comb, Heuningboegoe Crème Glacée, Bee Pollen, Fallen Nuts
Vegetarian
Halal
R 745.00
LIVING LANDSCAPES - 9 COURSE MENU
Introducing De Tafel’s Living Landscapes 9-Course Menu — a culinary journey through South Africa’s nine extraordinary biomes, where every course captures the essence of land, sea, fire, and heritage. From rugged mountains and wild coastlines to ancient forests, fynbos plains, and untamed savannahs, each dish is inspired by the beauty, resilience, and soul of our landscapes. Nine courses. Nine biomes. One unforgettable journey. This is not just dinner. This is South Africa on a plate.
LIVING LANDSCAPES - 9 COURSE JOURNEY
ANCESTRAL — ROOTS & MEMORY Denningvleis African Cranberry Gel, Turmeric Napkin, Puffed Sorghum Pressed Quail Terrine Scotch Quail Egg in a Nest, Shoots, Wormwood Essence, Pine Gel Venison Dombolo Amaasi Espume, Heritage Corn “Gathering Roots” Wild Almond Root Terrine, Kaapse Suuring, Wild Garlic & Nutmeg Geranium Foam, Rooibos Tuile OR INTERTIDAL — WHERE LAND MEETS SEA Cape Rock Oyster Agathosma Lancelatta Caviar, Smoked Tulbagia Mayo, Coastal Pickings Salsa Verde Smoked Snoek Macaron Smoked West Coast Snoek Mousse, Settlers Fennel Macaron Knysna Brown Crab Lollipop Daikon, Pelargonium Crispum Sabayon WATERS MEET — CURRENT & CONFLUENCE East Coast Rock Lobster Waterblommetjie Kerrie, Lobster Crème, 365 Day Fermented Cape Pondweed Blossoms SHORE — DUNE & ESTUARINE REFUGIA 54° Cape Bream Sous Vide Dune Spinach, Sea Urchin, Eklonia Maxima Potato, Bokkoms Crumble, Cape Dashi SAVANNAH — SURVIVAL & MIGRATION West Coast Springbok No. 65 White Sorghum, Smoked Nightshade & Agathosma, Marula Nuts, Kiwano Melon MOUNTAIN — ALTITUDE & FIRE 7 Day Dry Aged Smoked Mountain Sage Duck Chestnut Milk Tart, Invasive Peppercorn & Cape Bramble, Tallow Confit Duck Leg & Mebos, Root Vegetable Candy BIO CLIMATE — POLLINATION & RENEWAL The Cape Honey Bee Honeybush Pannacotta, Fynbos Sponge, Wild Flower Caviar, Honey Comb, Heuningboegoe Crème Glacée, Bee Pollen, Fallen Nuts
Halal
R 1,050.00
Accepts vouchers