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TTK Fledgelings

Reviewers' Choice 2023 - Top 100 Reviewers' Choice Awards 2022
Contemporary International
The Old Biscuit Mill, 375 Albert Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa
(1673 reviews)
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  • Reviewers' Choice 2022 - Top 50
  • Reviewers' Choice 2023 - Top 100

An upliftment program. Empowering people to LEARN to cook. Serving delicious food. Creating opportunities. TEACHING hospitality skills. Done with LOVE.

Gourmet Guide Description

The legacy of the original, award-winning Test Kitchen is the heartbeat of this vibey restaurant in the Old Biscuit Mill in edgy Woodstock. Here talent is spotted, serenaded and shaped. They are the deserved winner of the Wesgro Purpose & Passion award. Chef Nathan Clark, with Luke Dale Roberts guiding, heads up the kitchen team. He is living proof of the value of sound mentoring, having started in the LDR group as a sculler in 2013.

There are two menu options, choose from either casual a la carte or the curated, set menu. From Korean-fried chicken with a ponzu emulsion and Asian salad to start, to the famous TK Wagyu burger with fries, there is something to entice and enthrall any discerning appetite. Nathan declares that desserts are not his thing, but is extremely proud of his latest, a blueberry cake with mixed berry extract and compote, served with a strawberry sorbet. Having ‘grown up’ in the hot kitchen, earning his stripes with sauces and at the grill, he is rising to the challenge, and the results are admirable. The ‘Fully Fledged” menu is a celebration of the best dishes, like the Cape Malay curry-battered prawn with Cape Malay salad, gem lettuce, coriander and yoghurt mojo. The plum duck is worthy of a visit, with chicken liver, poultry jus and pommes chateau. The five-course menu with an optional wine pairing, delights in every way.

Reviews (1673)

4.7 out of 5.0
Based on the past 12 months
Food 4.7
Value 4.7
Service 4.8
Ambience 4.7
  • Steve L. Dined: 2 days ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0

    Reviewed on: Sun 12 May 24
    Perfect Degustations menu , nice hosts Mel and her team are absolutely beautiful, the best we know ( and we know many) in Cape Town. Thanks so much for a wonderful evening!!!

  • David P. Dined: 3 days ago
    2.8
    Food 3.0
    Value 2.0
    Service 3.0
    Ambience 3.0

    Reviewed on: Sat 11 May 24
    Unfortunately very disappointed. Had the tasting menu, The dishes didn't come together, they had all the fancy swishes but the flavours were just not great. They oysters showed promisebut just a tad heavy with the vinegar. I don't know where to begin, but i would recommend closer oversight of the flavours and attention to detail. The puff pastry on the pear tart and the springbok pie were soggy. We left the tarte it was inedible. The boulliabaise was thick, oily and too concentrated, it's normally one of my favourite dishes but this could almost have been a sauce and the fish had a very odd texture. It should have been crispy skin then juicy and the white flesh complementing then richness of the soup, it didn't. Tuna tartare, really nothing to write home about. Just nothing was nice, i was expecting edgy food makes you think, and think this is the next generation of talent. Not so. So sadly lacking, especially since the last meal we had there had been the test kitchen, which was one of the finest meals we had ever had. As my husband pointed out, it was a fairly hefty price tag (950 for tasting menu) for the food we got. Would not go there again, the competition is too good in Cape Town to merit giving it another try. Oh and the KFC chicken wings....overly breaded and heavy. Not nice. The cocktail, the chili sour- fantastic! Sorry to write such a negative review, maybe because it was lunch service, maybe they were having an off day. Or they truly are fledglings, in which case i think greater nurturing is needed if they are to rise to the dizzy heights of the culinary wow.

  • Aris R. Dined: 4 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Sat 11 May 24
    Food was amazing and the staff was wonderful. Highly recommend it!!!

  • Annemarie I. Dined: 4 days ago
    4.3
    Food 5.0
    Value 3.0
    Service 4.0
    Ambience 5.0
  • Janne B K. Dined: 5 days ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Thu 09 May 24
    We had set menu, all the dishes tasted excellent ! The wine aswell!

  • zofia g. Dined: 1 week ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0

    Reviewed on: Tue 07 May 24
    Very good food and service. Thank you!

  • erdem s. Dined: 1 week ago
    4.8
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 4.0
  • Deborah M. Dined: 1 week ago
    5
    Food 5.0
    Value 5.0
    Service 5.0
    Ambience 5.0
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  • Monday CLOSED
  • Tuesday 18h00 - 20h30
  • Wednesday 18h00 - 20h30
  • Thursday 12h00 - 02h00, 18h00 - 20h30
  • Friday 12h00 - 14h00, 18h00 - 20h30
  • Saturday 12h00 - 14h00, 18h00 - 20h30
  • Sunday CLOSED

PRIX FIXE LUNCH SPECIAL.

The Test Kitchen Fledgelings is offering a delicious five course Prix Fixe menu at only R450 per person. Bookings are essential.

  • 3 May - 31 Oct
  • Thu-Sat: 12:00 - 13:30
  • All pax
  • Last confirmed: 3 May 2024