I’ve raved about La Mouette and their amazing 6 course tasting menus plenty of times… why?  Cause they’re always soooooo good.  This past weekend I tried their Spring tasting menu and as usual it did not disappoint. 

This is just a quick post to try and tempt you into trying it for yourself…  cause I’m evil like that.

We kicked off with:

• Pea soup mint oil, confit onion, yoghurt, cheese and truffle croquettes (below left)
• Salt and pepper prawns artichoke puree, brioche croutons, rocket, pecorino, tomato and truffle dressing (below bottom)
• Pan-fried line fish char-grilled green beans, dry roasted hazelnuts, ricotta, hollandaise (below right)

Then moved on to:

• Moroccan style lamb confit shoulder, crispy pastilla, smoked aubergine puree, tomato harissa (below top left)
• Apple and custard custard panacotta, green apple foam, warm cinnamon doughnut  (below right)
• Lemon meringue pie lemon curd, marshmallows, short bread, lemon grass and lime leaf ice cream (below bottom left)

Of course as always, they have a vegetarian menu as well.  So for courses 2, 3 & 4 you’d swap out for the following:

• Jerusalem artichoke salad salt and pepper Artichoke, puree, crisps, brioche croutons, rocket, pecorino
• Beans & ricotta char-grilled green beans, dry roasted hazelnuts, ricotta, hollandaise
• Butternut squash risotto brioche croutons and smoked onion foam

Every dish was like a beautiful little piece of art and the flavours were insanely good.  So for that, this menu gets a Miss K Kiss-o-Meter rating of:

Loved every crumb and wanted to lick my plate clean!  There’s certainly a damn good reason why this restaurant remains one of my favourites.  The Spring menu only costs R185, so it’s a really really good deal and to make a reservation, you can just call them on  021 433 0856.

xxx