Comments on: Savoy Cabbage review http://saltycracker.co.za/2009/11/27/savoy-cabbage-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=savoy-cabbage-review Galloping gourmands gallavanting about Cape Town. Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://saltycracker.co.za/2009/11/27/savoy-cabbage-review/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Steve Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:04:33 +0000 http://saltycracker.co.za/?p=165#comment-158 I also dug the deco. There was a fan above the table that I kept catching the shadow of on the table. Added a noir-ness. There was also quite a nice mix of clientelle, mostly on the posh side, but I didn't get a wiff of any snootification happening, so that was cool. The owner lady and maitre d' dude were both lovely. I did get a bit worried when we sat down and weren't attended to for a little while... I completely agree that the starters were better than the mains. My parfait was Best In Show for me. As is my Parfait. :) All the mains were good without being great, but the generous portions were a welcome surprise. Almost lost my eyes through popping out when I glanced at the wine list while we were waiting for the bill, though. The majority were around the 200 mark, with plenty of bottles above that - eep! Good thing we're bring-a-bottle types. :) ________________________________________ I still want my orienteering Scouts/Guides-style badge, btw. Perhaps tattoos instead? Ideas for other badges: person who calls for water - JugHead badge; person who gets rid of sommelier - <a href="http://saltycracker.co.za/2008/10/31/aubergine-review/" rel="nofollow">Little Fishes</a> badge; person who spots air-con pipes - Nakatomi badge. I also dug the deco. There was a fan above the table that I kept catching the shadow of on the table. Added a noir-ness.
There was also quite a nice mix of clientelle, mostly on the posh side, but I didn’t get a wiff of any snootification happening, so that was cool. The owner lady and maitre d’ dude
were both lovely.
I did get a bit worried when we sat down and weren’t attended to for a little while…

I completely agree that the starters were better than the mains.
My parfait was Best In Show for me. As is my Parfait. :)
All the mains were good without being great, but the generous portions were a welcome surprise.

Almost lost my eyes through popping out when I glanced at the wine list while we were waiting for the bill, though. The majority were around the 200 mark, with plenty of bottles above that – eep! Good thing we’re bring-a-bottle types. :)

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I still want my orienteering Scouts/Guides-style badge, btw.
Perhaps tattoos instead?

Ideas for other badges: person who calls for water – JugHead badge; person who gets rid of sommelier – Little Fishes badge; person who spots air-con pipes – Nakatomi badge.

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