Foliage

Sunday, August 19th, 2018

Reviewed by Gushelah Shipton

I did not enjoy my dinner at Foliage. Confusion on a plate. Far too many flavours and ingredients per dish. The mushrooms in my starter, which should have been the star of the dish, were virtually unidentifiable. Overpowered by various spices, strange stringy texture. Very acidic apple and bone marrow compot? The Blesbok shank was dry and just generally uninteresting. The desert was good. The waitress was very enthusiastic. The music was repetitive. The restaurant was very smoky, largely due to their overuse of smoking I would imagine. The smoked lard was actually unpleasant. I think less time spent foraging and trying too hard to be different. With more focus on basic, classic cooking is probably a good idea.