Culture Club Cheese

Monday, July 18th, 2016

Reviewed by Lily Pienaar

I had a splendid lunch here with friends on Saturday. The ambience inside was very vibrant, and the service was friendly and efficient. (What a treat to get jugs of water and glasses for the table without asking!) After ordering from the small but good selection of wine (they have Vondeling Babiana by the bottle, one of my favourites), we shared a cheese board for the table, which arrived with all kinds of interesting condiments – chakalaka, cumin sauerkraut, pickled waterblommetjie, beetroot kimchi – plus crackers and bread. The portions of cheeses don't look very big, but when is there ever enough cheese? (Never.) Luke came by to tell us about each of them, and they did go further than expected with all of us picking at them, spreading and breaking off crumbly pieces. Each of us ordered meals, too: oozy mac 'n cheese, insanely tasty sandwiches with mature cheddar, caramelised onion, apple butter and walnuts, and mushroom risotto with generous shavings of parmesan. After tasting these wares we stopped by the cheese counter on the way out, and Luke sliced and wrapped everything up for us to take home. We'll be back – just try to stop us!