Julia

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

Reviewed by Julia Baillie

Had been so looking forward to eating at Gaaitjie with all the great publicity but very disappointed. The complimentary little loaf of hot bread with a tapenade and oil and balsamic was promising. A starter of Brandade was too salty to enjoy, served in an overly buttery pastry shell with nothing to cut the flavour except a dull stripe of pesto. My main was an exhausted angel fish floating in bland butter served with 'verlep' julienne vegetables and a few under seasoned potato wedges.The desserts sounded wonderful but I lost my nerve. My poor vegetarian partner had to suffer through a strange artichoke starter which was ridiculous to eat (no finger bowl came).This was followed by what seemed like all the vegies mentioned on the menu turned into a curry. A tasteless liquid in a little cup with what looked like bits of overcooked mielies perhaps? And other bits turned out to be a dahl to accompany the dry basmati! We drank a bottle of 2011 something and our bill was R550 before the tip. Oh dear. Not up to scratch.