Garden Route Day 1 - Lunch at Joubert-Tradauw of R62

南非是个充满冒险、梦幻及回忆的地方，那里有浓密茂盛的热带雨林，有古朴粗犷的风俗民情，更吸引人的是，南非还有具有浓郁风情的非洲美食。南非的美食“重镇”是开普敦，是南非美食的发源地，长久以来，深受东西方以及非洲饮食文化的影响。形成了自己独特的美食文化。

The garden route, as the longest wine land road in South Africa, is considered as one of the coolest drives in the world. How can it be cool, if there is no good food along the road? Since it has so many wineries along the road, we might as well lunch at one of them - Joubert-Tradauw of R62 is today's choice for lunch.

中国俗话说得好：＂民以食为天＂。出外旅游，领略一下当地的食品特色也是我的一大爱好之一。给自己好吃找找理由吧。

Kate, another woman from east coast of the US, and I was not sure what to expect for the lunch. Kate, a Martha-Stewart-alike, is a super-gourmet cook who once hosted a "white" and a "purple" theme of dinners with 6 to 8 courses paired with great wines.

Steve, our tour guide, must have had tons of pressure building in them as the lunch hour was approaching. "What type of place could satisfy those two picky women?"

As soon as we walked in the front yard of the restaurant/vineyard, we instantly were attracted to its cute, unique and unpretentious decoration style.

The place not only offers wines but also produces all sorts of fresh fruits. The lunch served in this restaurant is a typical "farm-style" food in South Africa, no elegant touch of presentation, no imported and expensive ingredients, but simple, non-pretentious tastes from the most fresh locally produced veggies, fruits, cheeses and meats.

The lunch included roasted beets, yellow peaches, white peaches, potatoes, and Rosemary roasted chickens. It was simply wonderful and spoiling our tasting buds. I have to admit that many flavors from this big plate I haven't tasted in the US or anywhere else before.

南非的烹饪技术来源于很多民族，是各种文化和传统的综合，因为南非是连接东西方的纽带，是多元民族的熔炉。但南非当地特色受印度的影响，咖喱肉沫(bobotie,肉沫加上咖喱粉、葱头与鸡蛋)是特色之一。

During the entire lunch, we could not stop raving about it and thanking Steve, our tour guide, for taking us to such a special place. By the end of the lunch, we have pretty much fallen in love with the little place.

The happy chef who is holding a Rosemary roasted chicken hot from the oven. She also baked some pumpkin bread and olive bread to go with freshly home-made apple cot jam. Delicious!

One the right, it's the chicken curry with roasted apple cot on top. Again, simply out-of-the-world-delicious.

Let's try a "strategic bite" of pumpkin bread, apple cot jam with roasted yellow peach.

This is the type of place I feel I can sit around for ages to enjoy a cup of cappuccino, or a glass of nicely chilled Chardonnay and a sunny afternoon.