Degustation

Oh, what a night. Thanks to Sam for organizing an incredible dinner at the restaurant of arguably, one of South Africa’s best chefs.I’ve read a lot about Richard Carstens’ acclaim, such as him being awarded the 2005 Eat Out Chef of the year title, during his tenure at Lynton Hall in Durban, but have never had the fortune to experience his culinary genius; until last night that is.

Carstens, after years of eluding the Cape Town restaurant scene has finally graced the mother city with his presence and opened up a fantastic new restaurant called Nova. The food is purely indescribable and excites the palette with its well thought up combinations of taste and texture.

Special mention must be made of the hostess, in the red dress, who made the experience all the more enjoyable. Her lovely manner and her witty repertoire, made for what seemed like a brief but short-lived “relationship”, okay so maybe relationship is a bit of a strong word to use, more like just an exchange of banter, whatever it was it seemed to fill the void of the fairer gender that has been missing from my life these days (Yes, I am a sad loser) Alas it was never to be and we had to part our separate ways once the evening drew to a close *sigh*.