Cape Town Food

Well to be honest the perfect place I wanted to go was the Queen of Tarts, but being bad with a map, I couldn't find it - I found it after breakfast - but it'll have to wait for another rainy slow morning. 

Mango Ginger, on Lower Main near the bottle store in Obs, just up the road from Cafe Ganesh, etc, is a really great little coffee shop. With a name such as this, I was expecting exploitative hippy establishment, a-la the host of commune stores that seem to proliferate around Plett and the rest of the Garden route. I was gladly surprised by an amazing bakery and coffee shop. 

I had the scrambled eggs, with rosa tomatoes, and mushrooms. My breakfast partner tried the french toast made with croiscants, served with banana and honey. I tried some of that too... heaven. The coffee is great, more french than dutch - very light and breakfasty... not over roasted and bitter - a perfect early morning pick me up. 

The restaurant is welcoming, the staff is friendly (too friendly perhaps? we were being served by 3 waitresses simultaneous at one point, and the place was full - I can't fault it thought, its nice to be so well looked after and it certainly wasn't intrusive, but when we were helped at the right times there was a whole squad to help us with our order and deliver the food - a novel approach to be sure). 

They take debit and credit card, which is great (perhaps I'm a snob but I don't like walking around Obs with a big bank roll) - check your bill, I had to remind them of two coffees they hadn't included - its an informal affair with items being written down and then rung up - they deserve every cent due to them, its an awesome little spot and I could happily spend a morning or afternoon hidden there chatting with friends over great coffee and wonderful fresh and tasty food.