The Black Sheep Restaurant

Cape Town sits at one of the world's great culinary crossroads; a city where the cuisines of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia are all authentically at home. The Black Sheep, a labour of love between the Japha and Silva families, makes the most of that inheritance. The ever-changing blackboard menu is guided by locally sourced produce and a nose-to-tail meat philosophy. One visit might see you feasting on pork-trotter crubeens with pickled turnips followed by confit duck legs with celeriac dauphinoise potatoes and blackberry sauce; the next, a grilled Vietnamese chicken with “Crying Tiger” dressing or a grilled kudu loin. The boundary between customer and friend blurs quickly here, given that your hosts have one goal: to make you feel at home and “utterly satisfied by one of life’s simplest pleasures”. If you have time for a nightcap, head across the road to The Black Sheep’s sister cocktail bar, The Dark Horse.

Don't leave without trying:
The crispy sweetbreads with lemon and sauce gribiche.