Le Canard: The restaurant The Economist prefers

Thursday, 14 Aug, 2007 0

The Economist magazine calls Le Canard “dangerously comfortable” and “unapologetically decadent”. Wine magazine’s Top 100 Restaurants, the best restaurant guide in the country, praises its “perfectly plated dishes” as a “feast of taste and texture”.

Chef/patronne Frieda Appelbaum has been running Le Canard for more than a decade in a Georgian-style house, a former brothel sited next to the northern branch of the Rand Club. Appelbaum, a legend in foodie Johannesburg, clearly deserves the accolades that regularly come her way; stocks are made fresh every day, dishes are napped in reduced sauces, and the menu includes such items as medallions of beef in Cognac and ceps, Pernod-flavoured frogs’ legs and – of course – deboned half-duckling crisped with honey and black pepper, and laced with liqueur.

You’ll think you’re in France – and not only because of the perfectly present Gallic-flavoured dishes. The extensive wine list has won a Diners Club award.

Le Canard is open for lunch Monday to Friday and dinner Monday to Saturday. Booking is essential: telephone (011) 884-4597  or fax (011) 883-8735.

For more about Le Canard, go to The Economist  

By Barbara Ludman

For full article click here

Courtesy of joburg.org.za

 

 

 

 



 

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