The Roots Menu
Roots Restaurant
November Menu
Executive Chef Tharollo Tlali
Dinner
Eight courses · R950 per person
Wine pairing R385 per person
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Amuse-bouche
Smoked Salmon with Potato Blini
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Carrot Consommé
Charred asparagus, baby carrot duo, salt-baked carrot purée, roasted peach, fava beans, pea purée, whipped goat’s cheese parfait, orange flesh, dill and carrot bubbles
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Sole Roulade
Kataifi prawn, vanilla cauliflower purée, roasted cauliflower, pear gel, pear and apricot chutney, toasted hazelnut crumble, dehydrated pear, coconut and lemongrass velouté
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Braised Pork Belly
Celeriac purée, celeriac fondant, bok choy, apple gel, apple batons, apple and pineapple relish, caramelised pineapple gel, pickled mustard seeds, cider and anise sage jus
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Palate cleanser
White Peach Sorbet
Grapefruit gel, compressed peach, champagne foam
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Springbok Loin
Parsnip purée, spinach purée, king oyster mushroom, charred baby onion, blackberry gel, onions, Brussels sprouts, pomme de terre, ponzu gel, bone marrow foam, bone marrow and biltong crumble, berry jus
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Blackberry Cremeux
Blackcurrant gel, dark chocolate sponge, blackberry sorbet, dark chocolate crème anglaise, fresh berries
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Smoked Chocolate Mousse
Plum compote, plum purée, cocoa nib meringue, blueberry ice cream, blueberry gel, dark chocolate snow, smoked sea flakes
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