Cape Town - Two All Beef Patties

I've mentioned the full employment opportunities available in Cape Town. This isn't limited to just Safety Officers and Parking Marshalls but includes Toll Booth operators for toll roads which are closed. It's just not public services though. In a restaurant there is obviously a waiter / waitress and a sommelier (who are all exceedingly patronising and smug here) but also a third in the restaurant waiting staff triumvirate as discovered at Riboville on Adderley Street. after the meal was served a third member of staff was king enough to show both the salt and pepper shakers and inform me which one was the salt and which one was the pepper!! That's service for you. That's all he did!!
On offer at Riboville was Fillet Mignon and this was by far the biggest fillet I've ever seen. Yes - there are two steaks in the picture and they must have each been 150 - 200g. It was covered in a herb crust which seemed to consist of salt, pepper and mint. Mint? Well the lamb theme continued with a sprig of rosemary wedged between these all hunks of beef perched on a bed of potatoes and spinach. The meat itself was fantastically cooked (not least because the chef came out to make sure all was well and he looked more like back row forward for the Springboks) and has made me think again about the traditional condiments in the UK. Beef with mint....why not?

http://www.ribovillerestaurant.co.za/