Estate Living Magazine Issue 30 Smart Environments June 2018 | Page 60

ON top of the world ON19
Perched on the 19th floor of the Westin Cape Town, ON19 has enviable views over Table Bay
and across to Table Mountain so it was a while before we settled down at our table.
My guest from Pretoria was particularly entranced
and could not stop taking photographs, but even
my Cape Town-based colleague and I were blown
away. We’d planned it well, and the views were the
perfect softening up strategy for this rather valuable
client.
Although it is constantly improving, I do still find the
meat-free options are limited at most establishments,
but here I was spoilt for choice. I was sorely tempted
by the Gado Gado Bowl – peanut cream, heirloom
vegetables and grains – but I eventually settled on three
side orders. A simple tossed salad, heirloom vegetables
dressed with ‘rooftop’ herbs and olive oil, and truffle
Parmesan fries. I’m not sure what they grow on their
rooftop but those veggies were so perfect – crunchy and
delicately herby with a touch of lemon (or maybe it was
sorrel), and the fries with just a hint of the truffle oil with
freshly shaved Parmesan really hit the carb-comfort-food
zone. My colleague, who unashamedly admits to being a
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