{"id":31776,"date":"2016-10-06T07:44:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T07:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=31776"},"modified":"2016-10-05T13:47:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T13:47:22","slug":"trendy-new-wine-bar-bistro-heart-paarl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/trendy-new-wine-bar-bistro-heart-paarl\/","title":{"rendered":"Trendy new wine bar-bistro in the heart of Paarl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Set in a beautiful Cape Dutch style building in Paarl\u2019s Main Road, Tafel & Tap Bistro and Bakery brings a bit of the big city to the small Wineland\u2019s community \u2013 offering a casual, laid back atmosphere complemented by an inspired bistro-style menu, speciality wines and cold craft beers on tap. The perfect destination for locals, day-trippers or visitors to the Cape, Tafel & Tap also includes an amazing bakery with the most delicious breads, muffins, bagels and pastries, all baked on the premises.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe concept for Tafel & Tap is inspired by the beautiful building in which the restaurant is housed, as well as the strong Dutch heritage of the winelands where we are based,\u201d says Erlank Erasmus, Tafel en Tap and Cape Wine Company\u2019s Proprietor\/Winemaker. \u201cIn the Netherlands, the term \u2018tafel en tap\u2019 (or \u2018table and tap\u2019 in English) refers to a no frills restaurant where you can expect a good bistro-style menu and cold beer on tap.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Although the concept promises old favourites, Tafel & Tap takes it up a notch offering a selection of culinary delights that are comforting yet sophisticated \u2013 created with the locals and open-minded food and wine enthusiasts in mind.<\/p>\n

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\nTafel & Tap\u2019s Executive Chef, Laura Truter, has over 11 years of experience in designing menus and catering for private and corporate clients, including the Embassy of Finland and a host of Winelands destinations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to offer our guests delicious, unexpected flavours without breaking too far away from classic bistro dishes,\u201d says Truter. \u201cI aimed to keep the menu simple and compact, with slightly unusual combinations, yet enough variety to appeal to everyone.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The menu includes a variety of gourmet pizzas, pastas, sandwiches and salads, along with speciality tapas such as pan-fried halloumi skewers, prawn tempura and pork croquette, and to-die-for mains including pulled pork with grilled vegetables, ginger sauce, sweet potato and apple mash, and fried kale; Cape Malay chicken curry with spinach tzatziki, pineapple and tomato chutney and toasted nachos, as well as beef fillet tagliata with rocket, caramel root vegetables, sundried tomato coulis and grated parmesan. A not-to-be-missed favourite is Tafel & Tap\u2019s take on the humble burger, which is served with onion confit, halloumi, grilled tomato and oreganum.<\/p>\n

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\nTafel & Tap also has a separate brunch menu (served before 12 noon) which offers power breakfasts packed with superfoods like chia seeds, smoked trout, saut\u00e9ed kale and haricot beans \u2013 ensuring that patrons are getting that \u201clittle bit extra\u201d, to feed their body and soul.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of our ingredients are carefully sourced and change from time to time, depending on the seasonal offering,\u201d adds Truter.<\/p>\n

Along with the bistro and bakery, Tafel & Tap is the home of the Cape Wine Company, where tasting room manager, Natalie Visser offers tastings and in-depth knowledge of all of the Cape Wine Company\u2019s brands including the Eramus Family, Home of Erasmus, The Nature Reserve, Fruit Wines and Juno, as well as low- and no- alcohol brands like Ega, McGarry\u2019s and Little Tipsy. The restaurant also houses a fully licenced wine shop which stocks all of the Cape Wine Company brands as well as a range of quality wines from the region for patrons to take away.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a winemaker: wine is my passion, so a lot of the flavours on our menu have been specially crafted to work well with the wines on offer \u2013 but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t enjoy them without!\u201d adds Erasmus.<\/p>\n

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As an attraction in Paarl, Tafel & Tap offers various weekly events and themed evenings. Every Thursday night the bistro presents live Jazz & Blues from 18h00, featuring local Paarl musicians Riaan Niewenhuis and Nico Erwee, and every Saturday night is Pizza Night, with a host of specials that change from week to week.<\/p>\n

With a mere 35-minute drive from Cape Town, Tafel & Tap is truly a destination restaurant not to be missed, promising friendly service, good wine, good food, great value and great times!<\/p>\n

Tafel & Tap is open from 10h00 \u2013 22h00\u00a0from Tuesday to Thursday, and from 8am to 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Closed on Sundays and Mondays.<\/p>\n

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Set in a beautiful Cape Dutch style building in Paarl\u2019s Main Road, Tafel & Tap Bistro and Bakery brings a bit of the big city to the small Wineland\u2019s community \u2013 offering a casual, laid back atmosphere complemented by an inspired bistro-style menu, speciality wines and cold craft beers on tap. The perfect destination for locals, day-trippers or visitors to the Cape, Tafel & Tap also includes an amazing bakery with the most delicious breads, muffins, bagels and pastries, all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}