Fine dining with no pretentiousness at Wolfgat
Kobus proves with each visit that he doesn’t rest on his laurels and is still finding new ways to excite the diner
My family’s love affair with Wolfgat restaurant and its owner, chef Kobus van der Merwe, started in February 2014, when my father passed away. I wanted to have a family lunch at Oep ve Koep in Paternoster during my holiday back home two months earlier. A few of my friends recommended it, but, as always, the festive season was already packed with events and we never got around to it. I was back in London, hard at work and suffering through the cold weather when the dreaded news about my father came. We wanted to have some family time after the funeral before I made the trek back to London and my sister and her family went back to Joburg. So, on February 21, we finally made our way to Oep ve Koep for lunch. The food was amazing and Kobus was very engaging. He took the time to talk us through the ingredients and how he incorporated it into his unique seafood menu, which included whitefish pickle, summer ice plant, pomelo and fennel. There was also rooibos and tomato consommé, and West ...
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