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Black Steer Grillhouse and Bulldogs
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Price:
R 85 Wine: R 35 |
Black
Steer is mainly a steakhouse and sports
bar, with its garish (but strangely comforting)
Wild West decor (complete with the mandatory ‘Wanted’
poster), it has no pretensions of being anything else.
Situated in the Rosebank Mall, here
is a chance to tackle the fantastic pork rib rack and
steaks or the succulent calamari surrounded by an eclectic
selection of the city’s inhabitants. The service
is friendly, experienced and attentive. |
Address:
Shop 171, Rosebank Mall, corner of Baker Street and
Cradock Avenue, Rosebank
Telephone: (011) 447 6918
Facsimile: (011) 447 6920
Email address: info@blacksteerfoods.co.za |
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| Chon
Hing |
Price:
R 48 to R 95 (for a 4 course set menu)
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Any restaurant that can brag that it has been offering
authentic and delicious Chinese fare for 42
years must be doing something right. And just
when this part of Johannesburg's supposed zone of decay
is being improved as part of the Newtown cultural precinct,
the new Nelson Mandela bridge happens also to lead almost
directly over the tracks to Chon Hing.
Here hostess Yvonne will sit you down at a extravagant
plastic table on rickety schoolroom chairs and regail
you with tales of a city which has seen it all, and
serve the best prawn chow mein (one of over 100 dishes)
this side of Beijing. Chon Hing is charming and timeless. |
Address:
26 Alexander Street (off Commissioner), Ferreirastown
Telephone: (011) 834 3206
Facsimile: (011) 838 7530 |
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Golden Peacock |
Price:
R 80 Wine: R 70 |
Fordsburg, and Johannesburg’s Oriental Plaza,
is generally associated not with dining but with bargain
shopping and the city’s finest tailors. However,
it is the ideal place to go for a thoroughly authentic
Indian curry in a comfortable (not halal) restaurant
where anybody can sit down and share a glorious meal.
Theres no trendy decor but there are quaint teardrop
chandeliers, a symbol from a time gone by.
There is tender oriental mutton or vegetable biryani,
peri - peri prawns, green bean curry, dhal and roti.
All meals are served with yoghurt, poppadoms and pickles,
and breakfast (served from 9.00 am) is grilled chops,
sausages, eggs, toast, tea or coffee for R 30. |
Address:
Shop 28, Oriental Plaza (East entrance), Pine Street,
Fordsburg
Telephone: (011) 836 4986
Facsimile: (011) 492 1205 |
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| Pescador |
Price:
R 120. Wine: R 50 |
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This cosy, friendly restaurant in a quiet suburb is
ideal for a relaxed evening undistracted
by rowdy revellers. Authentic Portuguese seafood prepared
according to traditional recipes (bacalhau – Portuguese
dried salted cod in 5 variations) has given Pescador
its desirable reputation. The grilled langoustines
and the crab curry are brilliant, arriving in servings
of challenging size, so the not so hungry could possibly
share a portion. Service is modest and professional
and there is a pub and deck for light meals, coffees
and sundowners. |
Address:
21 Fort Street, Illovo, Sandton
Telephone: (011) 786 2746 or 440 4732 |
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| The
Radium Beer Hall |
Price: R 105 Wine: R 70 |
The Radium is the oldest surviving bar and grill
in Johannesburg, with a authentically historic
ambience that is just as appealing as the good food
on the menu and as authentic as the foot tapping live
jazz that makes the embossed tin ceiling vibrate in
sympathy. 1 of the oldest pubs in Johannesburg, once
visited by celebrated local author Herman Charles Bosman,
now by loyal but loud regulars, it is a no nonsense
pub and restaurant with enough authentic character to
make it a tourist attraction.
This is the closest to understanding what Joburg was
like during the gold rush era, the walls are covered
in memorabilia, from photos of pre-war soccer teams
and jazzmen who have played there, to vintage posters
and press clippings that record The Radium’s history,
beginning in 1934. Delicious prego rolls,
brilliant ribs, 1kg of prawns for R 150 and a wide selection
of local and imported beers. The Radium is a fantastic
live music venue, with the accent on jazz. Owner Mannie
has been known to remove obnoxious guests with his baseball
bat. |
Address:
282 Louis Botha Avenue, Orange Grove
Telephone: (011) 728 3866
Facsimile: (011) 483 2345
Email address: mr.radium@iafrica.com
Website address: www.theradium.co.za
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