Cape Town restaurant The Test Kitchen under direction of Luke Dale-Roberts entered the list of 50 best in the world, and got labeled number One on the African continent in 2018. Time to celebrate!

What makes it unique: The first fine dining restaurant to open in Cape Town gentrifying Woodstock, The Test Kitchen launched an artistic boom with food based on rich palette of South African ingredients, and a pronounced Oriental touch. Chef Luke Dale-Roberts restaurant has two dining areas – “dark” and “light”. One starts dinner with cocktails served in a “dark” room, and then serving dishes is taking place in ‘light’ at tables with white cloths.

About the chef: Luke Dale-Roberts was born in rural England and had an active youth, fishing and stolling in nature. He was aiming to become an electrician, but then discovered his interest in food and excelled at cooking school as a teen. After the start in the UK, he enjoyed working in different Asian countries, in Bali, South Korea and Japan, trotting the world, fascinated by the universe of technique, flavours and ingredients of Oriental cooking. Further Dale-Roberts introduces this exquisite Oriental food know-how to his own restaurant, achieving amazing results in shaping local rich foods with exquisite Oriental refinement into contemporary compositions. Luke Dale-Roberts attaches greatest importance to learning experiences and sophistication of skills.

Typical dishes: The experience starts with distinctive small bites from around the world like ceviche and roti paired with cocktails in the quiet dark room. More classic-mod fare is served in the buzzy light room – like eiland (local oryx) carpaccio, local kingklip smoked with curry leaves and scallops with a Cape Malay sabayon.

The Old Biscuit Mill, 375 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town
+27 21 447 2337