{"id":19650,"date":"2026-05-04T16:27:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=19650"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:14:33","slug":"a-seafood-special-at-protea-hotel-balalaika-with-prawns-mussels-and-garlic-butter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/a-seafood-special-at-protea-hotel-balalaika-with-prawns-mussels-and-garlic-butter\/","title":{"rendered":"A Seafood Special at Protea Hotel Balalaika with Prawns, Mussels, and Garlic Butter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Protea Hotel Balalaika is bringing comfort and indulgence together with a seafood special made for guests who believe garlic butter is a valid love language.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Available from May to July at The Bull Run, the Garlic Butter Prawn &amp; Mussel Pot features prawns, mussels, garlic butter, and wine, served as a rich, satisfying dish for R275.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>It is simple, generous, and exactly the kind of meal that does not need much convincing.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/specials\/\">special<\/a> suits a relaxed lunch, a dinner with friends, or a midweek treat when something warm and flavour-packed feels like the right answer. With The Bull Run\u2019s polished setting and hearty approach to dining, the dish lands neatly between comfort food and restaurant-worthy indulgence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Guests can book through Dineplan or contact the restaurant directly.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u21d2\u00a0Maude Street, Sandown, Sandton<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"xtqikln x78zum5 x1y1aw1k xwib8y2\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"xkh2ocl x1iyjqo2 x1iorvi4 xjkvuk6\" role=\"listitem\"><span class=\"x6s0dn4 x17zd0t2 x3nfvp2\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\">011 322 5000<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"xkh2ocl x1iyjqo2 x1iorvi4 xjkvuk6\" role=\"listitem\">reservations@balalaika.co.za<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protea Hotel Balalaika is bringing comfort and indulgence together with a seafood special made for guests who believe garlic butter is a valid love language. Available from May to July at The Bull Run, the Garlic Butter Prawn &amp; Mussel Pot features prawns, mussels, garlic butter, and wine, served as a rich, satisfying dish for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[43,39,44,45,42,40,41],"class_list":["post-19650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-specials","tag-friday","tag-monday","tag-saturday","tag-sunday","tag-thursday","tag-tuesday","tag-wednesday"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19655,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19650\/revisions\/19655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}