{"id":6,"date":"2013-11-12T15:57:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T15:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/?p=6"},"modified":"2014-03-06T23:14:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T21:14:00","slug":"junipas-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/junipas-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Junipa\u2019s Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the last post in a series of Johannesburg Restaurant reviews\u2026for now.<\/em><\/p>\n

List of things that I avoid:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Pawpaw.<\/li>\n
  2. Other people\u2019s drooly pets.<\/li>\n
  3. Maths.<\/li>\n
  4. Children.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t like children, I do. But the same way that most people don\u2019t like sitting next to babies on planes, I typically don\u2019t go to restaurants with armies of young\u2019uns running around.<\/p>\n

    Call me \u201cageist\u201d if you must.<\/h2>\n

    But for my last review in Jozi (I AM COMING HOOOOOME SOON) I went to this beautiful little bistro and bakery called Junipa\u2019s, which happens to be very child-friendly, without being loud and childish.<\/p>\n

    To start we shared\u00a0Venetian Duck Liver and Porcini Mushroom P\u00e2t\u00e9\u00a0(R50)<\/strong>\u00a0served with fresh homemade bread and beetroot chutney. The liver was rich and smooth. They added a little too much lemon to counter the fattiness, but with the sweet beetroot, it balanced out.<\/p>\n

    \"bread<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Then we shared\u00a0Tiger<\/strong>\u00a0Prawn Salad (R95)<\/strong>\u00a0with pomegranate, coriander and avo and a sweet dressing. The prawns were katafi-stlye, wrapped in shredded phyllo. They were enormous, succulent and tender. Really divine.<\/p>\n

    \"salad\"<\/p>\n

    Next up\u00a0Stuffed Chicken Breast (R90)<\/strong>\u00a0filled with broccoli & Brie, served with either basil pesto potato salad or green mashed potato and creamy chilli-lime sauce. We had both sides (I\u2019m gluttonous that way). The potato salad was beautifully seasoned and freshly made. It hadn\u2019t been ruined by refrigeration, which my worst because it becomes cold and stodgy. The mash was light, but rustic and went well with the chicken. The chicken itself was a bit dry on the outside, but the cheesy centre made up for it. I poured the lime-chilli sauce over it, which lifted the dish beautifully.<\/p>\n

    \"chicken\"<\/p>\n

    Finally, we had a\u00a0Lamb Burger (R75)<\/strong>\u00a0on a soft Turkish roll with guacamole, caramelized onions and crispy shoestring fries. All the elements were perfect, the patty was slightly pink, the avo was well seasoned, and the roll soft but crispy \u2013 but I must admit I am not the biggest fan of lamb burgers in general, so why I ordered it I can\u2019t be sure.<\/p>\n

    \"Lam<\/p>\n

    Junipa\u2019s has an incredible atmosphere for the entire family. The staff are friendly and well trained. There are no sections, and they each carry a portable ordering system to put through orders. So you never have to wait for your waiter to make an appearance.<\/p>\n

    They also prepare \u201cadults\u201d meals in kiddie\u2019s sizes because to them, to help kids appreciate food, they need to eat properly. Not just fish fingers and hot dogs. Kids can even go and help the chef create their own gourmet pizzas.<\/p>\n

    I was really impressed by this little restaurant, it\u2019s live music and welcoming staff and owners. Somewhere I would visit often if I lived in Joburg.<\/p>\n

    \"quiche<\/p>\n

    \"cake\"<\/p>\n

    \"drinks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This is the last post in a series of Johannesburg Restaurant reviews\u2026for now. List of things that I avoid: Pawpaw. Other people\u2019s drooly pets. Maths. Children. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t like children, I do. But the same way that most people don\u2019t like sitting next to babies on planes, I typically don\u2019t go to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/joburg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}