Catharina’s Restaurant at Steenberg has embarked on an adventurous journey with Executive Chef Archie Maclean breaking new ground on the culinary frontier, exciting palates with his ‘contemporary heritage’ cuisine.
We want to take people outside their comfort zones, to try something new when they dine with us!
Creating a sensory experience that resonates the spirited life and times of the feisty Catharina Ras, Chef Archie pays homage to Steenberg’s 17th century founder. As a seasoned huntswoman of hippo and lion, warthog, ostrich, crocodile and zebra served with indigenous veld food would have been regular fare at Steenberg in her day.
The new menu at Catharina’s, the gourmet restaurant at Steenberg Farm in Constantia, is interwoven with fresh indigenous ingredients Catharina would have hunted, grown and prepared herself. By revealing hints of Catharina’s thrilling life in this sensory culinary narrative, Chef Archie brings the ‘contemporary heritage’ dictum to life.
Catharina is the adventurous one and I need to follow in her shoes. As a farm, Steenberg has such a deep and colourful history and we want our restaurant experience to bring the adventure of Catharina Ras to life. This is the crux of our contemporary heritage food. – Chef Archie.
Catharina’s offers diners a 3-course à la carte menu as well as an 8-course tasting menu. Signature dishes include seared tuna wrapped in crisp salmon skin; salmon trout served with a horseradish and sour fig risotto; panfried crocodile tail; and grilled Zebra loin.
While the tasting menu at R1 100 per person including wines from leading estates, is interlaced with Archie’s more adventurous dishes, the à la carte menu also includes the more familiar for a quick lunch or informal dining. Both menus are available for lunch and dinner and guests at the same table will be able to order from either menu.
Catharina’s Restaurant is open 7-days a week for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Phone: (0)21 7137178
Email: reservations@catharinasrestaurant.co.za
