Week 4 - 13th to 20th April

 

La Rustica

 

Food type: Mediterranean

 

Address: 130 Houghton Drive, Houghton.

 

Tel: 011-782-2092

 

Open: Lunch Tuesday to Sunday, Dinner Tuesday to Sunday

 

Main Course: R50 to R105

 

Corkage: R50

 

Food: The menu offers the usual antipasti but the vension and bean soup is not to be missed. The most popular main course is a roast half-baby chicken. Some baby! it comes with butternut, spinach and roast potatoes,beautifully cooked.

There are pasta dishes such as penne toscana with sun-dried tomatoes, olives,onion,basil and tomato sauce. Desserts are not imaginative but, unusually, a fresh fruit platter is available.

 

Wine: There's an excellent selection of South African,French and Italian wines.

 

Service: Provided by well-trained waitrons.