Bakery

From our wood fired oven

Croissant 1837 - classic

Croissant 1837 with preserve

Cultured Slice of Bread, Butter and Honey

satisfyingly simple and proper

Cultured Daily Bake for Two

a daily selection of wheaten, rye and wholegrain breads from our wood oven served with butter and home-made preserve or honey

(our in-the-know team will gladly share our daily wood fired bread selection with you)

From Our Table to Yours

select your favourite bread, pastry or patisserie to take home

SUNRISE

Granola (V)

fresh papino filled with double thick yoghurt and honey and cinnamon baked granola

Cinnamon Breakfast Oats

warm cinnamon oats with nut butter, banana, vanilla and honey
(*prepared with oat milk)

‘Mieliepap’

traditional soft ‘mieliepap’ with salted butter and honey

Eggs ‘La Motte’

our eggs Benedict with poached free range eggs, hollandaise and roasted streaky bacon on toasted brioche

Creamy Scrambled Eggs

creamy scrambled free range eggs with wood roasted tomatoes, rocket and home baked croissant 1837

with smoked Franschhoek trout and crème fraîche

with three local cheeses and rocket

Eggy Bread

French toast with caramel, fruit of the day and crème fraîche

Farm Feast

skillet free range eggs, boerewors, mushrooms, streaky bacon and wood roasted tomatoes with buttered ‘manne brood’

Add to your favourite breakfast

crushed avocado

roasted streaky bacon

lighty smoked Franschhoek trout

grilled traditional sausage

‘OOP BROODJIES’

Smashed Avocado (P)

smashed avocado with lemon, pumpkin seeds and fresh coriander on toasted sourdough bread

add shaved biltong

add streaky bacon

Lightly Smoked Trout

beech wood smoked Franschhoek trout with herbed crème fraîche, capers and rocket on Ouma’s seed loaf

Rare Roasted Beef

toasted sourdough bread topped with shaved rare roasted beef, fresh horseradish mayonnaise, dill cucumber, onion marmalade and rocket

Wood Fired Karoo Lamb

toasted sourdough bread with pulled karoo lamb from our wood oven with cucumber yoghurt

Butter Roasted Chicken

orchard lemons and butter roasted chicken with home-made mayonnaise and garden leaves on fougasse

summer salads

Cape Bokkom Salad

mixed greens tossed with bokkoms', almonds, dried apricots and croutons

Baby Beet Salad (P)

wood roasted young garden beets and mustard pears, almond praline, ‘hangkaas’ and rocket

Chopped Garden Salad (P)

crisp lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado and scallions with crunchy toasted nuts and seeds & lemon dressing

Roasted Butternut Salad

warm oven roasted butternut with baby spinach, pecan nuts, pomegranate rubies, cranberries and whipped feta

Add to your salad

crushed avocado

butter roasted chicken

roasted streaky bacon

lightly smoked Franschhoek trout

marinated biltong

HEARTY WINTER SOUP

Lentil and Lamb

slow cooked lentil and pulled lamb soup with garden herbs and Bovril buttered crustique toast

Tomato and Crème Fraîche

oven roasted tomato soup with crème fraîche, basil and local pecorino bruschetta

‘Koningbroodsop’

traditional thick vegetable and beef soup with bone marrow, lamb ‘karmenaatjie’ and ‘potbrood’binspired by a 17th century recipe from the
La Motte archive

Chicken and Leek

hearty chicken and vegetable broth with mushrooms and leek

CAFé Dishes

Plankie Steak

pan grilled and sliced rib-eye with crispy Parmesan oven potatoes

‘Patti se melt’

home made beef patty, boerenkaas, creamy mayonnaise and caramelised onion

This-‘Wors’-is-on-a-Roll

soft fougasse roll with succulent traditional sausage and home-made tomato “smoor”

Herbed Fish Cakes

oven baked Franschhoek trout, hake and potato cakes with herbed mayonnaise and lemon

Garden vegetables

wood fired garden vegetable platter with garden dips and patés

add butter roasted chicken

Sweet

Home-made Ice Cream

old fashioned vanilla ice cream made with fresh cream and caramel-chocolate sauce

Jan Ellis Pudding

warm Jan Ellis pudding with home-made custard or vanilla ice cream

Classic Pancakes

with a generous dusting of cinnamon sugar and fresh lemon

ALL DAY DRINKS

Apple Huguenot

freshly pressed apples with gin & Van der Hum, topped with La Motte MCC

Breakfast Pimms

classic Pimm’s with shaved cucumber, summer melon and lemon

Good Morning Mimosa

freshly pressed ruby grapefruit juice with La Motte MCC

Summer Frappés

Papino and Orange

fresh papino blended with double thick yoghurt and orange

Coffee and Cacao

old fashioned condensed milk coffee with raw cacao and banana

Banana Nut

banana with almond butter, raw cacao and coconut milk

Freshly crafted juices 250ml

apple, celery and lemon

watermelon, melon and lime

beetroot, apple, carrot and ginger

Spritzers

cucumber, orange basil and lemon

apple, lemon and mint

old fashioned passion fruit and lemonade

grapefruit, honey and home-grown thyme

add Wilderer gin

Sodas & Water

coke, coke zero

appletiser, grapetiser

Two in a Bush Iced Tea

water still

water sparkling

From our Local Breweries

Franschhoek Three Oaks Lager

Franschhoek The Stout

Jack Black lager

CBC lager

CBC pilsner

CBC Krystal weiss

Heineken alcohol free

Wines from our La Motte cellar

150ml

750ml

La Motte Methode Cap Classique (MCC)

Sauvignon Blanc

Pierneef Sauvignon Blanc

Chardonnay

Vin de Joie Rosé

Millenium

Cabernet Sauvignon

Syrah

Pierneef Syrah Viognier

Hanneli R

Wines from the La Motte family

Dealcoholized wine > 0.5%

Leopard’s Leap Natura Classic White

Leopard’s Leap Natura Classic Red

Hot Beverages

Coffee

Espresso/Americano

Cappuccino

Latté

Cortado

Bonbon

Affogato

Mocha

Iced Versions

dark hot chocolate

Milo with steamed milk

Hand Selected Fine Teas

Earl Grey

African breakfast blend

Spearmint, lemongrass, moringa and buchu

Blue abyss fruit infusion

Strawberry, vanilla and honeybush

Wupperthal Rooibos

Honeybush

Fresh garden mint

Chamomile

For the little one

Breakfast

Fruit salad and yoghurt

Fresh seasonal fruit salad with yoghurt and a drizzle of honey

Scrambled egg

With buttered toast fingers and crispy bacon

French toast

Soft French toast drizzled with honey and fresh berries

Lunch

Macaroni and cheese

Old fashioned with creamy béchamel sauce and cheddar cheese

‘Boerie’ roll

A soft home baked roll with traditional ‘boerewors’ and tomato ‘smoor’

Ham and cheese toastie

Crispy ham and cheddar cheese toastie with sliced fresh tomato