Receta Ryan's Kitchen, Franschoek

It’s a small world after all, sing the characters at Disneyland. And although most of what Disney purveys is a fairy tale, they are spot-on in this regard. At the end of February, I went skiing in the French Alps. One night we went out to drinks with the friend of a friend who was shortly to travel to South African and wanted to chat to me about restaurants that she should visit. Most of the places she wanted to visit were exactly what I would have suggested, but one totally unfamiliar name cropped up: Ryan’s Kitchen in Franschhoek. I had never heard of it but she assured me that she had been there on a previous trip and that it was definitely worth a return visit – information which I filed under “for future reference”. But not…