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| Babel the restaurant - a rustic courtyard with the Babel restaurant on one side, farm store on the other, and the most exquisitely intricate knot garden of lavender and thymes on the far side. |
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| Baskets abundantly overflowing with lemons, freshly picked from the orchard. Double doors lead to the store. |
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| Babel, the restaurant |
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| Inside the world class restaurant that is Babel |
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| Deliciously decadent deserts on display - lemon meringue served in porcelain teacups |
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| Reading the Babel menu, outside the double doors leading to the store |
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| Store counter - exquisite piece of furniture - wish list! |
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| The amazing Babel book, which I had to purchase and bring back home, with a rustic turnip garnish! |
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| Home made preserves, jams, pickles, syrups, bottled honey harvested just down the way! |
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| Leading from Babel, the knot garden with a selection of lavenders and thymes surrounded by low rustic walls and beyond that, fragrant orchards |
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| Looking back to the restaurant, Babel. |
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| With a backdrop of the Drakenstein Mountains, could there be a more exquisite beautiful place on earth? |
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| Traditionally South African, waterblommetjies (water flowers), are harvested and used to cook up a flavorful "bredie", a type of stew. |
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| Harvesting waterblommetjies, not just to cook into a delicious "bredie", but also for the incredible flower, fruit and veg table decorations they are so renowned for. |
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| Lavender, the waterblommetjie ponds, orchards and the spectacular mountains beyond. What a gorgeous place to visit. Watch this space - LOTS more to come. |
