Foodies in South Africa?

[lsanderson]

Surfacing | Paternoster, South Africa
Cape Town’s Foodie Suburb
By NADINE RUBIN

TWO years ago, Arnold Hoon, a chef from Johannesburg, was driving along South Africa’s West Coast in search of lunch. On a whim, he and his wife, Annelise Bosch, followed an old wooden sign to Paternoster, a traditional fishing village about 90 minutes north of Cape Town.

What they found were whitewashed cottages overlooking Paternoster Bay, and a single restaurant, Voorstrandt (Strandloper Way; 27-22-752-2038), near a beach dotted with fishing boats. Soon, they were dining alfresco on fresh oysters and grilled lobsters, served with a crunchy green salad. “We never left,” said Ms. Bosch, a former actress. More