Wait, you got coffee and cheesecake WHERE?

A while back we had the best sort of day. A sun-filled public holiday in the middle of the week! It was spent wondering around with a friend (despite ill conceived promises made to ourselves that we would study). We didn't have any particular goal in mind besides taking in the loveliness and ultimately finding a place to have coffee. The latter proved slightly more difficult than anticipated as some establishments seemed to take the notion of "Worker's Day" rather seriously and actually gave their workers a holiday.

We eventually walked past the Slug and Lettuce on Ryneveld street and our eyes caught on a sign proclaiming "barista prepared coffee". Skeptical (this is a steak and beer sort of joint after all) but willing, we took a seat in the bustling marquee area inside and ordered Cappuccino and a cheesecake claiming "legendary" status.

The service at the Slug and Lettuce always seems... well... a little sluggish. With what seems to be only two waitresses serving a packed area there is a sizable delay in getting your order, by the time we got the cake our coffee was verging on lukewarm already. However the staff are friendly and the atmosphere so pleasant that it's difficult to find further fault. All in all it was a lovely (if slightly noisy) experience. The coffee was pretty good (at R14 a cup) but definitely lacks that "wow" factor that you would expect from a restaurant claiming "barista brewed".

BUT the baked lemon cheesecake is absolutely deserving of legendary status! Yum! It far overshadowed the Cappuccino in every way and (besides the amazing company and talking nonsense for a good few hours) definitely takes top prize as the high-light of the day.