Cafe Flo, Johannesburg

Cafe Flo is a hip eatery with smooth minimalistic decor offering global cuisine. The restaurant is situated on the Main street (a wide avenue) in the sleepy suburb of Greenside with its wonderful art deco homes. The clever gay brigade discovered it first, and the place has since been packed out. The austere interior is black and tan with a bare, polished cement floor and a huge camp chandelier centre stage. A global cuisine menu offers nice crunchy mushroom soup and Kingfish (rather like a more gamey version of Barracuda) was nicely juxtaposed on a bed of crunchy bitter rocket leaves. Although the menu looks unremarkable, the dishes – especially the specials - are truly worthwhile.