Iridescent with red walls and fairy lights, The Firefly Eating House & Chai Bar is housed in a charming original 1906 Knysna tin mining house on the Knysna lagoon with a view of the famous Knysna Heads. The Eating House explores the complexity of spice and the Chai Bar, the subtleties of tea.
Their irresistible spicy food draws inspiration from around the globe. Firefly's Top Dish is the Cape Malay bobotie spring rolls with a mint chutni and the the spice tea latte wins as Top Tea. Try a Firestarter like the orange & ostrich spring roll with a Juniper berry dip followed by smoked Berbere beef with quail egg, served with apricot & mint couscous (berbere is a spice mixture whose ingredients usually include chillies, ginger, cloves, coriander, allspice and is a key ingredient in North African cuisine). Of course dinner at Firefly wouldn't be complete without Sugar ‘n Spice and all things nice. Highly recommended is the saffron & cardamom basmati rice cream.