This post was originally penned in the winter of 2018. I’d just returned from a week on the French Riviera and landed back home to a miserable Cape Town so the invitation from Mossel Bay Tourism came at the perfect time. Right now we are faced with restricted international travel …
Dining
Hole-in-the-wall eateries in the Mother City are intimate spaces where it feels as if you’re dining in secret or having a ‘kuier’ in someone’s kitchen. Under hyped, low on notoriety and simply styled, the focus is on the finest fare and these small seaters are the hidden gems that take the kiosk …
If you’re in Thailand, be sure to factor Chiang Mai into your itinerary. Rated as the country’s cultural capital, it’s pulling a diverse crowd to the region, from creatives to adventure travellers and everyone in between. Situated in the misty mountains of the North, it’s the fourth largest city in …
This is a longer than usual post (there’s more imagery than copy, promise) but bear with me because on this, my 6th trip to BK, I stayed longer and really immersed myself in the city – it’s always the best way to really get the feel of a destination. I revisited some …
Last week I was in Cloud 9, literally and figuratively. Firstly because I fortunate enough to be upgraded by Ethiopian Airlines to business class – called Cloud 9 – and secondly because travelling in such space and comfort is a luxury that is possibly one of the most satisfying …
Uber innovation is what makes my heart skip a beat. Siam@Siam is a hotel in Wang Mai, Patumwan that has brought the sexy back into hotelling and it’s a salve for the design conscious soul. Great Location Situated in the heart of Bangkok between the old and developed quarters of the …
It’s difficult to write about a hotel that you love without sounding like someone has put you up to it. This review wasn’t planned, but having just spent three glorious days at the Anantara in Chiang Mai, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to share about one of my most …
Gourmet goodness With close to 900 million people worldwide adopting a vegan lifestyle, Chefs everywhere are crafting menus to satisfy the growing demand for veggie dishes that are 100% plant based. The more people opt to exclude meat and animal products from their diets, the more the hospitality industry is …
16 January 2019 – The call to South African restaurants for participation in Gout de France 2019 has gone out. Every restaurant can participate, the aim being for them to cook “French” cuisine for one day or the whole week. It’s a celebration of French and South African cuisine innovation! …
This article first appeared in the Sunday Times SA on 4 March 2018 It’s no surprise that Luke Dale-Roberts, South Africa’s most celebrated chef, has devised a novel way to tackle his industry’s aqua drama by creating a drought kitchen initiative that is scheduled to run April through May, after …