I’m not one to venture out of my Mother City zone for food as I’m so spoiled for choice in the CBD. For Chef Brad Ball however, I’ll do the mileage. He is the innovative uber chef that I first met at Bistro 1682 at Steenberg last year and is …
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The beauty of Cape Town, aside from the fact that it’s a gorgeous place to live, is what it offers locals and tourists alike. It has a unique proximity to blue flag beaches, magnificent mountains, botanical gardens, forests, and, those places where we all love to linger longer, wine farms, …
I thought I knew tea. Until the elegant Dilmah event happened at the Queen Victoria boutique hotel at the V&A Waterfront last week. Before that, tea was quite ordinary to me, nothing too special. Now however, I’ve been enlightened, thanks to what I’ll refer to as Tea 101 – a pretty …
This was a fab experience, the El Burro Mexican style breakfast at The House of Machines, last Sunday. Burritos, tortillas, pulled pork in pita – thinking that’s my next one to try. Check the HoM Facebook page re when the EB food truck will next be there. Even if it …
I’ve just had one of my best weekends away ever. To do the experience justice, I’m going to upload more than one post so as not to bore anyone with a blog that goes on forever….all that amazingness needs the appropriate attention, so I’ll launch with Friday, the start of …
For the past 8 days we’ve been hosting a young man called Matteo from Venice who’s been staying with us as part of a scholar exchange between my younger son Oscar’s school, Camps Bay High, & 2 schools over in that stunning Italian city, the names of which I totally …
There are only a handful of places in Cape Town selling AMAZING coffee and The Power & the Glory is one of them. They stock Deluxe beans, very popular in this town. FYI other great coffee shops in the Mother City (that’s what we fondly call Cape Town) are The …
Next to superstar ballet dancers, uber chefs are amongst my favourite PTA (People To Admire). There are only a handful in our fine city that are truly outstanding and it’s not often I get to meet and speak at length with any of them. But halfway into this year I’ve …
If you’re up for a new spot to have brunch, look no further than Mondiall Kitchen and Bar in the V&A Waterfront, a perfectly positioned restaurant that was once the Green Dolphin though thankfully looks nothing like it any longer. A joint venture between Patrick Symington, formerly of Cafe Dharma and Asoka, …
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