Fairview wine estate are connoisseurs of wine, cheese and marketing and have orchestrated a wonderful competition involving their camembert cheese and Cape Town bloggers. My entrant recipe is a simple dish designed for a group of friends as a shared starter while we wait for the braai. Fragrant herb baked camembert cheese Remove the Fairview camembert [...]
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5 Aug 10
20 Jul 10
“We love atmosphere at the Bastille celebrations and have been coming for the last three years” beamed Berenice Louw from Constantia as she savoured the spicy prawn curry with her husband Jimmy. The marquee was a vibrant setting as visitors feasted on the treats of Franschhoek, surrounded by red, white and blue balloons and decor. A live band entertained [...]
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Posted in Restaurants, Tourism news, Wine news
Tagged Bread & Wine, Franschhoek, La Cotte, La Petite Ferme, Mont Rochelle, Morena, Nelson Mandela, Pierre Jourdan, Porcupine Ridge
Tagged Bread & Wine, Franschhoek, La Cotte, La Petite Ferme, Mont Rochelle, Morena, Nelson Mandela, Pierre Jourdan, Porcupine Ridge
6 Jul 10
Pieter Ferreira (Bubbles), kicked off the second food and wine bloggers meeting last week with his thoughts on the value of twitter and blogging. Ferreira paired his bubblies and Graham Beck wines with a selection of treats prepared by chef Liam Tomlin of Chefs Warehouse, the venue for our meeting. Bubbles Ferreira started tweeting less [...]
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Posted in Restaurants, Uncategorized
Tagged Eat Out, Graham Beck, Kitchen Cowboys, Pete Goffe-Wood, Pieter Ferreira, Wild woods
Tagged Eat Out, Graham Beck, Kitchen Cowboys, Pete Goffe-Wood, Pieter Ferreira, Wild woods
21 May 10
I enjoyed the wonderful 8-course tasting menu this week at Overture restaurant, on Hidden Valley wine estate, near Stellenbosch. I thought initially that eight courses would be impossible and expected to work my way through around five before surrendering. I was wrong. Owner/Chef, Bertus Basson created eight light dishes, full of flavours. Only eating vegetables and [...]
17 May 10
The Good Food and Wine Show 2010 was well attended, mainly due to the appearance of Gordon Ramsay, whose cooking events and dinner were sold out in advance. Now in it’s eleventh year, the The Good Food and Wine Show is becoming an internationally recognised event, when you look at the line up of other internationally [...]
11 Apr 10
Only 45 minutes drive from Cape Town, owner Roland Seidel has created a wine tasting destination at his wine estate in Paarl, Seidelberg. Open seven days a week, visitors can expect a personalised cellar tour and tasting with a detailed explanation on the processes and wine styles. The local community can purchase a bottle of [...]
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Posted in Restaurants, Wine news
Tagged Cape Malay, De Leuwan Jagt restaurant, Paarl, Seidelberg
Tagged Cape Malay, De Leuwan Jagt restaurant, Paarl, Seidelberg
25 Mar 10
The Taste of Cape Town kicked off yesterday evening with an array wine farms and restaurants offering tastings and dishes to visitors eager to feast on all the offerings. Rhodes high school, Mowbray, was an excellent venue to host such an event as traffic congestion was minimal and the playing fields provided ample parking for R20 [...]
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Posted in Restaurants
Tagged Bean There Coffee, Bistro Sixteen82, Camils, Cape Town, Fairtrade, Jardine, Nobu, Overture, Taste of Cape Town
Tagged Bean There Coffee, Bistro Sixteen82, Camils, Cape Town, Fairtrade, Jardine, Nobu, Overture, Taste of Cape Town
9 Mar 10
Finally I have found a deli serving a creative breakfast and lunch menu which is vegetarian using fresh organic ingredients. The soft green decor and brown wooden tables reflect an ambience which is clean and rustic. Welcome to Quensh. When you walk through the door, all your senses are activated. The aroma of the freshly [...]
2 Mar 10
Bill Harrop, owner of Bill Harrop’s Original Balloon Safari turned 70 yesterday and celebrated with his wife Mary at Tintswalo Atlantic. Tintswalo Atlantic is the latest addition to the Tintswalo collection and provided the perfect setting to celebrate a special occasion. From Hout Bay we travelled through the toll on Chapmans peak drive and turned [...]
9 Jan 10
Feasting on local food is a wonderful way to explore culture. What better way than to enjoy a participation cooking experience in the heart of the Cape Malay community – the Bo Kaap. Faldela has opened her home 109 Wale Street, Bo-kaap for private cooking experiences. We arrived and were welcomed with faloodah, a traditional [...]
19 Dec 09
Aromas of Italy grasp your attention as you enter Nonna Lina – A real taste of Italy and Sardinia in the heart of Gardens. We received a warm welcome from Antonello Scamuzzi, the owner, who established Nonna Lina restaurant in 2003 as a tribute to his grandmother. I was glad I had made a reservation [...]
19 Dec 09
The Vineyard hotel offers a peaceful garden setting to meet up with friends for lunch. The menu offers an array of light lunches and tables are shaded on the patio, surrounded by bourganvilla. The Vineyard Hotel was built in 1799, the original single storey home of Lady Anne Barnard. Ownership changed hands , bedrooms have been [...]
7 Dec 09
The Prudential Eat Out awards are like the restaurant oscars of South Africa. At the Westin Grand Hotel, chefs and proprietors eagerly awaited the announcement from Abigail Donnelly, editor of Eat Out magazine of the successful restaurants in reverse order.
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Posted in Restaurants
Tagged la Colombe, Le Quartier, Overture, Rust en Vrede, Terroir, The greenhouse at the Cellars, The Roundhouse
Tagged la Colombe, Le Quartier, Overture, Rust en Vrede, Terroir, The greenhouse at the Cellars, The Roundhouse
