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Overture Restaurant on Hidden Valley Estate, Stellenbosch

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 [...]

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Taste of Cape Town

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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The Prudential Eat Out awards 2009 – Top ten restaurants in South Africa

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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