WHAT is better than food and beer? Food made with beer, that’s what. For years, the Beerhouse team has been championing the beer revolution in South Africa and has now teamed up with Ultimate Braai Master winner and Laat Die Potte Prut presenter, Piet Marais (and his team), to create a food menu that combines […]
SUNDOO is the brainchild of restaurateur and chef Seelan Sundoo, who has not one but two namesake restaurants in Cape Town; his other is Seelan at the V&A Waterfront. This small eatery in Regent Road, Sea Point, pays tribute to Seelan’s roots with authentic South Indian dishes, full of flavourful spices and heady aromas. With […]
WITHIN months of opening last year, Foxcroft Restaurant & Bakery Constantia won the Eat Out Retail Capital New Restaurant of the Year. It was pretty damn good then; it’s even better now. Chef Glen Williams has launched a new menu with which he told us he is “much happier”. It reflects incredible skill and creativity […]
DYNAMIC, driven and authentic: these are the three inspirational qualities of Lorna Scott, the woman behind SA’s craft gin revolution. When she launched Inverroche Gin in 2012 in Still Bay, together with her son Rohan and daughter Lauren, Lorna had never worked at a distillery before, let alone had any experience in the liquor industry. […]
THE fourth edition of Power Flower Picnic, and 10th Wolfkop Weekender takes place over the weekend of September 1-3. From the most humble of beginnings it has slowly and steadily grown into the tiny but feisty festival it is today. Four Lilo Flows, three Power Flower Picnics and two Cooked Sisters have put the organisers in […]
IT was a momentous occasion – our first road trip in nearly two years. The reason for the delay is valid: Divine Lady D was with child. Now that the infant has grown sufficiently, it is time to get back out there and this was a jolly good way to begin. Our destination was Bot […]
IT may sound like a contradiction but the title of Black Orchid Burlesque’s Modern Vintage Varietease Burlesque Show at Café Roux in Noordhoek this Saturday is a fusion of spectacle and glamour from yesteryear with a sexy modern edge. “Modern burlesque has taken on many forms, but it has the common trait of honouring one […]
THIS job has some great perks, among them getting to try new products and services as they arrive on the market. When they are delivered to my door, even better. Last week, South Africa’s first craft gin club was launched. The Gin Box (also literally) brings us gin lovers a beautifully packaged locally produced gin […]
THE 2017 World Whisky Masters held by the Spirits Business Magazine in the UK proved that beyond the traditional whisky producing countries, an exciting range of styles and expressions awaits. Bain’s Cape Mountain Whisky, South Africa’s first single grain whisky, was awarded gold by the impressive panel of judges who lauded the whisky with “this […]
ART, wine, craft beer, five-star accommodation, gourmet cuisine… the Leeu Collection encompasses all that is luxurious and desirable. Among the properties is Marigold, the first classic Indian cuisine restaurant in Franschhoek village, which opened towards the end of last year. You’ll find it in Heritage Square where it shares space around a courtyard with artisan chocolatier […]