Top quality sushi and more at Yama Asian Eatery

WHEN it opened back in 2020, Yama Asian Eatery was called Yama Sushi Emporium, and that's what it was, bringing the first top-quality sushi to the Franschhoek village. It is still the premier sushi restaurant on the main road but it also offers so much more. As the website says, "The restaurant…
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What’s still to come on M-Net in September

THESE are the new series coming to M-Net 101 in the second half of September. Please let's not even talk about how it's almost Halloween and Christmas. Hands up who's seen decorations or Santa-related ads? Blue Lightspremieres on September 20 at 10pm. With an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it…
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Life is short, eat dessert first

EVERYONE says it, but how many actually do it? Quite a lot of people apparently, but I hadn't, nor do I personally know anyone who has, or does so regularly. "Having dessert first is the same idea that people like to have breakfast foods at night. It is unconventional, but it is fun. It makes you…
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Breathe in, hold, release…and relax at Temenos

AS an introvert (and other sensitive personality types) living in an extrovert's world, things can get really noisy and overwhelming; advice, often unwelcome, is freely given as to how to be more outgoing and to function "better" in the mayhem. No one suggests how the loud people can learn to be…
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Tasty little morsels with wine at L’Avenir

THE marathon of drinking wine and eating on day three in Stellenbosch continued with a visit to L'Avenir. We were to have the carpaccio pairing but our good friend Ryan Bredenkamp - one of the jolliest, most fun people I've had the pleasure of wine tasting with over the years - decided…
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A celebration of exquisite Simonsberg red blends

BEING located between Franschhoek, Paarl and Stellenbosch, not everyone knows Simonsberg-Paarl is a wine region in its own right. The area makes some of the country’s most distinctive red blends with a distinct style, using predominantly Syrah or Cabernet Sauvignon. The Simonsberg Wine Assembly,…
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