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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…
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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…
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IT'S not often I will go to a mall on purpose, least of all to eat. But following an invitation to come see the new revitalised look of PRIMI in Canal Walk, along with the information there is a fairly new breakfast menu, I was pleasantly surprised. Unarmed with the advance information supplied…
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EVEN as the plan for the four-course tasting experience at Shio was being laid out, frissons of excitement were making me shiver with anticipation. Shio Modern Japanese Izakaya is one of Cheyne Morrisby's restaurants, along with Cheyne's and Lucky Bao in Hout Bay and with more in the pipeline,…
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SOCIETI BISTRO - one of my favourite places in Cape Town and not only because it has a dishnamed after me on the winter menu - has become somewhat legendary for its regular "Tour Through Italy" and Tour Through France" specials, which focus on different regions of those countries. This week…
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TWENTY-FIVE years after it launched its first store on the Foreshore, Italian-inspired franchise Col'Cacchio is marking the occasion with subtle rebranding and a fabulous new concept store at the V&A Waterfront. In a prime location at the entrance to the upper level (over the bridge from the…
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TINTSWALO LODGES enters an exciting new culinary chapter with the appointment of Guy Clark as executive chef at Tintswalo Atlantic in Cape Town. Clark recently returned to his hometown, having honed his skills in India and Florida (USA) for the past four years. He takes over from Jeantelle van…
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BASED on themes drawing from the ocean on the doorstep, and the rising from the ashes after Tintswalo was destroyed by fire, executive chef Guy Clark has created a culinary feast called Ocean & Ash. When I accepted the invitation to lunch I had no idea what I was in for - a marathon…
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SOCIETI BISTRO is famous for naming dishes after its favourite clientele, and to be among these esteemed guests is a great honour. When I tell people I am one of those guests, they are suitably impressed and always ask how it happened. It was either this, or a small island. I went with the dish…
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ALMOST a year ago to the day of the launch of the previous vintage of De Wetshof Limestone Hill unwooded Chardonnay, we were invited to celebrate the 2017 vintage. The venue was La Tête, over which foodies have been in a froth since it opened late last year, raving about the food. Apparently the…
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