SPREAD your wings and savour A Taste of Heaven with a bouquet of enchanting pairings of Angels Tears wines and handmade nougat at Grande Provence Heritage Wine Estate in Franschhoek.
Offered daily in the Grande Provence tasting room, the Angles Tears A Taste of Heavenpairs specially crafted nougat delights with each of the four wines in the range. Smooth and bursting with fruit, Angels Tears…
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Concept store and eatery The Yard opens in V&A’s Silo District
NAMED for the surrounding dockyards and located within view of the picturesque tugboat moorings and the waters of Cape Town harbour, The Yard is an exciting new hybrid concept store-cum-bistro-bar that is set to become the go-to retail and dining experience of the recently launched Silo District at the V & A Waterfront.
The Yard will shine with carefully selected options that cater with…
Aweh, Roxy All Day in Woodstock is the rad place to hang out
WHENEVER I go to Roxy Late Night - which is, well, late at night and usually several drinks in - I yell "a glass of red wine and crack bacon chicken wings please!"
Last week I encountered these delectably addictive (hence the name) morsels in the daylight, while sober, at the recently-opened Roxy All Day and if anything, they were even better. The wings are coated in a light, crunchy batter and…
YOU can't go wrong with a good old-fashioned burger and shake and if it's a huge choice you're after, Gibson’s Gourmet Burgers & Ribs at V&A Waterfront is where you should be heading.
The newly refined menu has a whopping 44 burgers and more than 120 creatively decadent shakes so if you have a problem with making up your mind, best you get there early.
The enticing photographs in the…
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10 reasons to love Saucisse Boutique Deli
AMANDA LEWIS, chef and owner of Saucisse Boutique Deli gathered a small group of us together last week to introduce her new, "greener" spring menu.
"I've been more front of house for the last few years and I decided to flip things on their head and have been back in the kitchen again," she said. "And through that I decided to relook at my menu and think about efforts I've introduced into my…
The Gin Box is celebrating women with courage this October
ACCORDING to CANSA (Cancer Association of South Africa) one in every four South Africans is affected by cancer – through diagnosis of family, friends or self. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month – an annual campaign to raise awareness of the risks, the value of screening and early detection.
Join The Gin Box in showing support to all those courageous women who are bravely fighting breast…
IT had been a long, hard day in Stellenbosch, eating oysters and drinking bubbly...all my problems are first world ones, which in itself is a first world problem.
The wretched hangover brought on by another impromptu night of recklessly opening brilliant bottles of wine with my neighbour made the struggle even more real, although I must say those oysters at De Warenmarktdefinitely helped. So…
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Simonsig takes top honours for record-breaking 4th time at Amorim Cap Classique Challenge
SIMONSIG ESTATE, the pioneering Stellenbosch winery responsible for making the first Méthode Cap Classique wine in South Africa, became the most-awarded cellar in the history of the Amorim Cap Classique Challenge by winning the competition’s Best Producer Award for the fourth time. This year’s award went to Simonsig’s Cuvée Royale Blanc de Blancs 2012, a 100% Chardonnay wine with lees contact of…
Perfect picnics at Warwick Wine Estate
THE wonderful thing about visiting the winelands is that there are always new things and new places to discover.
Since Stellenbosch Wine Routes has more than 150 members, I'm not particularly ashamed to say I haven't been to all of them; it means there are still plenty of joys to explore. See above.
So it's taken me a while to get to Warwick, even though I've long been a fan of its wines.…
VISITING Buitenverwachting is always a special occasion for me, whether it's for food, wine, or coffee. It's a place where everyone knows my name, and whenever they can, they join me for a chat and a glass of bubbles.
Publicist Sandy Bailey ensures I am spoiled rotten, and on this particular day, chef patron and partner Edgar Osojnik outdid himself by creating a seven-course tasting menu…
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Five stars for Monday Night Magic’s season five
MONDAY NIGHT MAGIC, hosted by Cape Town Magic Club, launched its fifth season this week with a spectacular bonanza showcase in its new venue: the five-star Taj Cape Town.
The historic building was once a bank, and the intimate theatre is located in the underground vault...where there is no escape. Except for Glenn McMeeking aka Glendini, one of the new performers this season, who had the…
With all this beer you need Brew Food
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 Prutpresenter, Piet Marais (and his team), to create a food menu that combines the best of both worlds – resulting in #BrewFood.
Says Randolf Jorberg, co-owner…
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 just 40 seats at its maximum capacity, Sundoo offers a menu…
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Spectacular new menu at award-winning Foxcroft
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 and this young man never ceases to amaze.
Let us begin.
The current…
Lorna Scott, the woman behind South Africa’s craft gin revolution
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. But this only ignited her curiosity to learn the craft.…