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  • Ke Monate @ Signal Gun Review

    Ke-Monate @ Signal Gun is a small bistro style restaurant, specialising in tapas, local and international cuisine, located in the beautiful Durbanville winelands – a 30 minute drive from Cape Town. Their menu has a variety of traditional dishes including pastas, exotic pizzas, and steaks among many other favourites, to be enjoyed with a great selection […] More

  • Namaste Chandani Review

    Growing up in Durban I have eaten a lot of Indian food. From restaurants to friends’ homes (where the food was always infinitely more delicious, I’m talking to you Sandhya and Yashmita) – I was spoilt for choice. The problem is, it has spoilt Indian food for me now, as nothing ever seems to beat […] More

  • Gourmet Boerie Review

    These days you can find a restaurant that will pretty much sell you gourmet anything. Sometimes it works. Other times, well, it’s a big, over the top flop. I was worried when I was invited to Gourmet Boerie. The restaurant is trendy and really well designed. And they always seem to have fun things happening […] More

  • Oishi Sushi Review

    What could be better than enjoying quality sushi at home? And even better, how about having it delivered FREE?! Oishi Sushi deliver gratis, free, for nada, if you live in the City Bowl or Atlantic Seaboard area. All you have to do is click, sit and wait. The order procedure is very simple: Wait until […] More

  • Bedouin Café and Deli

    Bedouin Café and Deli is the newest resident in Woodstock. With its offering of bold flavours from the Middle-East, delicately balanced with a Cape Town twist – there was no way I could miss out on the opportunity to visit when the invite arrived in my mailbox. Their signature ingredient: Labneh cheese! Labneh cheese is wildly popular […] More

  • La Mouette a la carte Review

    La Mouette is quite literally Sea Point’s shining star. This beautiful restaurant has the holy trinity – attentive staff, welcoming owners, and truly delicious food. I normally try the LM Tasting Menus, but thought it would be great to give A La Carte a try, and boy am I glad I did. STARTERS Cheese and […] More

  • Beau Constantia Review

    Beau Constantia is a 22 hectare, boutique wine farm at the top of Constantia Nek, some of the vines are 350 metres above sea-level. Blake from Constantia Wine Tours gave us a lift to the farm, and he explained that it took a devastating fire in 2000 for it to be realised that the land […] More

  • Five Flies Review

    In a city that goes through restaurants faster than I go through matching pairs of socks, I get no greater joy than seeing a success. I’ve followed the growth of Five Flies for the past three years, as new owner, Jo-Anne During and her restaurant, have gone from strength to strength. Not only has she […] More

  • Overture Review

    “I’ve never wanted a pretentious restaurant,” says Chef Bertus Basson, “I want it to be somewhere where people are comfortable. Bring your kids. Wear slops and shorts. Have fun.” Overture is on Hidden Valley wine farm – a fitting name as I don’t think I’d find it again without directions, a GPS and a compass. […] More

  • Asara Wine Estate

    Last week I was invited to enjoy a one-night stay on Asara Wine Estate near Stellenbosch as part of the Klink Wine Awards which are currently being held. The awards let you vote for your favourite wineries in 15 short-listed categories. The Asara Wine Estate is nominated as having the best accommodation on a wine farm. […] More

  • Lunch Buffet at The Cullinan Hotel

    Southern Sun The Cullinan have recently re-launched their lazy Sunday lunches with an amazing buffet selection inspired by their executive chef, Lindsay Venn. I was invited to enjoy the buffet with a friend a few weeks ago.  The Cullinan Sunday buffet takes place weekly from 12:30-14:30.  Price per head is R185 and half price for children […] More

  • Zabad Review

    I’m going to write this review backwards. Why? Firstly, because I can. And secondly, because the dessert I had was worth talking about first. Let them eat cake. Zabad, just behind the Cape Quarter, serves a Bar One Cheesecake that is so delish it’s worth the calories. Perfect to share, this fridge cake (it isn’t […] More