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  • Live Music at The Lookout Deck

    The Lookout Deck Hout Bay arguably boasts one of the best views in the Western Cape. Situated on the water’s edge in the Hout Bay Harbour, the restaurant boasts breathtaking mountain and ocean views. The Lookout Deck will also bring great entertaining live music during December to the Hout Bay Harbour with Francois playing every […] More

  • FoodBlogCT News Week 50 2012

    Thursday, the 13th December The Cookie Dough Outbreak In the video Scott, who is one of the team behind the Modernist Cuisine cookbooks, explains the science behind eating raw cookie dough and why it may not be as safe as some us think. [read more] Farmworkers recive food aid Western Cape farmworkers received food and […] More

  • Jack Black Beer endeavours to make our Oceans safer

    Jack Black Beer and Shoestring Productions have teamed up in time for this year’s Wavescape Film Festival to launch their latest craft beer. The collaboration was born from a love of surfing, a passion for the ocean and all that its waters encompass. The launch of our new Great White Weiss beer couldn’t have come […] More

  • Brandy in my belly

     If you’re a brandy lover you would have heard of Van Ryns Distillery out in Stellenbosch. (Plus I wrote a Van Ryns review on a dinner of theirs earlier this year.) Looking for an Xmas pressie? If you buy a bottle of award-winning Van Ryn’s 20 Year Old 750ml for R1 225, you’ll get a leather […] More

  • FoodBlogCT News Week 49 2012

    Tuesday, the 4th of December David Beckham to open restaurant with Ramsay The 37-year-old Los Angeles Galaxy soccer player is teaming up with the ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ TV chef for the eatery and he is “excited” to be venturing into a new business.[read more] The White House Gingerbread House There’s no mistaking that the holidays are […] More

  • The Great Gatsby at Spier

    This summer, Spier is bringing The Great Gatsby to life in an interactive stage adaptation which will be on show on selected evenings until the 31st December 2012. The story focuses on a young man, Jay Gatsby, who, after falling in love with a woman from the social elite – Daisy – , makes a […] More

  • La Mouette a la Carte Menu

    La Mouette is well known for their superb tasting menu. And when I say superb, I mean it. It really is a complete work of art. But the tasting menu is not all that La Mouette do so well – their a la carte menu is truly remarkable, affordable and has something that everyone can […] More

  • Stellenbosch Wine Festival kicks off in January

    The Stellenbosch Wine Festival, the flagship event of South Africa’s iconic wine region, stomps its way into a new era this January with an expanded ten-day program designed to showcase in a bigger, better and bolder fashion the delightfully diverse town of Stellenbosch from 25 January until 3 February 2013. NEW-LOOK TEN DAY STELLENBOSCH WINE […] More

  • FoodBlogCT News Week 48 2012

    Thursday, the 29th November Pepsi Energy Cola Invites Drinkers To The Dark Side The drink is sadly only available in Japan; it was created with Japanese mega-company Suntory and went on sale last summer. The Vader-ified version was introduced the fall, and now it’s now sold across the country. [read more] Japan Airlines Serves KFC […] More

  • Saul’s Grill

    Saul’s Grill was opened as a small late night take away in the late eighties. The Sea Point restaurant has since grown to being a full service restaurant and pub. Saul’s is unique in that it is the only full service restaurant on the Atlantic Seaboard that operates 24 hours a day. Besides boasting what […] More

  • Saul’s Pizza

    Saul’s Pizza on Main Road is now open in Sea Point. OPEN 24 HOURS for those late night munchies. If you think our burgers are good, then you haven’t tasted our pizza yet!! Saul’s is unique in that it is one of the few full service restaurant on the Atlantic Seaboard that operates 24 hours […] More

  • Gourmet Boerie Launch

    The Boerie has legitimately landed! Leading on from the opening of Gourmet Boerie’s doors to the Cape Town public earlier this month, last week saw the official launch event take place for local media, celeb’s, family and friends. Throughout the evening, guests were served scrumptious samples of the different boerewors and desserts offered at Gourme […] More