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  • Rocca Cape Quarter Review

    Do you remember that advert where the guy was so comfortable in the hotel that he was staying in, that he walked around half-naked? If not, Google it. If you do remember, well, that was me last week. Half-naked, in a restaurant, drinking tea. I am lying. Lying through my teeth. At no point was […] More

  • La Mouette Tasting Menu Review

    I love a bit of friendly competition and I love food. So combining the two can only be a good time. When my friend and I went to La Mouette the other night and each had one of their tasting menus, and created the “My Menu is Better than Yours” competition. Best competition ever. La […] More

  • El Burro Review

    14 years ago I suffered from a particularly unpleasant bout of food poisoning after eating a dodgy taco; ever since I have been weary of Mexican food. So when El Burro opened in Greenpoint, I wasn’t all that thrilled at the prospect of trying out what I heard was a homage to traditional Mexican cuisine. […] More

  • The Mussel Bar Review

    The other day I had the following conversation: Friend: Do ya wanna go to The Mussel Bar? Me: Yes. Where is it? Friend: Camps Bay. Me: No, I can’t go. Friend: Why? Me: Um.. I need to go bath my pet.. umm.. ferret. Friend: Stop being an idiot. Me: My ferret is waiting. Friend: Shut […] More

  • Mzolis Review

    What is the most proudly South African thing you can any day of the year, but especially a Sunday – a braai. And what is a braai all by your lonesome with one or two strings of boerewors and a shriveled up tasteless chop – sadness. A braai is an experience that should be shared […] More

  • Neighbourhood Long Street Restaurant Review

    I’m peeved off. Very peeved off. If you follow me on Twitter (which you should: @KayliVee) you would know that I went to Neighbourhood for dinner the other night. There were quite a few of us and the restaurant was full, so I understood that service may be just a little bit slow. It took […] More

  • La Boheme Sea Point Review

    My best friend is homeless. I walked past her as she sat on the side of the road and we had that instant connection. Soon we were besties. No I’m lying, but not about the homeless bit. She was in denial that her lease was ending until the day it ended. She moved in with […] More

  • Andiamo Cape Quarter Review

    When I turned 14 I decided that from that day forward, I wouldn’t even look at a carb after 5pm because this new diet would miraculously make me skinny. I was so dedicated to this new eating regimen that for a good 7 years I stuck to it. Until I found Andiamo. Andiamo is a […] More

  • Xiang Yuan Review

    A friend and I were walking down the road and the conversation went as follows: Me: Lets just walk until we find somewhere interesting to eat. Friend: Ok. What do you feel like? I don’t feel like Asian food. Me: Me neither, lets find a pub. Then all of a sudden we saw the following […] More

  • The Kitchen Review

    Woodstock has quite a bad rep. Yeah, I wouldn’t want my car to break down there late at night, while my Blackberry flashes that awkward orange colour and tells me that “the battery is too low for radio use” (in other words, its dead) but really, during the day, it’s great. Art galleries, furniture boutiques, […] More

  • Panchos Review

    I took a quick trip to Mexico last week and I loved it. Not really, I’m just joking – but Panchos in Observatory is close enough! I learned three important lessons that evening: All the menu items seem to be very similar. It reminded me of a stand-up routine by Jim Gaffigan where he claims that […] More

  • Top of the Ritz Restaurant Review

    As a kid, nothing got me quite like a gimmick. Little dolls whose nappies went blue or pink when you bathed them to determine gender, lollypops with a whistle at the bottom and shoes with lights in them! Now that I am slightly more grown up its pens with torches at the top, laptops which […] More