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  • Narona Review

    The Flatmate came home from work the other night to find on the couch. “Kayli, what’s wrong?” she asked hesitantly. “Nothing” “Umm… Are you sure?” “Yes” “Ok then” she walked towards her room. “I’m hungry but I feel like home cooked food! There’s nothing in the fridge to cook but I don’t feel like going […] More

  • Beluga Review

    Beluga. Beluuuuuuuga. BeLUga. BELUUUUUGA! Just the name has people either scowling in resentment or drooling with desire. For a city that is so laid back, it’s managed to become one of Cape Town’s more controversial restaurants between the Whale Cottage debacle of 2009 and the Shaun Oakes saga of 2012, among other scandalous tit-bits. The […] More

  • Five Flies Mystery Dinner Launch

    “I did not kill that man,” I announced dramatically, with a flip of my hair and a flick of the wrist, “It was obviously one of you!” I live for drama. And attention. And fun. And dress up. Oh and of course, food. So combine them all and you practically have my heroin. As I […] More

  • Delicious Deliveries Review

    “Men think women dream about meeting the perfect man; but actually, we dream about eating whatever we want and not getting fat.” So true. Oh how I dream of lazing about, Bloody Mary in hand, while food is brought to me as I please. Such a wonderful world it would be. However I already have […] More

  • The Upper Eastside Hotel Organic Garden

    IF ANYONE HAS FOUND MY BALLS, PLEASE LEAVE THEM AT RECEPTION. THANKS. I wrote a funny intro but deleted it. It’s because I didn’t back myself. It was current, funny, it linked perfectly to what I was saying in this review, but couldn’t bring myself to say it. Why? Because I was scared it wasn’t […] More

  • Fraiche Food Cook Book

    A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to the ever popular Fraiche Ayres restaurants in Rosebank, Cape Town, for the launch of Fraiche Food – a cook book written by Pam & Kyle Miller. The restaurant is part of the Starke Ayres Garden Centre and I hadn’t been before, so I was very excited. […] More

  • Taste of Cape Town 2012 Review

    Where are all the drunks? “I feel like I am at a music festival. A music festival with great food. And clean people.” There have been a lot of people saying how expensive Taste of Cape Town (T0CT) was and to an extent I agree. Early-bird tickets cost R50 and those who bought later, R80. […] More

  • Cafe Paradiso Review

    I bought Café Paradiso! Yay! It’s mine! I am converting it back into a house and I shall live in it, very happily, for many years to come. That’s what I dreamt about after going there for dinner. From the moment I set foot in the restaurant I fell in love with it completely. The […] More

  • Spiro’s Hout Bay Review

    I wrote a long intro. I liked it. It made me giggle. But with the amount of food I am about to take you through, a long intro wouldn’t be appreciated. Spiro’s is an Authentic Greek restaurant in the heart of Hout Bay. Although I’m not normally one for travelling (originally from Durban, it’s engrained […] More

  • Sushibox Opening Review

    Everyone who has read my Aqua reviews (yes, I wrote two), knows how much I love Terry Zhou’s sushi. The restaurant itself may not have been run all that well, but you could never fault it on the quality, range and inventiveness of the sushi. But then Aqua closed down. The night I found out […] More

  • The Reserve Review

    Over the last few months, I read and heard about this club slash restaurant slash bar, which opened up in Cape Town, called “The Reserve”. I heard it was fancy. I heard it was pretentious. I heard that it was extravagant. I heard that only the rich and famous went there. I heard so much […] More

  • On a Roll Review

    Think Gourmet. Royale & Hudson’s have been strong favourites in Cape Town offering gourmet burgers while SGT Pepper has been serving gourmet pizzas in Stellenbosch & on Long Street for a while now. But there is a new kid on the block. A normal hot dog with ketchup or mustard and a few onions isn’t […] More