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Anatoli – A little piece of Istanbul in De Waterkant
Anatoli has been around since the year dot – 1984, if I'm not mistaken. So I'm not uncovering a little gem here. But this popular culinary experience in de Waterkant still deserves a mention, simply for the experience. Food, like everything else these days, is...
Vista Café – A modern day relic like no other
Vista Café needs no introduction to anyone who works around Cape Town's foreshore. The café is not only inundated with the breakfast, lunch and coffee crowd but it has also been around for thirty or so years – not necessarily in the same building or under the ...
Red Sofa Café, Vredehoek – ‘I Know This Great Little Coffee Shop’
Red Sofa Café is low-key, seriously sophisticated and perched on the rise of one of Vredehoek's fashionable streets – on the corner of Derry and Exner. Its WiFi access and plate o' bacon (yes, that's a plate of only bacon) seems to have done the trick as th...
Top 9 (½) Vegetarian Restaurants In Cape Town
Gone are the days when, if you deigned to ask for a vegetarian meal in a restaurant, they produced the ubiquitous creamed spinach, mashed butternut, baked potato and giant grilled mushroom - if you were lucky. If you were unlucky, you got the defrosted frozen ...
Moyo Brings Soul to Kirstenbosch
Silver Tree Restaurant out. Moyo in. What a change for Kirstenbosch. I wasn't a fan of the former lower garden restaurant at Kirstenbosch. It suffered from the syndrome 'we have the monopoly thus do not have to deliver anything special' – unfortunate for Ki...
Millers Thumb Restaurant
Millers Thumb restaurant, conveniently situated in the City Bowl of Cape Town, has been delighting the senses of local and international palates since 1995. When the owners, Solly and Jane, revamped this old-style home, opting for vibrant green and orange, it ...
The Best Delis in Cape Town …
Yesterday we took a good look at some of the best bakeries in Cape Town and today we take a look at the best deli's in town ... The Best Delis in Cape Town Deli Delish Whilst a scoot in and out will have you armed to the hilt with a series of dips, pâtés,...
The Best Bakeries in Cape Town…
Cape Town is without doubt the foodie capital of South Africa. No offence to the other provinces, but the Cape is bursting with alternatives to supermarkets - sidewalk café culture, farmstalls, farmers' markets, bakeries, and delis – that make shopping out, to...
O’ways Teacafe in Claremont
Tea houses haven’t exactly taken off in Cape Town. While we embrace coffee culture with almost religious zeal, we tend to sniff our noses at anywhere that offers anything other than Ceylon and Rooibos (or perhaps Green Tea or Chamomile for the real daredevils....
Lunch at Delvera – Mama Joan’s Farm Kitchen, a delight
I've heard of Delvera. They are connected with a full moon hike, and children's theatre, and I'd stumbled across them a couple of times in my trawlings of the web in the bid to find exciting things to do over weekends in the Cape Winelands. What I didn't re...
The Oxford Arms in Durbanville – a review
People who know about food know that many of our trends come from overseas and that in the last decade there was an international trend of gastro pubs, which were especially popular in Britain. Pubs have been the watering houses of travelers for centuries and ...
De Volkskombuis in Stellenbosch – A Review
“De Volkskombuis? I can’t even pronounce that!” was my reaction when I heard where we were going for dinner. Forgive me, I grew up abroad and my Afrikaans is limited to “Dankie”. So on Tuesday night I found myself at De Volkskombuis Restaurant in Stellenbosch....
Tickle Yourself Pink with the Burgers at Beefcakes Diner
“I’ve just had the best burger I’ve ever tasted,” these were the words my friend Lara greeted me with when she got home on Saturday night. “Really, where?” was my enthusiastic response. “Oh, it’s a place called Beefcakes. It’s this retro 1950’s diner in ...
The Lower Deck Bistro at Blue Peter in Bloubergstrand – A Review
One of my favorite beaches is Blaauwberg Beach. The beach was a long stretch of grey-white sand which is great to take the dog for a run on. The sea was a beautiful range of different blues, and there was a cooling breeze. There were many kite-surfers out with...
The Manor House at Meerendal – A Review
The Manor House Restaurant at Meerendal is known for its good food. On weekends people flock there for breakfast. So if you want to eat there, book a table. They are tenacious about keeping the tables aside too. We have arrived without a booking and been turne...