Last night South Africa’s top chefs and restaurants, who are passionate about sustainable seafood, were honoured at the launch of the SASSI Seafood Circle at the Harbour House in the V&A.
Janine Basson Manager of WWF-SASSI said, “WWF-SASSI is delighted to announce the launch of the SASSI Seafood Circle, presented by Pick n Pay.
Building on the [...]
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What I want to know is; what are they going to do when service is over and they discover that someone has pinched the wheels?
Whoa there!
Food trucks? What disaster has struck? Are the population starving? Are they staying indoors so much this winter that the food must now be delivered door to door?
No, folks, none [...]
Posted in Niblets., Spotlight Tags: @ctfoodtrucks, bertus basson, Cape Town Food Trucks, food trucks, limoncello, Luca Castiglione 3 Comments read more »
Shady oak trees, fine wines and gourmet cuisine from some of the best chefs in South Africa. That’s what’s on offer at this years Constantia Fresh Festival, the third year of this popular and enjoyable event.
Get up close and personal with Peter Templehof (The Greenhouse), Bertus Basson (Overture), Vanessa Marx (Dear Me), Roland Gorgosilich (Grand [...]
Posted in Restaurants Tags: bertus basson, buitenverwachting, constantia fresh festival, constantia glen, Dear Me, eagle's nest, edgar osojnik, grand roche, Groot Constantia, klein constantia, overture, peter templehof, roland gorgosilich, steenberg, the greenhouse, Vanessa Marx 1 Comment read more »
Do one thing and do it well.
Who said that?
I did actually, and it’s the thought that came to mind when I visited a new place in Camps Bay called The Mussel Bar.
With input from Bertus Basson it’s a little place that serves……..and there’s a hint in the name; mussels.
To be more precise; big fat, chubby, [...]
Well, what colour is it? Carrot coloured? A kind of orange, carrot orange?
Wrong.
I’ll bet you didn’t know that carrots used to be purple, and white, and yellow, and pink and multi coloured?
Carrots originated in Afghanistan, where they were purple, with a dark orange flesh.
These varieties (commonly called Purple Dragons) still exist and are the most [...]
I like pizza.
I really do. But I am picky, very picky.
My big no no’s are stodgy bases, burnt edges, sloppy ingredients, ill thought out combinations.
In my experience the best pizzas have thin bases, the right amount of ingredients and are cooked in a wood fired oven that is properly controlled by the guy cooking the pizzas.
One of [...]
Posted in Niblets. Tags: bertus basson, cavendish, col'caccio, justin bonello, merthinus ferreira, neil jewell 5 Comments read more »
We’re delighted to welcome Jos Baker to Spill as a regular contributor.
Dubbed a “National Treasure”, Jos is one of South Africa’s best known and most respected writers and food critics.
Orgasmic. That was our meal at Overture. But what else would one expect from a chef /patron who is passionate about food; lives it, breathes it [...]
Posted in Restaurants Tags: bertus basson, craig cormack, hidden valley, jos baker, lands end wines, morgenster, overture, sophia's, spill, stellenbosch 4 Comments read more »
I like it when a publication that I know well steps outside of the box and does something unusual and different.
I associate House and Leisure with being an interior and lifestyle magazine – and usually get my fix of the best South Africa has to offer via its beautifully styled, well written and presented pages.
They [...]
I was just leaving Bertus Basson’s Overture recently when the charming sales representative from Delheim, Mignon Du Plessis, happened to call in. She was doing her regular sales call and uncorked a bottle of Spatzendreck Late Harvest 2009.
It brought me back 20 years, to the last time I had tasted this delicious dessert wine, during [...]
Posted in Wines of The Week Tags: bertus basson, branding, charcuterie, cheese, chenin blanc, decanter, delheim, design, dessert wine, dried fruit flavour, germany, liver pate, macro, marketeers, michael Sperling, moselle, overture, quirky design, rhine, sparrow, spatzendreck late harvest, trellised vines, wine cask 2 Comments read more » |  |  |  |
