Church Shop on Spin Street in Cape Town is owned by the President people. They are a design company, and they
organised the Toffie Food Festival in 2011 (and another one coming in 2012).
They sell all sorts of stuff there. I mean, all sorts.
Retro design calendars, vintage balls from South America, wooden sunglasses, T-shirts with photo’s [...]
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Tags: cape town, church shop, melissas, spin street, tabak chili sauce, toffie food festival 
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Kate Schrire is the kind of local producer that we admire.
She’s feisty, passionate, dedicated and a major addition to the artisanal producer scene in Cape Town.
She makes great tasting ice cream, chock full of the best ingredients to be found in the Western Cape.
She gets her cream and eggs from local producers. Her strawberries come [...]
We are pleased and delighted to announce the inaugural Fleur du Cap Top 100 Places to Eat Cape Town 2011.
This is the first time that there has been a focus on Cape Town and the peninsula, and also a first time for the focus to be on all the places that people love to eat in, [...]
Posted in Competitions, Niblets. Tags: 95 keerom, a tavola, anatoli's, anna trapido, aubergine, azure, bebe rose, bianca coleman, bibi's kitchen, biesmillah, birds cafe and eatery, bistro sixteen 82, bizerca, bombay brasserie, brad ball, buitenverwachting, c'est la vie, cafe paradiso, cafe roux, cafe zorina, Caffe Milano, caffeen, cape town, carne, casa labia, cassis, catharina's, clare mack, dash, Dear Me, duchess of wisbeach, eric bulpitt, field office, fleur du cap top 100 places to eat cape town 2011, franck dangereux, french toast tapas and wine bar, giorgio nava, harald bresselschmidt, Hemelhuijs, hooman saffarian, jack black's beer, jason lilley, jasons, jos baker, la boeheme, la colombe, la mouette, laurent deslandes, luke dale roberts, magica roma, massimo's, millers thumb, mount nelson hotel, nobu, olympia cafe, One and Only, papa san, peter templehoff, planet restaurant, queen of tarts, rotisserie 360, san pelegrino top 50, san pellegrino, sloppy sam's, societi bistro, stefan marais, Takumi, the 12 apostles, the foodbarn, the greenhouse, the roundhouse, theresa beukes, tna bester, top 100 places to eat, Vanessa Marx 17 Comments read more »
It’s mostly kitchen junk.
Old bottles, weighing scales, baking trays, buckets, plates and lots more items have become a treasure trove of materials for Katie Thompson, who refashions them into objets d’art that are not only functional but highly desirable.
With Cape Town on the short list as World Design Capital 2014 the judges could do no better [...]
I love sushi.
But where is the best sushi in Cape Town?
Some say Willoughbys, others Nobu, and even a few will tell you that Kyoto Gardens does a very good job. Plenty mention Minato when it was run by “Mr.Minato”, who sold it on and who will reopen again soon in a new place that I [...]
Posted in Cooking Classes. Tags: cape town, kyoto gardens, nobu, O&O, sushi, willoughby's, winter menu 5 Comments read more »
Well that’s it.
Blonde Restaurant has finally packed her bag, checked her make up one last time, and marched off into the sunset flicking her blonde mane, never to return.
Blonde was the third restaurant in the Caviar groups chain in Cape Town. The others are Beluga and Sevruga.
The building and restaurant is for sale, lock stock and barrel for [...]
Bea Tollman is one of the founders of the Red Carnation group of Hotels.
In Cape Town she oversees the 12 Apostles Hotel.
Spanning three continents and 15 hotels she’s been in the hotel business all her life.
Her passion for food comes to the fore in this fascinating read, “A Life in Food”,
Bea’s interest in food was [...]
Posted in Cook Book Review, Recipes Tags: 12 apostles, bea tollman, cape town, cheesecake recipe., red carnation group 7 Comments read more »
You wait for a while for a decent cafe to open and then two come along at one go.
Hot on the heels of Cafe Paradiso, a joint venture between Giorgio Nava (Carne, 95 Keerom, Down South and The Mozarella Bar) and Vanessa Quellec opens.
Called Caffe Milano, it’s located beside Manna Epicure and diagonally across from [...]
The time: 9:21 on a windy Cape Town Spring evening.
The place: Nonna Lina’s Pizza and Pasta joint, Gardens, Cape Town.
We order the bill. Just ok food, and very slow service. It was a pit stop on the way home after a long day out.
Bill arrives. Something is wrong. Something is very wrong.
Food is totalled, then a [...]
What is it about firsts?
I never came first in a race, never got a first in an exam, never won first place in a competition.
But there I was on Wednesday, and it seemed to me that all my firsts had arrived at once.
I was eating in Reuben Riffel’s first restaurant in Cape Town. It was his [...]
Posted in Restaurant Reviews Tags: cape town, carmen, cellars hohenort, Chillli salted baby squid, franschhoek, Gordon Ramsay, maryke, One and Only, reuben riffel, reuben's, sage spiced butternut ravioli, sol kerzner, tony romer lee. etienne de villiers, wendy potter, Willow Creek Director's Reserve 9 Comments read more »
The Nook Eatery is one of those indispensable places that every city, little town and village in South Africa should have.
Everything is homemade, organic or free range wherever possible, freshly made in their own kitchens and served up by staff that seem to care about what they do.
That makes a difference. You need to be [...]
Posted in Restaurant Reviews Tags: apples and ginga compote, baked eggs, bean salad, breakfast, buffet, cape town, cherries, cinnamon, coffee, creme fraiche, cricket bat, delicious, establishment, flapjacks, freerange, french toast, freshly naked croissants, green salad, gruyere cheese, homemade, kitchens, lamb bobotie, latte, lemon, maple syrup, mushroom, nook eatery, organic, roast vegetables, ryneveld street, smoothie, south africa, stellenbosch, trust, wild rocket 3 Comments read more »
Where were you born?
I am glad to say that I am born South African, and proudly from here (Hiervandaan)
How long have you been in your present job?
Just over a year and six months
What is your favourite dish to cook?
My interest lies in more than one specific dish, but if had to choose, it would definitely [...]
Posted in Chef's Chat Tags: aubergine restaurant, beef, bon appetit, cape town, chef, Chef's Chat, chicke, favourite dish, favourite food, Fyndraai Restaurant, job, kitchen, Malay Dishes, mutton breyani, passion for food, pastry dishes, pilot, potato, Shaun Schoeman, Solms-Delta, soup, South African, stew, wine, Wine Estate, workplace 1 Comment read more »
Eric Bulpitt is the most exciting chef in Cape Town at the moment.
His inventive, creative and accomplished dishes have diners filling the tables at Jardine. He is cooking his socks off.
No doubt that when George Jardine decamped to Stellenbosch he left a large pair of shoes to fill. Eric has jumped right in and has clearly found [...]
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