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The Silo Rooftop top new Cape Town lunch and drinks venue, highest open bar...
Three days after its opening, writer Llewellyn Lambert, architect Jan de Wet, and I visited The Silo Hotel, Cape Town’s new Tourism jewel located in the V & A Waterfront. We enjoyed lunch at The...
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Restaurant Review: Mo & Rose Wine Bistro disappointing, once best in Robertson!
Mo & Rose had been recommended to me as the best restaurant in the greater Robertson area, but I had not got to it to try it last year as it only operates at night. Llewelyn Lambert and I had...
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Afternoon Tea at The Granary Café at The Silo Hotel a special treat feast!
I have been to The Silo Hotel four times since it opened a month ago, and the best eating experience of the four visits thus far was the Afternoon Tea, which I enjoyed with Madge Kruger, a friend...
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Rio Largo Olive Estate introduces bounty of Scherpenheuvel Valley, serves...
I do get spoilt with interesting invitations. The invite by Rio Largo co-owner Brenda Wilkinson to share in their olive feast day on Saturday intrigued, even though I had not taken a look at the...
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Restaurant Review: Origins Restaurant at The Marine in Hermanus offers poor...
Last week I ate lunch at the new Origins Restaurant at The Marine, the second poor experience I have had at the hotel, despite the hotel having new co-owners, and a new GM and Chef. Given its five star...
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Woolworths W Café Sweet Service Award! Hôtel La Pérouse in Nice Sour Service...
The Sweet Service Award goes to Woolworths W Cafę in the V&A Waterfront, and to its Manager Reneé Keen, for all her kindness, and excellent service she has offered me since I started going to have...
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The Yard opens in Waterfront’s Silo District as multi-cultural cuisine...
The new The Yard in the Silo District of the V&A Waterfront opened last week, as a multi-cultural cuisine restaurant, but also offering a bar, a homeware shop, and a Deli. It is the most unique...
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Audi Cape Town Sweet Service Award! Now Now Sour Service Award!
The Sweet Service Award goes to Audi Cape Town, and its Service Ambassador Walied. I couldn’t unlock my car boot, having locked my handbag inside it, and drove to Audi Cape Town on a Saturday morning...
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New Healing Hub a holistic home of health, movement, and lifestyle at...
Earlier this month I was invited to attend the launch of the Healing Hub, a multi-disciplinary holistic home of health, movement, and lifestyle created at Lourensford wine estate in Somerset West. The...
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Restaurant Review: The White Rabbit coffee shop and bar no fairytale!
The Kove Collection’s newest restaurant The White Rabbit has opened alongside Dalliance, also a Kove Collection restaurant, in the V&A Waterfront. It is a feminine coffee shop and bar in a quiet...
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First media interview about ‘SwitchBitch: My Journey of transformation from...
Whilst writing The Book in Apricale, in Italy, in August, I treated myself to a cappuccino or a gelato at the Apricus Osteria & Bar in the village almost daily. On one of those days I asked a lady...
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Coco Safar opens in Sea Point today, with world’s first Botanical Coffee and...
Last Friday I was honoured to experience a preview of Coco Safar, which opens in Sea Point’s newly developed Artem, previously the Adelphi Centre, today. It houses the world’s first Botanical Coffee...
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Few restaurant openings in Cape Town and Winelands: February 2018
New restaurant openings in Cape Town and the Winelands appear to still be on the slow side. Coco Safar has opened its Coffee and Rooibos Emporium, with a Brewery, a coffee roastery, a Parisian-style...
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Restaurant Review: Coco Safar brings Parisian Pâtisserie, world’s best...
I was invited to the newly opened Coco Safar a few days ahead of its opening in the newly refurbished Artem centre, previously the Adelphi Centre in Main Road in Sea Point. A week ago I invited a young...
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Melissa’s Sweet Service Award; Artem Centre Sour Service Award!
The Sweet Service Award goes to Melissa’s, and its Area Manager Mariska Slabbert, who has been extremely efficient and service-orientated in assisting me with the supply of fresh figs, arranging to...
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Twelve Apostles Hotel Sweet Service Award; The Vineyard Hotel Sour Service...
The Sweet Service Award goes to the Twelve Apostles Hotel, and its F & B Manager Hilton Ruch. On my way home from dancing at Constantia Nek recently, I stopped by at their Café for a dry...
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Restaurant Review: Bootlegger Café and Grill in Constantia offers good...
The Bootlegger Coffee Company has grown by leaps and bounds, opening branches not only locally but internationally too. It was a surprise therefore to read that the company had partnered with serious...
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Maison J Café et Croissant opens in Camps Bay, with Pick ‘n Pay!
On Monday Maison J Café et Croissant was launched, in a joint venture with five co-owners and retailer Pick ‘n Pay. Lucky for me the coffee and croissant sit-down and take-away outlet is being test-run...
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Sweet Service Award goes to Discovery Vitality; Sour Service Award goes to...
The Sweet Service Award goes to Discovery Vitality, for keeping its promises on offering its physically active members cash back on their purchases of healthy foods at Woolworths and Pick ‘n Pay, on...
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From hole-in-the-wall to bakery supreme, Jason’s is Cape Town’s croissant king!
When Jason’s first opened alongside Jardine’s restaurant off Bree Street in Cape Town many years ago, it was a tiny take-away eatery serving breads and sandwiches. Through low-key but continued growth...
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