Category: Food & Dining

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Culinary Quest: To Unconventional Breakfasts

What’s the most interesting breakfast you’ve ever had?

I’m fascinated by how breakfast menus around the world now have genre-bending range beyond the eggcellent Full English Breakfast.

Find out how things have changed…

20 Wines Under $20: Proudly South African & Good?

South Africa is abundant with delectable and relatively inexpensive wine choices from our esteemed and storied wine country.
Here’s a list of 20 wines produced in South Africa, for $20 or less…currency-willing!

Culinary Quest: GINJA Restaurant

Is GINJA Restaurant your next reasonable stop-in at the Waterfront – for food, vino, or even views?

Check out why any hungry foodie, travelling hoard, couple, or family, should choose to dine at this Newmark Hotels restaurant in the Cape…

Culinary Quest: The Conscious Kitchen

Discovered some genuinely delicious and satiating plant-based food at The Conscious Kitchen…seriously!

Check out what vegan culinary picks they could tempt you with…trust me, there’s plenty to choose from, from this Cape eatery!

Try Time: San Pellegrino Essenza

Just why is premium sparkling mineral water so popular?
Well a sip of the new S.Pellegrino Essenza range would explain it more than any words.

But here’s what I thought of it, in the lead up to summer fun & foodie adventures…

Cocktails in the City: Geometric Gin & San Pellegrino Fun

Some afternoons are made for experimental fun. Catch me trying my hand at mixology with my DIY cocktails, featuring Geometric Gin and San Pellegrino.
This also reads like a How-To Guide on How to do Gin without Tonic.

Don’t miss the great tips!

Culinary Quest: Brunch Cafe by Ideas Cartel

With Brunch Cafe, membership club Ideas Cartel offers up another space that fits right in with Cape Town’s inner city foodie culture and cosmopolitan lifestyle ethos.

Find your perfect plate pick for brunch, now…

Culinary Quest: Loose Leaf TWG Teas

From High Tea in gorgeous spaces, to Afternoon Tea at home, this is why my imported loose leaf TWG teas have become part of an at-home ritual during lockdown…

Culinary Quest: Casa Labia by Ideas Cartel

At this innovation intersection, Casa Labia Cultural Centre serves warm hospitality, culinary delights to remember, views perfect for rest & relaxation, an event calendar for the family, and an aesthetic staycation to remember.

Here’s why you should visit…

Stylish Safe Stay: Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel

The Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel is all accessible affluence, and a world of flavour fun, travel relaxation, and slivers of familiar comfort.
Catch the luxury hotel deal of the year, and wander with me as I review the hospitality at this esteemed Belmond offering…

Food for Health: Shoyu Ramen

I may have discovered my cure for wellness: Asian broth!

If you are looking for something not too hearty, but so satisfying, here’s the foodie dish to order from Downtown Ramen, or a Ramen spot near you…

Culinary Quest: Why is Breakfast so Great?

Ruminating on just why I enjoy breakfast so much – a meal not given as much fan fare as lunch or dinner, but so deeply steeped in rapturous flavor and culture…atleast, from my foodie experiences.

Cocktails in the City: Fun Festive Fusions with Inverroche Gin

Great cocktails now only basically need Inverroche Gin as a base, and your own willingness to bastardise fine booze by being your own experimental mixologist during the festive season.

Drink up these few visuals of my (rather plentiful) libations…

Culinary Quest: High Tea at Charly’s Bakery

If you’re like me, hunkered in at home and craving the indulgent opulence of a decadent Afternoon Tea, then order in the experience from the comfort of home.
Charly’s Bakery now has a bountiful High Tea boxed beautifully. Perfect for 2 (but an excess of storable pleasure for 1 too) the High Tea menu is incredible in its diverse and inclusive offerings.

Culinary Quest: The Secreted Away Pajamas & Jam Eatery

Its soundtrack is murmurs, and its look has the charming finish of an editorial draw, while its flavours meld humble peasant dishes with pleasant technical culinary expertise and powerful contemporary plating.

Welcome to Pajamas & Jam Eatery!