Author: Dax
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Is Woolworths Really The Enemy?
We want the free-range meat and the organic veg and the pastured dairy and what not, but we don’t want to be inconvenienced. We want Woolworths to sort it out for us. We want to be able to live the way we live, and have someone clean up after us. In other words, we want…
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Clubbing in Cape Town – Then And Now
There are plenty of clubs in Cape Town, but all told, nothing terribly exciting. There have been some new developments though, and here are my comments on those.
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Nominees for the 2014 Eat Out Awards
Here are the 20 nominees for the Eat Out Top 10 to be announced at the awards ceremony on the 16th of November. So basically this is the top 20.
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Let’s Talk About Tipping
Orphanage is definitely the best cocktail bar in Cape Town. But on one of my recent visits I got a shock when I realised that they have started adding 10% to bar tabs over R200. Here are my thoughts…
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Restaurant No-Shows
I’m hearing more and more about restaurants asking for credit card details when patrons book a table, with the implication that they will be charged a fee per head if they don’t show up. Most people, including myself, are quite averse to this practice. But it is totally understandable, considering the number of people who…
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Encounters Documentary Festival 2014
I love watching documentaries. I always learn so much. The Encounters Documentary Festival always presents a quandary for me as I have to choose which documentaries to watch due to time limitations. They asked me to review a few for them again this year, so after going through the list I finally managed to whittle…
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Woolworths Flavour Society
I get invited to a lot of events. Some are great, some are ok and some are not great. But very few are amazing. I think the last amazing event I went to was the launch of Olmeca Altos. The launch of the Woolworths Flavour Society was one of the amazing events. The point of…
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[Behind The Scenes] Tru-Cape Apples & Pears
This post is part of a series called, Behind The Scenes, in which I will be looking at the provenance of some of the foods we consume. Looking at how they are produced and processed into the format in which we find them on our supermarket shelves. I was offered the opportunity recently, by Brian…
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Christian Eedes Top 10 Cabernet Sauvignon Report 2014
The Christian Eedes Top 10’s are the crème de la crème of the variety in South Africa. The competition is by invitation only. He selects top performers from other well known wine competitions and fills the balance of the 60 entries with wines which he feels should be considered. The 3 judges spend a day blind…