Author: Dax
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2011 Eat Out Top 10 nominations
The Eat Out Top 10 draws a fair amount of criticism. I don’t think it would be possible to select 10 restaurants from the many excellent restaurants in South Africa without drawing criticism. Whether you did a top 10 or a top 50, there would always be the question “why this restaurant but not that…
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Craft Beer Festival review
I’m excited about small and artisanal producers. That’s the reason I got involved with Slow Food (Mother City convivium) and it’s something that I enjoy sharing with Relax with Dax readers. It’s amazing when you actually take the time to do some research, how many small and artisanal producers there are. Eat In magazine does…
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Chapman’s Peak hotel restaurant review
If we did a little survey and asked people which restaurant serves the best calamari in Cape Town, we would get a selection of answers. I personally would mention the calamari at Wharfside Grill (at Mariner’s Wharf in Hout Bay) and the Miller’s Thumb. But we all know that the place that would get the…
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Craft Beer Festival ticket giveaway
On the 23rd of September, 2010, the first craft beer festival in Cape Town will take place at the Neighbourgoods Market in Salt River. There are only two types of people that should attend this event, those who drink beer and those who don’t. Beer drinkers need to attend so that they can be introduced…
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D7 at On Broadway
Normally when you invite people to an a capella show they tell you they can’t make it because they have to bath their goldfish or attend the opening of their garage door. I invited a bunch of people to hear D7 perform at On Broadway last night and I was sufficiently vague about who was…
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Look & Feel Good Expo ticket giveaway
One of the things I like about Capetonians is that they are quite active and enjoy the outdoors, whether that be spending a day at the beach, trail running, hiking, mountain biking, etc. However, Winter does reduce the options quite considerably and we sometimes find that come the end of winter we’re not quite in…
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Fyndraai restaurant review
There are thousands of South African wine labels out there. It is very difficult for an estate to distinguish itself from all the competition in any meaningful way. Each estate obviously has its own story and quirks, but they all have that. Solms Delta is one of the few that differentiates itself very well, offering…
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One80 Fitness Training
People have been asking me what this One80 training is that I have been doing, so I thought I would share the story. I used to be a fairly active guy, playing various sports and complementing that with regular gym sessions. Most of the time I was in pretty good shape. People used to say…
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Tapped review
I can’t remember exactly when I became aware of the problem of bottled water. I do have a post on Relax with Dax (The Scourge of Bottled Water) which was written in April 2006, so probably sometime before then. I personally try not to drink bottled water unless there is no alternative, but many people…
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Robertson Slow Festival review
A few years ago I used to really enjoy the Wacky Wine Weekend in Robertson, in fact you can read one of my rave reviews here. However, it started to become very crowded and the last couple of years I have given it a skip as it’s too crowded for me. I do like Robertson…