Author: Dax
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Top 10 Winter Restaurant Specials 2010
There are several lists going around of winter restaurant specials at the moment. Some are nearing one hundred specials. That’s a lot of specials, but I believe only a few of them are really worth worrying about. You can read my thoughts on that here. Below are the few that I have selected because I…
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What I Dislike About Restaurant Specials
My restaurant specials list went viral last year and many people have been asking me when I am going to do one this year. It’s quite a time consuming thing to check the specials and type it up, and there are already various lists flying around. I might do one when I get a moment…
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Eat In Awards 2010
Last year I wrote a very positive post about the 2009 edition of Eat In magazine. I’m not sure if it was because of that, but this year I was invited to the actual Eat In awards ceremony and lunch. It was great to meet not only some of the people that are involved in…
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Bhandaris review
I was invited a while ago to try out Bhandaris Indian restaurant in Westlake, they had recently defranchised from Bihari and were keen to let everyone know that. I put off going because the last time I was in Westlake, I ate at some dodgy pub and it was all so horrible that I didn’t…
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Waterfront Wine Affair review
Nobody can deny that we are quite spoilt for choice in Cape Town when it comes to wine festivals. There a many that happen throughout the year, but the wine festival at the Waterfront is definitely the closest to me, living in Seapoint. I guess that makes it my local and I’ve always been a…
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Good Food & Wine Show ticket giveaway
The Good Food & Wine Show gets bigger and better every year and this year they have really ramped it up. Taking place at the ICC from the 13th to 16th May, you will be impressed at what you get for your money. I stole this list of highlights off their website: Chefs In Action…
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Change – New SA TV series
I’ve never really been that impressed with South African TV, but lately that seems to be changing. I wrote about the TV series MAN which has been airing on Friday nights recently. I thought it was pretty good and I’ve also been impressed with another recent series called Way of the Warrior. The other day…
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World Top 50 Restaurants 2010
This year only three South African restaurants made it into the top 100, down from five last year.However, they all moved up several positions with La Colombe making us proud by securing best restaurant in Middle East and Africa region and almost cracking the top 10. La Colombe moved up 26 places to position 12,…
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Rossouw’s Restaurants Three Star Awards
Last year I was invited to the awards ceremony for Rossouw’s Restaurants 3 star awards at Rust en Vrede. That was an awesome event, which I unfortunately did not get invited to this year. But, it’s not about me, it’s about my awesome readers who I’m sure are interested in knowing which restaurants received this…
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Stomp review
Stomp has one set, eight cast members and no words, but it offers 90 minutes of foot tapping entertainment. Using everyday items as opposed to musical instruments, the small cast creates music with a rhythm that you can’t escape (Gloria Estefan did warn you). I attended the Sunday afternoon matinee and have to say that…