Relax With Dax

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  • aKing at Backsberg review

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    This season those living on the Northern Suburbs and Winelands don’t have to drive all the way to Kirstenbosch to enjoy Sunday afternoon concerts in a lovely setting. Backsberg is hosting a concert series running until the 31st of January with performers that wouldn’t normally play at Kirstenbosch. I went to watch aKing do an acoustic set…

  • Cats review

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    I’m a fan of big stage productions. You might have read my rave reviews of Phantom of the Opera and The Lion King. I also enjoyed Beauty and the Beast, Mamma Mia and Lord of the Dance. Cats, however, was one production I did not enjoy. In fact I was close to doing what the…

  • Cafe Chic launch

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    In the early days of Relax with Dax, I used to be very excited when I was invited to the launch of a new restaurant or bar, etc. These days I have to choose which ones to go to because my schedule is just too busy and sometimes these things are a waste of time. ‘Relaunches’,…

  • The Killers concert at Val de Vie review

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    When you pay R600 to go to a concert, included in the price is the bragging rights. You get to tell all your friends and people you meet  how awesome the concert was. Maybe you can even impress girls (or guys). And because they weren’t at the concert, you can even make it sound cooler…

  • The Restaurant at Grande Provence review

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    Grande Provence made it into the Eat Out top ten for the first time (2010) and so I was quite eager to try it out. Seeing as I was heading out that way for the Killers concert (my review of that debacle here) on Sunday evening, I booked a group of us in at The Restaurant…

  • Launch of Sapphire cocktail bar

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    When I received the invite to the launch of Sapphire, they gave the address on the Camps Bay strip but I couldn’t for the life of me work out where it was. Then they let it slip that it was the old Baraza. I don’t know why they didn’t just say so in the beginning,…

  • Great Wine Capitals Wine Tourism Awards at Rust en Vrede

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    Last week I was invited to the Great Wine Capitals Best of Wine Tourism Awards at Rust en Vrede. When I saw it was at Rust en Vrede (read about my previous visit here), I accepted the invitation and then tried to find out what the Great Wine Capitals Global Network is all about.  I…

  • The Roundhouse breakfast (& lunch) review

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    I had both breakfast and lunch at The Roundhouse this past weekend. They only started serving breakfasts and lunches out on the lawns a couple of months ago. It’s way more casual than dinner inside was. The menu is a checklist, you simply tick off the things you want to order. the menu is also…

  • Maze review

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    The buzz has died down now, but when Maze & Nobu opened with the One & Only hotel, everybody was talking about it. There were mixed reviews, ranging from fantastic to very average but they all agreed on one thing, it was expensive. For that reason I decided to wait until somebody invited me there,…

  • Fantastic Racing at Killarney

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    One of the many things I love about Cape Town is that one is always discovering cool new things to do, see and experience. Last week I was invited by Cape Town Tourism to a race day at Killarney race track. It was a totally new experience for me and most enjoyable. I didn’t really…