Author: Dax
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Diemersfontein Pinotage on Tap 2009 review
Pinotage on Tap this year was a great event again. The usual attractions were there, like barrels of pinotage, mountains of strawberries accompanied by a chocolate fountain, great live bands and an awesome setting. This was my third year at Pinotage on Tap, so what was different from last year and the year before? Each…
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Duchess of Wisbeach review
The Duchess of Wisbeach (I might just refer to it as just The Duchess, as seems to be the trend in conversations I’ve had) is around the corner from a new favourite of mine, La Boheme. I quite like that they are close together because I’d be happy to eat at either so am bound…
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From the Earth Expo review
This last weekend I popped into the From the Earth Expo at the ICC. It’s was quite strange because the last time I was there was for Winex and the hall was no longer filled with tons of stands offering wine tastings, but filled instead with animals! It smelt like a farm in there. They…
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&Union breakfast review
I’ve reviewed &Union before (here), and it’s no secret that their pork prego roll is one of my favourite meals. A few months ago they started offering breakfasts and I popped in the other day to try them out. Their breakfast menu is as unusual as their lunch/dinner menu. No bacon and eggs, just tostadas…
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Cloof Wine Giveaway
I don’t know if my readers are aware that I am also a wine expert. I can tell if a wine is a red wine or a white wine just by looking at it. With just one mouthful I can tell if a wine has been chilled or not. But what really makes me an…
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Franschoek Uncorked and Solms Delta & Lynx Wine Estates
This weekend I convinced five friends to join me at Franschhoek uncorked, and we had a fantastic day. This was the first year of the Uncorked festival and it’s difficult to review this festival is it is not centralised. Each estate organises some sort of activity or theme for the enjoyment of the visitors. We did…
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Liquorice & Lime review
I quite liked my breakfast at Liquorice & Lime. I had the De-Lite breakfast (R32) which consists of two eggs, bacon, tomato, mushrooms and toast. I had fried eggs and they were done according to specification and the bacon was just turning crispy which is how I like it. I washed it down with a flat…
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Nomination list for 2010 Eat Out Top 10
The Western Cape always features heavily in the Eat Out top 10, in fact last year we had seven out of ten. Eat Out has just announced the twenty finalists for next year’s list and fifteen of them are in the Western Cape. The awards will take place on the 22nd of November at the…
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American Express Platinum Fine Dining Awards
My first visit to the One & Only hotel was to attend the American Express Platinum Fine Dining Awards. I had a quick peek at Maze and Nobu on either side of the grand bar and lounge. Nobu definitely looked more appealing, hopefully I get a chance to eat there sometime soon. The awards were…
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Meet the Maker at &Union
Food provenance. It has become an important aspect of our responsibility to ourselves and the world to eat responsibly and yet, many people don’t even know what provenance means. Wikipedia can help here: Provenance, from the French provenir, “to come from”, means the origin, or the source, of something, or the history of the ownership…