Author: Dax
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Il Leone review
I’d heard from a few people that Il Leone was absolutely fabulous. I got the impression in my mind of casual, loud Italian restaurant with some tasty Italian food. The guests made gregarious by excessive consumption of reasonably priced red wine. Boy do I miss the old Strega. So, it turned out to be very…
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Tokara review
I went to Tokara for lunch on Saturday. It was a friend’s birthday. so we were a table of about 20. One person noted that if Tokara can handle a table of 20 ordering a la carte, why do other places tell you for tables bigger than 8 you must have a set menu? That’s…
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April Newsletter
The April newsletter has been sent out. It’s available under ’Newsletters’ on the navigation pane.
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Cooking courses
I am thinking of attending a cooking course. My cooking skills are not bad but I know there is a lot more to learn and I have a feeling that a cooking course could be a whole lot of fun! But, if you Google ‘cooking course cape town’ you don’t get much. Please leave a…
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Marijka’s review
On Saturday evening I ate at a Greek restaurant called Marijka’s for the first time. It’s on Victoria road just after Bakoven (on the sea side), you can’t miss it as it’s the only restaurant along that stretch. We sat on the veranda because we had some smokers in our party, but the veranda is…
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Take your Soccer World Cup and shove it
Since we were selected to host the Soccer World Cup, some time has passed. In that time, my feelings and opinions on this subject have become stronger and stronger to the point where I must write this post just to get it off my chest. I am interested to see readers comments on this one.…
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Winesense review
I often wish for more time in order to try all the new restaurants that are opening every month. Long weekends provide exactly that. We decided to take advantage of Good Friday by going out to Kalk Bay and investigating what’s happening out there. We decided to try out a new wine bar and restaurant…
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RSS Feed problem
I’m having a problem with the rss feeds on the site at the moment. It appears that the feeds work in Outlook 2007, but not much else. This is just to let you know I am aware of the problem and am working on it.
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2007 Blog Awards results
The results are out for the 2007 SA Blog Awards. Relax with Dax came 4th in it’s category (food). I was hoping for a top 3 finish but the top 3 are excellent sites, making them tough to beat. Thanks to all who voted for me. Those who didn’t, it could have been your vote that…
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Newspaper article about RWD
This weekend I had a few phone calls from friends and family in PE. This is not a normal occurrence and is attributable to the fact that there was an article about me and RWD in the Weekend Post in PE. It’s a nice article with a colour photo and all. I will post a…