Relax With Dax

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  • Cape Colony Wine & Dine Dinner Series 2009 review

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    After my recent fantastic exprience with a food a wine pairing at Rust en Vrede, I’ve been quite keen to try out some others. My next experience at Overture was not as good, but still excellent value. Last night I went to the first in the series of food and wine pairings at the Cape Colony…

  • Cape Town Restaurant Specials – Winter 2009

    Cape Town Restaurant Specials – Winter 2009

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    PLEASE NOTE: This post is from 2009 so these specials are no longer valid. But click this banner below to get a further 10% off the discounted Entertainer app (or book) which has HUNDREDS of 2 for 1 vouchers, valid ANY TIME. One of the things I like about Cape Town in the winter, is…

  • 2009 World Top 50 Restaurants

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    The S.Pellegrino list of top 100 restaurants in the world has been released. Last year, South Africa had one restaurant in the top 50 (Le Quartier Francais at position 50) and another in the top 100 (Jardin at position 93). This year we have fared much better with two in the top 50 and another three in…

  • April 2009 newsletter available

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    The April 2009 newsletter has been sent out and is available from the ‘Newsletters’ section of the navigation bar on the right, or just click here.

  • SA Blog Awards 2009

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    2009 is the 5th year for the SA Blog awards and it is really growing. This year they have more and bigger sponsors and I see more and more blogs being nominated. The competition has certainly had its share of controversy, but I think lessons have been learnt and it is starting to mature into…

  • Litter bugs – one species that should become extinct

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    I love my beautiful city and few things enrage me more than seeing someone littering in it. These are the sorts of scenarios I see way too often: Scenario 1: You pull up at a traffic light and the person in the car in front decides that waiting for the light to change is a good…

  • Poll change: from tipping to booking

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    I’ve closed the tipping poll, just as it was about to hit 200 votes. It’s nice to see the responses to the polls increasing over time, the more votes, the more meaningful the results. I asked how much people tip and 56% of respondents said they always tip 10% and less or more if the…

  • Airstream Trailer Park at the Grand Daddy Hotel

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    One of the things I like about Cape Town is that the people here are always pushing the envelope, coming up with new ideas and pouring their heart and soul into them to make them world class. People are prepared to take risks and invest themselves and their resources in projects which are so new…

  • Bye bye Madame Zingara, bye bye Carlucci’s

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    With shock I read in the newspaper today about the impending liquidation of Madame Zingara and Carlucci’s. The article is available online here. I don’t understand how Madame Zingara can be in financial trouble. That tent, which seated about 450 people was always full and average spend must have been about R500 per head. I’ll…

  • Eat In magazine

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    Over consumption is one of the major causes of many of the problems we face. I’ve written about this in my International Buy Nothing Day posts here and here. As well as in my review of the documentary What would Jesus buy? and my thoughts on the WWF Living Planet Report. It seems to me that…