Category: Restaurant News
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Nominees for the 2014 Eat Out Awards
Here are the 20 nominees for the Eat Out Top 10 to be announced at the awards ceremony on the 16th of November. So basically this is the top 20.
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Let’s Talk About Tipping
Orphanage is definitely the best cocktail bar in Cape Town. But on one of my recent visits I got a shock when I realised that they have started adding 10% to bar tabs over R200. Here are my thoughts…
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Restaurant No-Shows
I’m hearing more and more about restaurants asking for credit card details when patrons book a table, with the implication that they will be charged a fee per head if they don’t show up. Most people, including myself, are quite averse to this practice. But it is totally understandable, considering the number of people who…
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World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2014
Like last year, South Africa only has 2 spots in the World 100 Best restaurants. The Test Kitchen has managed to break into the top 50, moving from position 61 to 48. The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Francais moved down from 53 to 72. Noma has reclaimed the top spot but Spain still has…
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SASSI And The Trailblazer Chefs
I want to tell you a story which will help you to understand why this post is relevant to you. A while back, biotech giant, Monsanto, tried to introduce genetically modified potatoes onto the American market (as part of their plan to control the world’s food supply, which you can read more about in my…
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Elite Traveler Top 100 Restaurants 2014
Elite Traveler magazine have started an annual list of the top 100 restaurants in the World. With its first list in 2013, this newcomer is competition to the well known World’s 50 Best Restaurants (which is also 100 despite the name), which has been running since 2003. In the most recent list of World’s 50…
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Top 10 Awards For Eat Out Magazine 2014
There are some newcomers to the Eat Out top 10, sponsored by DSTV Food Network. Five Hundred at the Saxon hotel is where David Higgs went after Rust en Vrede, and Camphors at Vergelegen is where PJ Vadas went after The Roundhouse. Pierneef à La Motte has been nominated before but it’s the first time…
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Eat Out Top 20 for 2014
Here is the list of top 20 restaurants nominated for the Eat Out DStv Food Network Restaurant Awards happening on 10 November 2013 at The Lookout at the V&A Waterfront. Half will make the top 10 list, but all of them are worth visiting. Again, only 3 restaurants outside of the Western Cape. Bread &…
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World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2013
SA does not have any restaurants in the top 50, but on the extended top 100 list we have the same 2 that we had last year, Tasting Room (up from 57 to 53) and Test Kitchen (up from 74 to 61). A nice additional accolade this year is that Test Kitchen was voted The…
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The Churros Challenge
We love churros. It’s an awesome pastry, very popular in many countries around the world but not very common in South Africa. So we decided to find out who offers the best churros in Cape Town. Before we get into the details of the Churros Challenge, some more info on churros for those who are…