Category: Restaurant News
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Eat Out Conference 2012
The inaugural Eat Out DSTV Food Network Conference took place this year, and I was lucky enough to be invited to attend it. Being the first one, we didn’t know what to expect. It was held at the Westin Cape Town on the Saturday before the Eat Out DSTV Food Network Top Ten Awards which took…
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2OceansVibe Radio spot 28th Nov 2012
I’m doing a monthly food segment on 2OceansVibe radio. Covering interesting food related topics and what’s hot, new and happening on the food scene in Cape Town. This is my first spot and we chat about my London trip, sponsored by Virgin Atlantic. We talk about the Eat Out Conference and the Eat Out Top…
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The Entertainer – 2 for 1 vouchers
You may know that when it comes to specials, vouchers and group buying, I’m a bit cynical of the actual value provided. You may have read my post on Group Buying in South Africa or my other post on What I Dislike About Restaurant Specials. One of my regular gripes is specials that are only…
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Eat Out Top 20 Nominations for 2013
Eat Out have announced the 20 nominees for the Eat Out Top 10 restaurants to be announced at the awards ceremony on the 25th of November (book tickets here). The list is Western Cape dominant as usual, with DW Eleven-13 (Gauteng), Hartford House (Natal) and Mosaic (Gauteng) being the only 3 not in the Western…
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World Top 50 Restaurants 2012
This year South Africa continues it’s slide down and off the World’s top restaurants list. Last year we had 3 in the top 100 with 1 (Le Quartier Francaise) being in the top 50. This year we have only 2 in the top 100, Le Quartier Francaise at position 57 and for the first time,…
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Top Waterfront Restaurants
A lot of people assume that I don’t enjoy eating at the V&A Waterfront because it’s a mall and it’s always packed with tourists. This is not in fact true, the Waterfront may be a mall and it may be packed with tourists, but I do eat there often. There are several reasons I eat…
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Waterfront Restaurant Awards 2009
Did you know that there are 74 restaurants in the Waterfront? That’s a lot. Restaurants in shopping centres are not normally the cream of the crop, in fact, I generally don’t review restaurants in shopping centres. But the Waterfront is not your average shopping centre and some of the restaurants in the Waterfront are actually…
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StreetSmart – a worthy cause
I must admit that I do recall seeing little StreetSmart cards at some of the restaurants I’ve been to but I never took the time to read them. Thankfully I was exposed to StreetSmart in another way when I attended the awards celebration for Rossouw’s restaurant guide recently. Rossouw’s restaurant guide supports StreetSmart and so…