Category: Restaurants

I was invited to experience the new Peddlars. But I didn’t realise it would involve multiple visits, because Peddlars now has 4 distinct food offerings!

I’m a member of a burger club. It’s just a few friends (8 of us) that get together once a month to try find the best burgers in Cape Town. Add this to my usual few burgers a month and I think I’m qualified to tell you which are the top 5 burger spots in…

Somebody tweeted that Hallelujah is one of the best spots in Cape Town, better than Chef’s Warehouse. So I had to go and check it out for myself. Is it better than Chef’s Warehouse? Click through to find out…

Open kitchens have become a common thing these days, being able to see into the kitchen while one is sitting in the restaurant is not really a novelty anymore. In fact, most diners ignore the kitchen, preferring to focus on other things like the conversation at their table. Which makes sense, as dining out is…

This review is really a comparison between the tapas experience I had at Polpo in London, which was described as ‘one of the most exciting eateries to open in London’ and ‘the hottest table in town’, and the tapas experience I had at Chef’s Warehouse & Canteen here in Cape Town. I had a great…

While Mondiall was still a building site, I was very fortunate to be invited to be one of the first to experience the Moët & Chandon brunch offering. This is a very special treat and not badly priced at R1200 for 2 people, because it includes a bottle of Moët & Chandon Brut Imperial. This post is…

Some of you may not know that I am half Spanish. I have visited Spain many times and enjoyed Spanish cuisine, both in Spain and at home. I always found it surprising that we had no authentic Spanish tapas bars in Cape Town, because the food is really tasty. I even looked into doing a…

Koi restaurant opened at the Ambassador hotel (was Salt restaurant) recently.  I had dinner there soon after it opened, and I attended the launch function a few weeks later. Koi has been operating in Gauteng since 2010 and there are now three of them (Rosebank, Lynnwood and Sandton). This is the first Koi restaurant outside…