Category: Restaurants

Churros are not common in Cape Town, despite being delicious. In fact, after an extensive search we only found 6 restaurants which serve them. So we tried them all and here are the results. Read our introduction article to learn more about churros. The primary judge was my secret sidekick, ‘Batman’, who has some pastry…

Gourmet burgers have been a thing for a while. We have a bunch of restaurants in Cape Town dedicated to providing those. Gourmet hot dogs have been tipped as the new big thing and a few restaurants such as The Power & The Glory have a gourmet dog on their menu, and one restaurant has…

Rooftop farming is a growing phenomenon overseas, and it’s starting to catch on here. I believe urban agriculture, including rooftop farming, will be one of the important ways that we will reduce the carbon footprint (and potentially the price) of the food we eat. It will also be a way of circumventing the evils of…

Before I start this review I must say that I’m very happy that La Med is no longer. Many people have expressed regret that La Med is gone because we all have great memories from there. The thing is, they were memories from many years ago. When last did you actually have a jol at…

People often ask me for advice on what restaurants they should go to and I pride myself on sending them somewhere perfectly appropriate. But a little while ago somebody asked me where they should go for breakfast in the Waterfront and I couldn’t think of many good options. There is the Mugg & Bean which…

There seems to be a trend of people opening small restaurants with limited menu and wine list, often open for limited hours. I reviewed The Dog’s Bollocks the other day which is basically a guy selling burgers out of his garage in the evenings, and this last weekend I went to The Table at De…

I can’t recall how I heard about The Dog’s Bollocks. It may have been some mentions on Twitter and if you Google it (try dogs bollocks roodehek), you’ll see a bunch of people have reviewed it already. It certainly wasn’t what I was expecting. It’s a guy, called Nigel, selling burgers from his garage. I’m…

I attended the opening of Harbour House in the V&A Waterfront a few weeks back and I could tell straight away it was going to be a popular spot. I wasn’t wrong as I went to try it out on a Monday night recently and it was packed. Admittedly it is December and most restaurants…