Tag: V&A Waterfront
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Galileo Open Air Cinema
The Galileo open air cinema has been going for a few years now. It started just at Kirstenbosch on Wednesday evenings, but now they have a few venues: Hillcrest Quarry (Tuesdays), V&A Waterfront (Thursdays) and various venues in the winelands (Saturdays). My first visit was just a few weeks ago, as I wanted to give…
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Mondiall Review
Mondiall is the new restaurant in the ex Green Dolphin space in the Waterfront. It’s a partnership between Chef Peter Templehoff (Exec Chef of The Collection by Liz McGrath, including top 10 restaurant, The Greenhouse) and restaurateur Patrick Symington (Asoka). Head Chef is Oliver Cattermole (ex Le Franschhoek Hotel and Dash/Queen Victoria Hotel). When the…
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Free WiFi at V&A Waterfront
It’s quite amazing to see how ubiquitious the Internet has become. People communicate via email more than fax or phone and social media sites are the most visited sites on the Internet. When people buy devices now, they want it to have Internet access via wireless or 3G. Most smartphones integrate with social media sites…
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Sport Helicopters
One of the (many) things I love about Cape Town is that even though I have been here over ten years, there is always something I haven’t done or seen. A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to enjoy a helicopter flip over Cape Town. We all know Cape Town is a beautiful…
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Wheel of Excellence
I drive down Buitengracht and onto the freeway everyday to get to work. Coming home one day I saw a giant wheel which I promise was not there in the morning. I later learned that it was fully constructed within a week, which is pretty impressive. Things don’t normally happen that fast around here. The…
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Relax with Dax – Official blogger for V&A Waterfront
The V&A Waterfront approached me a while ago with an offer to be the official blogger for the V&A over the World Cup. The idea was based on a book called A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary by Alain de Botton. The owners of the new Terminal 5 gave the author access to…
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Waterfront Wine Affair review
Nobody can deny that we are quite spoilt for choice in Cape Town when it comes to wine festivals. There a many that happen throughout the year, but the wine festival at the Waterfront is definitely the closest to me, living in Seapoint. I guess that makes it my local and I’ve always been a…
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Nobu review
Nobu is one of the two restaurants at the One & Only hotel in the Waterfront. I reviewed Maze by Gordon Ramsay a little while ago, and last week I had the opportunity to dine at Nobu by Nobuyuki Matsuhisa. Maze and Nobu have been largely shunned by locals who feel that the prices are…
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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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Meloncino review
There are so many restaurants in the Waterfront and being a local, I don’t eat in the Waterfront that often. This is why it has taken me so long to get to Meloncino (they have been open two years now) even though I have heard many good reports. I decided on my most recent visit…