Archive for the food Category
Friday, December 26th, 2008
Christmakuah
The festive season is over. Millions of turkeys around the world sacrificed their lives to gallantly fill our lunchboxes with leftovers for weeks to come. Countless pine trees fell to become bauble-holders for the great decoration-frenzied masses. Billions of tons of litter was created from wrapping paper, unwanted toys, broken champagne bottles and dead pine [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Cape Town, food, holidays by Steven Norris
Monday, November 24th, 2008
Different Strokes
Friday night, I enjoyed a great home cooked dinner hosted by Nomonde, a new friend who is a qualified winemaker at a popular distillery here in Cape Town.
Over dinner among other things, we discussed the flexibility in which wine is consumed lately. I hold the belief that wine is like a culture that [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Cape Town, Entertainment, Wine, food by Nomfundo
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
KLEIN GENOT (‘SMALL JOY’)
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away there was a magical valley that lay where two rivers converged. Once home to large herds of elephant, the land was divided by the king and given to farmers to till. Soon enough the fertile soil started to sprout vines heavy with fruit. The farmers [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Cape Town, South Africa, Travel, food, tours by Anna-Bet
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Another Weekend
Weather: 22 degrees and windy with a cold snap.
Yes, another weekend has passed, and another month of my Cape town holiday memory fades away. My girlfriend treated me to Ocean Basket and we had the platter for two. It was a grand meal of prawns, mussels, hake, calamari and fried somethings plus chips. I thoroughly [...]