When is a wine not a real wine? And no, this is not a “how long is a piece of string” type of nonsense question with no answer; nor is it a reference to the disturbing “wine-style beverages” that you sometimes find lurking in the dark corners of the supermarket wine aisles, that bear […]
Click here for a full portionGorgeous by Graham Beck – a bubbly bar in Cape Town
It had been one of those days. We had arrived in Cape Town early in the morning from London after a night of little sleep, non-functioning seat-back TVs and rather too much alcohol (refer to previous item regarding seat-back TVs!). I had purchased a data bundle at the airport to load onto my South […]
Click here for a full portionSaturday Snapshots #193
Surf’s up – Noordhoek, Cape Town – Feb 2011
Click here for a full portionFeng Sushi Billingsgate with Silla Bjerrum
When I was at school, one of my brother’s friends used to refer to himself as “having grown up in the Bronx”. With a ponceyness well beyond his years, he was appropriating for himself the role of the poor underdog, making his way in his world of rich kids using only his razor sharp […]
Click here for a full portionRoasted carrot and coriander soup
When I was back home in South Africa recently, as usual, I stayed at my brother’s house. It’s about as different from my own house in London as you can get – and I don’t just mean because it’s a gazillion times bigger and has a swimming pool! No, the real differences are on […]
Click here for a full portionThe Bombay Brasserie @ Taj Cape Town
Although we humans like to view the world as a static and predictable place, where we know how things function and have an expectation that they will continue in much the same vein, every now and again, we are confronted with evidence to the contrary. A good friend of mine goes to see the […]
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