Finding a “the best of” restaurant is not exactly the easiest task, especially if it’s a more “generic” menu item like steak, ribs, schnitzels etc – everyone has their own opinion and most restaurants offer those meals. Now, Margaritas is a steak and seafood house where I’ve been eating, with my family, for almost 10 years now. Margarita’s was my very first experience of western fine dining and has been [...]
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Being in Bloemfontein is the ideal spot to find really good biltong, and I mean REALLY good. Around every little corner, in almost every store, you’re bound to find a wide selection of biltong in either local butcheries, delis, convenient stores or small shops. My absolute favourite biltong is created in a butchery behind Emily Hobhouse Square called “Mike’s Butchery”, or in Afrikaans “Mike’s Slaghuis”. Mike’s Butchery is owned by [...]
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Being Taiwanese, we have two main festivities, our New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival (also known as the Moon Festival). So this weekend my sister, Jasmine, and I came back home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn festival with our family. When in Bloem, one of the things most of the locals partake in, is the Boeremark. For my short visit back, my mama, Jasmine and I made a mission to the [...]
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Every year, it’s important for me to revisit my roots, and by that I mean Bloemfontein. For those who don’t know, I migrated to South Africa at the age of three and spent over fifteen years in the City of Roses. This morning, a beautiful rainy Saturday, started with my cousin, Wendy, and myself braving the pouring rain (okay, only she left the car) to buy “sosaties” at Preller Plein. [...]
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