As some of you already know, the V & A Waterfront in Cape Town has started a market filled with glorious food. I have check this market out before and found a selection of my favourite local traders there, including The Creamery (Peanut Butter ice cream – yes please), Taste of Taiwan (food that reminds me of home), By Nature dried fruit and nuts, Stokkiesdraai Biltong, Classic Marmalades and Jams, O’ways [...]
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Checkers, a local shopping centre we’ve all grown to love, is doing a campaign on their premium meat ranges. Renowned chef Gordon Ramsay is appearing the in this NEW Checkers’ campaign, think about it one of the world’s toughest food critics endorsing your products – wow. Checkers has given Butterfingers a signed copy of Gordon Ramsay’s cookbook, The Ultimate Cookery Course as a give away. This competition is only available on Twitter [...]
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This picture was borrowed from The Cheese Festival on FB Hi everyone! I was given two double tickets to giveaway to two lucky followers, provided by the PR team at Go4word. Each ticket is worth R110, so you can really spoil your plus one to this special event. The SA Cheese Festival is a gastronomic experience and offers a wide variety or cheese traders and wine traders, along with other [...]
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Before going to Taiwan, my cousin, Christine, advised us to take a trip to a certain cafe. It’s become one of my favourite cafes and is called 85 °C Cafe and Bakery. This coffee shop specialises in desserts and afternoon tea. Their menu has quite a variety including: full cakes cake slices cheesecake rolls pastries decent coffee flavoured teas (hot and cold) lattes mocha slush smoothies and one of my favourite Taiwanese beverages [...]
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I often shop at two specific Chinese supermarkets, living in the northern suburbs in Cape Town: Live Mart and 96 Chinese Supermarket. These two are Taiwanese-owned stores, which means I can always purchase brands that I grew up with and they both make bubble tea! There is imported junk food, cooking essentials, exotic spices, Asian beverages and duckeggs, Asian supermarkets have quite a diverse selection of products compared to your [...]
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After having read several reviews on this burger joint, Jean and I decided to get involved and visit The Dogs Bollocks Restaurant in Cape Town. Most of the comments pointed out that this spot is unpretentious, with affordable wine, has a relaxing atmosphere and has the best burgers in town. We missioned to The Dogs Bollocks and even though it was a bit hard to find the location (simply because [...]
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The Earth Fair Market in Tokai, Cape Town is located at the Builders Warehouse, being the ideal location for a market on that side of the city. This market also trades in town at St. Georges Mall, a beautiful strip through the city centre, which I’ve previously posted on – click here to see post on the market. Most visitors of this market enjoy the Wednesday evenings as a dinner [...]
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On Saturday, a new market had started in Woodstock, Cape Town. The Palms Market is a bimonthly market bringing us the freshest of foods from the Platteland. I received an email from Social Plus One, inviting me to the market’s opening, and of course, I’m always keen to check out a local market. Even though The Palms Market just started, there’s a certain appeal – especially with an covered parking area, [...]
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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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How it came to be: After resigning from a full-time position as an SEO copywriter, I turned towards my passion – food. After spending an incredible amount of time looking for the perfect job, I stumbled across a food-related part-time job as a sales person at markets for Oded’s Kitchen on Gumtree, yes… Gumtree. However, my very first encounter with Oded’s Kitchen was actually at a Red Velvet Cupcake Course [...]
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