Baby Animal of the Week series. My derby friend Suné Storm (Azzy Starr) and I Google search baby animals to smile and warm the cockles of our hearts when we have a bad day. This week, there’s been two goat incidents. 1. South African food scientists have found traces of goat along with other animals in mislabelled meat products – see here to find out more. 2. Taylor Swift feat. Mr. [...]
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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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I was approached by the group editor (who’s also a dear friend of mine – Claire Barnardo) of The Foschini Group magazines to be featured in the March 2012 edition of “Balanced Life” a few months ago. This subscription magazine, focuses on women. The article I was featured in, included one of my friends and food blogger Ishay Govender of Food and the Fabulous, and was written by Kirsty Wilkins, TFG’s [...]
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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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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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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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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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