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Franschhoek always scares me a bit.  It usually means I’m going to eat well…but be much poorer afterwards.  This time was different.  Yes, it WAS expensive, but someone else suffered the post-bill indigestion!
It was Mother’s Day and Stoan invited his mother and me to lunch at CAFE ALLEE BLEUE  just outside Franschhoek.  The drive [...]

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Tucked away in a secret corner of the Overberg is the small town of Stanford. It’s just 20km from Hermanus along the Klein river and nestles at the foot of a mountain range whose name I don’t know.  There is a host of fabulous eateries in and around the town, as well as antique shops, [...]

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East London has a really bad reputation.  In fact, it’s become cool to badmouth this small Eastern Cape city.  It may have something to do with the really shabby 70’s relic known as “downtown”.  Or it may be the dismal nightlife culminating in carpark fights and midnight muggings.
In East London’s defence, the city has some [...]

I was browsing through the “Best of Joburg” magazine and came across the name Cité.  It’s owned by a famous chef that I’ve unfortunately never heard of ,  formerly of the restaurants “Singing Fig” and “Circle”…which I’ve also never heard of.  Clearly I am out of touch with the nightlife in Jozi.  So to get [...]