JAN Restaurant is our country’s best restaurant, despite it being based in Nice, not only in serving traditional South African dishes in fine din8ng style, but also in being the only South African Michelin-star restaurant. Yesterday JAN Restaurant received one Michelin star for the fourth year running! (more…)
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Tue 22 Jan 2019
SA Top restaurant JAN in Nice receives one Michelin star accolade in France for the fourth year running!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Awards, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, France, Michelin, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog
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Thu 4 May 2017
Phoenix Charity Dinner and Auction at Tintswalo raises R290000 for Thula Thula!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under accommodation, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Events, Food news, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog
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Last night I attended the Phoenix Charity Dinner and Auction at Tintswalo Lodge Atlantic, which raised R290000 towards Thula Thula, a non-profit organization which assists township residents in Hout Bay with replacing possessions lost in fires. (more…)
Thu 1 Dec 2016
Flagstone Winery opens Cape Town Tasting Room at The Rockwell!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog, Wine news
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Yesterday I attended the launch of the new Flagstone Tasting Room in The Rockwell hotel in Green Point, a facility designed to capitalize on the tourists visiting Cape Town during the summer season.
Fri 18 Mar 2016
Good Food & Co Sweet Service, Le Petit Bijou Boutique Apartments Sour Service Awards!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under accommodation, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, Franschhoek, Restaurant news, Service news, Tourism news, WhaleTales Blog, Winelands
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The Sweet Service Award goes to Good Food & Co in Franschhoek, and to co-owner Emmerentia Klaasen in particular, who took the trouble to sit down at my table when I had breakfast there, and requested my feedback about their restaurant. Her sister Joey was kind enough to not (more…)
Sat 21 Nov 2015
Arcade Resto-Bar to open on Bree Street!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Beer, Bree Street, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog
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Meeting a friend for coffee yesterday morning, I noticed a new-looking establishment about to open on Bree Street, with the Arcade name above the door. Co-owner Marco Picone was kind enough to share some information about the new Arcade Resto-Bar, which opens on Bree Street on Monday.
It appears that Marco has links to the local company Soft Coffee (more…)