Dash Restaurant at the Queen Victoria Hotel used to be my favorite restaurant, at a time when Chef Oliver Cattermole headed up the kitchen. A succession of chefs since Chef Oliver left made it harder for me to want to return. A chance experience of its French Pâtisserie selection yesterday afternoon shocked me, in that the restaurant manager and waitresses were so incompetent in their service, or rather, lack of. (more…)
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Thu 18 Apr 2019
Restaurant Review: Queen Victoria Hotel Dash Restaurant and Bar French Pâtisserie offering creative, but service shocking!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town
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Tue 16 Apr 2019
Former Gåte chefs create SŸN Development Group, release first details of their new Cape Town restaurant!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Awards, Camps Bay, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog
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On Friday I was lucky to bump into Chefs Rikku O’Donnchü and Warwick King in Camps Bay, the two rockstar chefs who masterminded and led Gäte Restaurant at Quoin Rock wine estate outside Stellenbosch until the end of March, and to spend time with them to obtain first details about what they have planned for their new restaurant. (more…)
Mon 15 Apr 2019
Whale Shark beaches on Camps Bay beach, removed with difficulty by City of Cape Town and the NSRI!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Camps Bay, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale news, WhaleTales Blog
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On Saturday afternoon a Whale Shark beached on Camps Bay Beach, rough seas and high swells complicating the operation on Sunday to remove the Whale Shark, which died when attempts to return it to the ocean failed. (more…)
Fri 12 Apr 2019
Sweet Service Award goes to Top Stitch Tailors; Sour Service Award goes to Discovery Insure!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Sea Point, Service news, WhaleTales Blog
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The Sweet Service Award goes to Top Stitch Tailors in the Piazza St John, for its amazing service in creating a skirt for me from two left over pieces of material, and adding an elasticised waist for it, within an hour of bringing it to them, and at the very low cost of R80! (more…)
Thu 11 Apr 2019
Rockstar chef team leaves Gåte Restaurant at Quoin Rock wine estate, set to open new doors in Cape Town!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog
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Two weeks ago I heard a whisper about Gåte Restaurant at Quoin Rock Executive Chef Rikku O’Dönnchu and Head Chef Warwick King having left the restaurant that was destined to become South Africa’s number one restaurant in November this year, and was receiving international acclaim in the short time that it has operated since November 2018. Yesterday the news about the departure was confirmed by Quoin Rock as well as by Chef Rikku.
The chef team, operating as the SŸN Group, has announced that it will open a new restaurant in the Cape Town city centre by November. (more…)
Tue 9 Apr 2019
Chef Peter Tempelhoff leaves Greenhouse and The Liz McGrath Collection quietly!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under accommodation, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Constantia, Hermanus, Plettenberg Bay, Restaurant news, WhaleTales Blog
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It was in a recent review of FYN restaurant that I read a subtle message that its owner Chef Peter Tempelhoff has left The Liz McGrath Collection. This morning this was confirmed to me by the hotel group staff, Tempelhoff having left on 28 February 2019, and with it, his Executive Chef position of its flagship restaurant Greenhouse, as well as of the restaurants at The Plettenberg and The Marine Hotel. (more…)
Fri 5 Apr 2019
KAMERS Sweet Service Award; Woolworths Witchery Sour Service Award!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Retail, Service news, WhaleTales Blog
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The Sweet Service Award goes to KAMERS, and their Marketing partner Magdel Kemp, who very kindly organised a refund of my entrance fee when I enquired why I no longer am on their mailing list, when I attended their pop up store at Jan van Riebeek School recently. It emerged that they had a very out of date email address for me on their system. (more…)
Wed 3 Apr 2019
The tide is turning, keeping the ocean clean an increasing trend!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Camps Bay, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Environment, Retail, WhaleTales Blog
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Few of my Blog readers will know that I have taken the stream near the Camps Bay Tidal Pool under my wing, cleaning it twice a day. One piece of paper or plastic litter in a stream has made me see it all over Camps Bay, when I walk the Promenade twice a day, and sadly everywhere I go in Cape Town. I was delighted that Adidas and Parley have joined forces, to turn ocean plastic into shoes. (more…)
Tue 2 Apr 2019
New Restaurant Openings in Cape Town and Winelands grind to a halt! April 2019
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Food news, Franschhoek, McGregor, Restaurant news, Stellenbosch, WhaleTales Blog
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Winter is on our doorstep, autumn making itself felt already. Traditionally winter commences at Easter, giving the restaurant industry just three weeks to make its last bucks. The only new restaurant that I have heard open is Botanicum Café & Grill in Constantia, previously Bootlegger Café & Grill, now (silently) 50% owned by Bootlegger, as the concept was not working with the Bootlegger name, it being seen as a coffee shop and not a stand-alone restaurant.
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Thu 28 Mar 2019
Western Cape Wine grape harvest reduced second year running!
Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein under Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Western Cape, WhaleTales Blog, Wine news, Winelands
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Vinpro has announced that the South African wine grape harvest ‘may be somewhat smaller than last year’, reports Daily Maverick. (more…)
