Category Archives: Bars

Restaurant Week puts top SA restaurants on a plate during October, including Anatoli Mediterranean Restaurant!

 

During October Restaurant lovers will be able to feast at their favourite restaurants, and discover new restaurants, when more than 100 restaurants around the country offer Lunch and/or Dinner at good value prices, starting off at R245.

This good-value restaurant promotion month is a win-win for diners as well as for restaurants, which have been extremely hard hit since the Corona Lockdown began 18 months ago.

Restaurant Week bookings cannot be made with restaurants directly. To book a table one must do so via www.restaurantweek.co.za.

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President Ramaphosa moves SA back to Level 2, and Curfew start to 23h00!

 

President Ramaphosa moved our country to Level 2 in his President’s Speech, after 47 days at Level 3. He also announced the later start of Curfew, at 23h00 from midnight tonight.

Alcohol sales regulations have been relaxed too, to allow retail sales from Mondays – Fridays.

Vaccine passports are to be introduced.

 

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‘In die Sop: Restaurant Evolusie’ : Chef Bertus Basson transforms Readers Restaurant in Tulbagh and Backyard Café in Wellington!

 

I’ve previously written about Chef Bertus Basson’s new kykNET series ‘In die Sop: RestaurantvEvolusie’, a weekly episode focusing on the transformation of country restaurants in the Western Cape.

The first two restaurants featured were Red Tin Roof in Riebeek Kasteel, owned by the now infamous  journalist Jacques Pauw, and Evita se Perron, now run by owners Hentie van der Merwe and Frits van Reyneveld of Darling Sweet….. in Darling.

In this post I summarise the transformation of Readers Restaurant in Tulbagh and Backyard Café in Wellington.

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Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 59 of Level 1, 28 April 2021

 

Wednesday 28 April 2021, Day 59 of Level 1 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for a lovely sunny day at 20C, but with a touch of a winter chill coming through; for an efficient writing and working morning; for being able to register for my vaccination on the Discovery website, already having registered on the Government website; for two Discovery Gameboard plays, guaranteeing me a Woolies voucher next week; for a good Status meeting at Anatoli, it being two months ago that I started working on the account 🙏; for an energizing and exhilarating two hours spent outside, first a power walk giving me 300 Discovery points, and 30000 points total for the year to date now, my goal for this week, and then bumping into Vivian Warby outside my door, the two of us doing a Bakoven walk as well as one up to the Tidal Pool 💙; for an additional 160 Discovery points for balanced healthy food buying; and for being happy, healthy, and free. 🙏💙 Continue reading →