I had not been to Stellenbosch since the beginning of Lockdown in March 2020. Last week I spent a day in the town, to walk through its centre, and updating my information of restaurants that have opened and closed in the town since my last visit.
I discovered multiple new coffee shops and informal eateries, and a growing number of wine bars. And the start of a challenge to Chef Bertus Basson’s dominance of the university town as far as fine-dining goes.
New restaurants are still opening, or planning to open, in Cape Town and the Winelands, despite it being Winter.
The biggest recent restaurant opening has been by Chef Liam Tomlin, who opened The Bailey, a three storey Brasserie, Bakery, and two Bars across the road from Heritage Square. He has closed down his Chefs Warehouse on Bree Street. Ouzeri also opened last month.
Restaurant Artizian will open on Bree Street in August. Chef Peter Tempelhoff is said to open a Japanese Street Food restaurant on the ground floor of Speakers Corner, the building in which FYN operates, in September. TANG will create a big stir when it opens in the Waterfront in Spring, Continue reading →
The MasterChef SA Kitchen is getting hotter and hotter, and sadly three more contestants were eliminated in the past week.
During the past week a guest chef and a guest baker came to visit, and new challenges were set to the Kitchen Cook contestants. Continue reading →
Thursday 4 November 2021, Day 35 of Level 1 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a good productive working day, working from home all day, moving two meetings to tomorrow; for a walk to Woolworths, and enjoying the Tidal Pool for a while; for Gary Peterson coming for Abendbrot, with a lovely sunset, Lions Head having a hat of clouds, and Earl Grey entertaining us in charging up the strelizia plant, something I’ve never seen him do before, obviously good for claw sharpening; for Gary decorating our supper table so beautifully with the pink bougainvillea placed inside the serviettes; for a walk to the Theatre on the Bay, where we saw the
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