A media release received from the Saxon Hotel yesterday has announced the surprise news that Chef Luke Dale-Roberts is exiting the Johannesburg market on 31 March, after two years of collaboration, to concentrate on his three Cape Town restaurants! This leaves the new restaurant ineligible for an Eat Out Top Ten Restaurant Award for this year. Continue reading →
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Tokara seafood dish one of Qantas magazine 2015 Top 10 in world!
The January 2016 edition of Qantas’ Spirit of Australia in-flight magazine has named a dish by Tokara Chef Richard Carstens as one of the top 10 dishes in the world in 2015, rubbing shoulders with two dishes from Michelin-star restaurants! The photograph of the dish is the main Continue reading →
Terroir launches its fresh and saucy new Spring menu at Kleine Zalze!
Yesterday I tried the new Spring menu of Chef Michael Broughton of Terroir on Kleine Zalze estate. The dishes are refreshing, and each dish is characterized by Chef Michael’s love for distinctive sauces.
The invitation to lunch at Terroir had come in winter, Manley Communications inviting me to try Terroir’s winter small plate main course menu. I do not get to Stellenbosch that often, having been in Franschhoek more often, and the one time that I could make the lunch the restaurant was closed for its winter break. Despite the winter special having expired on Continue reading →
Eat Out announces Top 20 Restaurant shortlist, in silly dribs and drabs!
Eat Out is really trying hard to be different in its Top 10 Restaurant Awards this year, and comes across as rather silly. Now it is starting to release its Top 20 Restaurant shortlist, but in batches of five restaurants at a time (ten today, in two batches), with another two batches of five to come. Instead of releasing the list of names, one has to watch a video to see the name of each Finalist restaurant. We will expand upon this Blogpost tomorrow, as the further ten restaurant names are revealed. Continue reading →