With the country at Level 1 since last week, optimism is high, and business in the restaurant industry is improving. Despite the dreadful impact on restaurants of Level 4 during July, no restaurants appeared to have closed, other than The Test Kitchen and Ocean Blue in September.
Chef Luke Dale Roberts retains Fledglings and Pot Luck Club in Cape Town, and is moving his attention to Johannesburg, consulting to Ethos, and opening The Shortmarket Grill there. Continue reading →
Friday 6 August 2021, Day 11 of Level 3 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#grateful for a wonderful day; for an amazingly fantabulous 2 hour breakfast at Grand Pavilion in Sea Point, with the great company of Mullerie Taljaard, whom I met at Zest on Tuesday for the first time; for a good walk to Zest from Grand Pavilion; for putting together a quick promotion for Zest with the beauty service providers in Piazza da Luz for Women’s Month; for a working afternoon, getting into bed early as the mist rolled in, it becoming very cold, after a fabulous sunny day; and for being healthy, happy, and free. 🙏💙 Continue reading →
Saturday 8 May 2021, Day 69 of Level 1 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#Grateful for a lovely sunny day after 3 days of cold, grey and rain; for a day of indulgence, having my hair cut and coloured by Isabella Page Morgan; for popping in at Schoon on the corner of Main and St John’s Road, to buy a dessert treat for lunch, as well as at Woolies St John’s Piazza, for bread for the lunch; for an early 😻😻 Mother’s Day lunch feast with Michele Antelme at my home, she bringing a Mauritian Creole Rougaille, made with garlic, onion, ginger, thyme, tomato paste and canned tomatoes, with beef sausage, mmmmm, and cheeses, and biscuits, which we washed down with a fabulous Oak Valley Sauvignon Blanc, enjoying the sunniness, view, and warmth of the terrace; for a Vit D snooze on the terrace, not having had one in ages; for a walk to Woolies to pay an account, rewarded with a lovely sunset ❤️; for listening to lovely music on Kfm’s Blokparty while I write; for having Minsky for a year today 😻; and for being happy, healthy, and free 🙏💙 Continue reading →
Thursday 6 May 2021, Day 67 of Level 1 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#Grateful for a successful day; for getting up early to finish all my work so that I could squeeze in a power walk up 100 Houghton Steps, and coming down my secret Bakoven lanes with a total of 100 steps, being protected against the very strong Southeaster, receiving 300 Discovery points; for my Dinkel poppyseed rolls being ready for me; for an interesting meeting at Origin Roasting, drinking a lovely Nigiro Earl Grey Bloom tea; for a good Utopia Status meeting with Dilmah Earl Grey tea, crowned by a rainbow; for a quick pop in at Grand Pavilion, but the owner wasn’t there; for a cosy soup-in-bed evening; for Kfm playing great music to finish my steps for today; and for being happy, healthy and free. 🙏💙 Continue reading →