In less than a week after the closure of Viande Restaurant, owned by Chef Pete Goffe-Wood, in a space he leased at the Grande Roche Hotel in Paarl, Chef Kevin Grobler announced on Instagram that he is opening a new restaurant at the Hotel, and has been posting ads for new staff. The new restaurant will become The Restaurant at Grande Roche, and will open next month. Continue reading →
Thursday 8 October 2020, Day 18 of Level 1, Day 196 of Lockdown. 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#Grateful for another sunny day, but a little cooler at 19C; for another lucky day this week; for a busy writing day, only finishing my Blogpost this afternoon, exceeding 2000 words; for a midday breakfast with friend Jenny Stephens at Firefly Café, and returning the borrowed potato peeler to Tindlovu; for a second walk, to Bakoven, extending the walk further than usual, past the last block of apartments, where someone told me that a fence is badly broken, looking like the result of a car accident; for being spoilt with a massive Christmas-come-early delivery from Mynhardt Restaurant in Paarl ; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →
Thursday 20 August 2020, Day 3 of Level 2, Day 147 of Lockdown. 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#Grateful for all the light rain that fell today, almost all day, only allowing me a quick walk through Bakoven; for a busy writing and admin day; for being spoilt with the delivery of a box of ingredients this morning, which was transformed into a Chicken Ballotine by our MasterChick Jenny Stephens this evening, a recipe created and our cooking guided by Chef Jennifer Morris via livestream, with Chef Peter Goffe-Wood the MC; for not being subjected to Loadshedding today; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →
Wednesday 15 July 2020, Day 45 of Level 3, after 66 days of Levels 5 and 4. 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#Grateful for a beautiful sunshine day, with a nippy start, putting a lift into everyone’s step, and happy that we will have another 7 days of sunshine before the next rain arrives; for getting my writing done in good time; for being spoilt by a lunch invitation at Latitude Café in Sea Point, a lovely setting in the 9th floor on the Latitude ApartHotel, connecting with two acquaintances; for donating blood 🩸, Rita Rodrigues being the nicest staff member there, always a pleasure to give, for being offered tea and biscuits afterwards, and receiving a present; for the amazing generosity of Discovery Vitality today…. not often experienced; for picking up two desserts on the Pilcrow & Cleaver menu this week in town, and meeting owner Chef Judi Fourie, only having messaged each other up to now; for a walk through Camps Bay, no clearing up of storm debris done yet, so I’ve booked Joel for tomorrow so that we can start with clearing the pavements, so that locals can walk again; for a walk through Bakoven at sunset time; for missing out on Loadshedding today; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →