Zest Restaurant at the newkings boutique hotel has launched a new Vegetarian Spring Menu, its Meat/Fish Spring Menu having been launched just over three weeks ago, and receiving rave reviews. Both Spring Menus consist of 5 courses at the very generous price of R198 each.
Zest owner and operator Chef Pavel’s Mediterranean and Asian fusion restaurant has Chef Scott Melvin as Head Chef, and he and his team prepare ‘less is more’ sharing dishes, most cooked on the fire grill and offered in Small and Large plate sizes. The restaurant mantra is Zest: fresh and local at its best.
The Sweet Service Award goes to Absolute Pets in Camps Bay, and to its staff member Bukeka, for her kindness and advice shown to me in buying cat food, a name tag for a new cat, as well as cat treats. I’m a brand new cat owner, and her interest in my new cat whenever I shop there is a delight, reflecting that she herself loves pets. 
The Sweet Service Award goes to MyCitiBus and its kind and efficient assistant at the Queens Beach Branch in Sea Point, where I bought a MyCiti Bus card. It was a freezing cold day, which she could see, and she apologised profusely for the number of steps required in taking my payment and issuing the card. While it was a laborious process, she made it seem far shorter than it was, in her professional dealing with me.