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TANG Waterfront opens in Cape Town with a glamour bang!

 

TANG Waterfront opened in Cape Town on Thursday, about a year and a half after the opening of TANG Sandton, with a premier grand event which included dancing to Grammy Award winning DJ Black Coffee and a Chinese dragon ensemble.

TANG describes itself as an Asian Luxury Restaurant and Bar, and is owned by Nicky van der Walt, a former Capetonian who now lives in Johannesburg. The restaurant name stems from the Tang dynasty which ruled China from 618 to 907. Continue reading →

May Restaurant Update: More restaurants opening and closing in Cape Town and Winelands!

 

 

New restaurants are still opening, or planning to open in Cape Town and the Winelands, despite it being on the eve of Winter.

The biggest planned opening is that by Chef Liam Tomlin, who will open The Bailey, a three storey Brasserie, Bakery, and two Bars across the road from Heritage Square.  His opening is running late. He has closed down his Chefs Warehouse on Bree Street. Restaurant Artizian will open on Bree Street in July. 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. Misfits by Ideas Cartel has opened in the former Beluga in Green Point. TANG will create a big stir when it Continue reading →

Sea Point Restaurants and Residents go out onto the street on Freedom Day!

 

Freedom Day is celebrated today with Restaurants on Regent Road going out onto the street, bringing their cuisine and beverages outside on a perfect weather day

An initiative of the City of Cape Town to get Capetonians back to the city, it follows similar previous events organised by the City on Bree Street and Long Street.

My friend Gary Peterson joined me on a walk along Regent Road, from Piazza da Luz up to Church Road, and back.  It was a wonderful opportunity to window shop, to shop for food as well as for clothing and other items sold by shopkeepers on the Festival strip.

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Corona Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 181 of Level 1, 30 March 2022.

 

Wednesday 30 March 2022, Day 181 of Level 1 😷

Corona Lockdown Gratitude 🙏

#grateful for a lovely cool day, at 19C, with unexpected rain at lunchtime, and a misty end of the day in Camps Bay, so cold that I bought ingredients at Woolies for my first pot of soup of the year; for preparing for four clients, meeting at two locations, all going well, and receiving praise from the owner of the second one for how well things are going; for another Appeltaart and TWG tea treat at Labotessa Hotel & Café, just loving this hidden gem on Church Square, and having a meeting with Continue reading →