{"id":1314,"date":"2009-02-20T09:44:36","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T07:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2009-03-15T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-15T08:59:04","slug":"allee-bleue-sweet-and-va-waterfront-sour-service-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/franschhoek\/allee-bleue-sweet-and-va-waterfront-sour-service-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Bleue Sweet and V&#038;A Waterfront Sour Service Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cafebleuewinelandspic11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1317\" title=\"cafebleuewinelandspic11\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cafebleuewinelandspic11-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cafebleuewinelandspic11.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/usr\/www\/users\/whalec\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cafebleuewinelandspic11.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The <strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Sweet Service Award<\/strong> goes to Desmond Spangenberg at Allee Bleue, a wine estate outside Franschhoek.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The estate has undergone a transformation in keeping its boom open and being welcoming to visitors, after years of keeping it closed and questioning visitors as to what they want!<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The restaurant on the estate serves lunches and breakfasts at the most reasonable prices, and the menu contains out of the ordinary dishes.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The latest and most welcome addition to the service range is a free wireless ADSL service, which unfortunately is not made known to the patrons of the restaurant.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/waterfront_night2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1319\" title=\"waterfront_night2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/waterfront_night2-150x150.png?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/waterfront_night2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/usr\/www\/users\/whalec\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/waterfront_night2.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The <strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\">Sour Service Award<\/strong> goes to the V &amp; A Waterfront for their parking machines being out of order in the basement section underneath the Nu Metro cinema.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>A first machine did not accept any notes, and the next one accepted a note, but then jammed and would not release the ticket after payment.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It took 10 minutes of ringing the service bell for someone to respond \u00e2\u20ac\u201c he sits next to the parking machines, but is not immediately visible to customers.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Once the problem was explained to him, he said the customer should drive out, and press the button at the boom &#8211;<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"> <\/span>it took 20 minutes for him to respond and open the boom!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; 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