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Published on: 01 Feb 08

Grande Provence

Peter Tempelhoff had big shoes to fill when he succeeded Vanie Padayachee as Executive Chef at Grande Provence Estate in Franschhoek – and he fi lled them admirably.
 
Published on: 01 Feb 08

Pomegranate

I was really looking forward to finding out whether the Pomegranate tomato tart was as good as I remembered from my last visit to the Melville establishment more than a decade ago.
 
Published on: 01 Feb 08

Restaurant review: Green Mango

Classic contemporary dining at Green Mango restaurant in Morningside, Durban.
 
Published on: 09 Jan 08

State of Gauteng restaurants

In the absence of informed and hard-hitting food writing, the average diner will never know how poor most restaurant experiences really are. Michael Fridjhon explains why he, for one, generally does not enjoy eating out in Johannesburg.
 
Published on: 01 Jan 08

Fu.shi

In the recent past, restaurant choices in Plett generally fell into two categories: old-money stuffy or cheap chips and pizza to appease the kiddies.
 
Published on: 01 Jan 08

Midlands Restaurants

Undertaking a gastronomic tour through the Natal Midlands, Andrea Burgener discovers a world apart.
 
Published on: 01 Jan 08

Myoga

When it comes to the southern suburbs, most of us think of it as a casual eating kind of a place and not as a dress-up-and-dine suburb. For me, that notion has changed since a glorious meal at Myoga which quite honestly I can’t wait to repeat.
 
Published on: 01 Jan 08

Pier Café & Bistro

A colleague and I found ourselves wondering why Phillip and Sandra Engelen gave up the tranquil haven of Greyton to run a Café and Bistro right in the concrete jungle of Cape Town’s foreshore? After all, they’d been wonderful hosts to hundreds of guests fleeing the rat race for a weekend idyll at their Greyton Lodge.
 
Published on: 01 Jan 08

The Atlantic

I feel a bit like a jazz aficionado being asked to comment on an opera concert. Fine Dining is not, by a long chalk, my favourite kind of restaurant experience and The Atlantic, which I am visiting to review, is always found under the Fine Dining section of every restaurant guide published in the country.
 
Published on: 01 Jan 08

The Store

The Store has come a long way from when it was a clothing shop that sold coffee, to a coffee shop that sold clothes, to a ladies lunchtime meeting spot. Now it has matured into a good boutique restaurant.
 
 

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