While the innocent and the sweet lunch here, the target of a dramatic hostile takeover is playing itself out in the Freeworld Coatings offices upstairs, where the executives have ended up with egg on their faces. This after apparently failing in the fight of their lives to fend off the bid from Japanese hunter, paint maker Kansai (probably in order to hold on to their fat jobs). (more…)
Archive for the ‘City Bowl and Sea Point’ Category
Hemelhuijs on the Fan Mile, if you want the restaurant review skip the intro
Friday, February 4th, 2011Keenwa, is how you pronounce quinoa, the Cape’s first Peruvian restaurant
Friday, January 28th, 2011Almost everything about Peruvian cuisine is remarkable. In 2006 the Fourth International Summit of Gastronomy Madrid Fusión, that included chefs Ferrán Adriá and Thomas Keller of French Laundry, voted Lima gourmet capital of the Americas. Sure New York has great restaurants but home-grown New York Cuisine is relatively limited. (more…)
The Test Kitchen, first night-time restaurant in Lower Woodstock
Thursday, January 13th, 2011Luke Dale Roberts’ newish little venture in the dodgier end of Woodstock isn’t what I expected it to be, none-the-less the food I am eating today is exceeding those expectations. Naively I assumed the dishes would be less luxurious. For two reasons. (more…)
The Woodlands Eatery, a new Deer Park neighbourhood bistro
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010Stepping into this new little bistro, I am swept up by a warm fuzzy glow radiating from parties big and small. There is a family celebration, a table of businessmen and more intimate tables of girls with their BFF’s. Will this neighbourhood joint in Deer Park be as successful as capturing the girl’s night out crowd at the rowdier nearby Carlyles on Derry Street? (more…)
Bread at The Bromwell in Woodstock and those almond croissants
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010On being greeted by the incongruous sight of a doorman at The Bromwell Boutique Mall, clad with coat-and-tails and top hat I can’t help recalling relatively recent African history from another part of the continent. (more…)
95 Keerom, Milanese-Italian restaurant and the battle of the olive oils
Thursday, November 11th, 2010Sometimes the simplest things are the most sublime. The cannelleni bean salad on the side with sprinkles of Italian Parsley and spring onions at 95 Keerom springs to mind. The little beans – cooked for not a second too long – are tender but firm offering a gentle flavour that brings out the flat-leaf parsley and a grassy olive oil. (more…)
Twankey Oyster Bar, take your own crowd and it’s your private club
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Twankey Oyster and Champagne Bar at the Taj hotel represents the über-chic city Cape Town wants to be but isn’t yet, and may never be. The real big money (old and new) from the ancient capitals and the new oligarchs hasn’t arrived while locals suffer from the sub-par emerging country growth rates seen in Asia and Brazil. While the city may not be in the global top ten for this super-prime market, it certainly is up there for another crowd. (more…)
