Relax with Dax

SA does not have any restaurants in the top 50, but on the extended top 100 list we have the same 2 that we had last year, Tasting Room (up from 57 to 53) and Test Kitchen (up from 74 to 61). A nice additional accolade this year is that Test Kitchen was voted The [...]

I think Ultimate Braai Master is definitely some of the best television produced in South Africa. I only got to watch about 7 of the 12 episodes in the first series, because the chances of me being at home at 8pm every Thursday are minimal. But you only needed to see one episode to recognise [...]

We love churros. It’s an awesome pastry, very popular in many countries around the world but not very common in South Africa. So we decided to find out who offers the best churros in Cape Town. Before we get into the details of the Churros Challenge, some more info on churros for those who are [...]

The inaugural Eat Out DSTV Food Network Conference took place this year, and I was lucky enough to be invited to attend it. Being the first one, we didn’t know what to expect. It was held at the Westin Cape Town on the Saturday before the Eat Out DSTV Food Network Top Ten Awards which took [...]

I’m doing a monthly food segment on 2OceansVibe radio. Covering interesting food related topics and what’s hot, new and happening on the food scene in Cape Town. This is my first spot and we chat about my London trip, sponsored by Virgin Atlantic. We talk about the Eat Out Conference and the Eat Out Top [...]

Here’s the line-up for the coming season of Kirstenbosch concerts. There’s something for everyone in there. I’m looking forward to Prime Circle (23rd Dec), and Johnny Clegg (7th Apr) in particular but there must be another 5 at least that I’m very keen to see. I saw Natasha Meister (31st Mar) for the first time [...]

When I came off my strict diet for the Sleek Geek challenge, I found myself picking up some weight again. I put back on 3 of the 13kgs I lost. While I was contemplating my options for halting the slide back to my original weight, I received a call from iHealth Meals. They wanted to [...]

You may know that when it comes to specials, vouchers and group buying, I’m a bit cynical of the actual value provided. You may have read my post on Group Buying in South Africa or my other post on What I Dislike About Restaurant Specials. One of my regular gripes is specials that are only [...]

Eat Out have announced the 20 nominees for the Eat Out Top 10 restaurants to be announced at the awards ceremony on the 25th of November (book tickets here). The list is Western Cape dominant as usual, with DW Eleven-13 (Gauteng), Hartford House (Natal) and Mosaic (Gauteng) being the only 3 not in the Western [...]

The last time I wrote about health and fitness was 2 years ago when I trained at One80. Since that time my fitness and health slowly deteriorated due to not prioritising exercise and eating calorie dense restaurant food most nights of the week. I had decided a while ago that I needed to do something [...]

If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you’ll know that I’m very anti imported olive oil. Not just because of the food miles, but because Europe dumps their poor quality product on us and we don’t know any better. Our South African olive oil is of far superior quality and well worth the small price [...]

In November last year I posted the results of the Christian Eedes Chardonnay Report. Now the results of the Christian Eedes Cabernet Sauvignon Report are available. Selected from 60 highly acclaimed cabernet sauvignons, these are the cream of the crop: FIVE STARS De Trafford 2009 Cellar price: R230 Delaire Reserve 2009 Not yet released Graham [...]

This year South Africa continues it’s slide down and off the World’s top restaurants list. Last year we had 3 in the top 100 with 1 (Le Quartier Francaise) being in the top 50. This year we have only 2 in the top 100, Le Quartier Francaise at position 57 and for the first time, [...]

I need to share this video with you because it’s really awesome. It reminds me of one of the first X Factors when that cellphone salesman who looks unimpressive suddenly starts singing awesome Opera and everyone falls off their chairs. Same sort of vibe here. I love these sorts of videos. But I also want [...]

We can’t all be Masterchefs, but thanks to Nomu I got the chance to be a HalfArsed-a Chef along with a bunch of other fun quasi celebrities. We had great fun competing against each other in the various challenges. Certainly the normal rules of cooking did not apply and as for the unwritten rules of [...]