23 Sep
Guardian Peak has amazing views. Glass from ceiling to floor, peering out over vine-clad slopes and rugged mountains- the stuff that we are spoiled with in Cape Town. The staff is friendly and their wines are good. They call it the food and wine experience. The menu is organized around their wines with a starter [...]
Tags: guardian peak, stellenbosch, view, wine and food, wine pairing, winelands
21 Sep
Adding corn and bacon to soups seems to be my thing of the moment. Here we go again! Using prawn heads for a quick stock adds some great flavour (something I picked up from making Tom yum soup). This makes a great quick dinner or an elegant dinner party starter. Shouldn’t take more than 30 [...]
Tags: calamari, chowder, corn, prawnheads, seafood, soup, sweet potato
16 Sep
Sometimes you just get so excited, you need to post something right away. This new recipe of mine is one of those. It is spring on a plate. Apart from that it is easy and quick to make. Sure a bit of chopping, but all done and plated in less than 30 minutes. I promise. [...]
Tags: courgette, gremolata, lemon, pasta, pine nuts, vegetarian, zucchini
16 Sep
I often get asked by visitors where they can go for fine dining in town that has a seaview or even a nice view of Table Mountain. Not in the winelands, but in town. I usually draw a slight blank and recommend Roundhouse in Camp’s Bay crossing my fingers and toes that it will be [...]
Tags: camps bay, cape town, down town, fine dining, gourmet, tasting menu, treat, view, wine pairing
14 Sep
Chicken soup is the perfect rainy day food. Easy to make and infinitely satisfying. Bacon adds some extra meatiness and smokiness to this recipe. Enoki mushrooms and corn add texture. Apart from the recipe, I am quite excited by my props for this. The soup bowls are from the 1930s (vintage Arabia) and were used [...]
9 Sep
Gaaitjie was the last stop on our drive down from London. The feeling of that first hot bath and gourmet meal after six months through Africa still lingers in my mind. It is a special spot. You feel like you have arrived at a secret gem but the truth is that even the New York [...]
Tags: beach, bokkom, gourmet, local speciality, paternoster, seasonal, suring, suzi holtzhausen, weekend getaway, west coast
2 Sep
Last weekend was just perfect. Sunshine, culinary treats and a trip to Paternoster, a foodie fishing village on the west coast. If you have read some of my blogposts you may already know that I love to forage (read about mushrooms here). Foraging is something that we grow up doing in Finland and it has even [...]
Tags: foraging, oep ve koep, paternoster, slowfood mothercity, sout slaai, veldkool, western cape
31 Aug
Supper clubs or pop up restaurants encompass a whole range of setups from dinner parties with strangers at some eager cook’s home to creative evenings with a famous chef spreading his wings in an odd setting. Often based on invitation and membership, people are drawn in by the surprise and secrecy (It is actually illegal [...]
Tags: pop up, supper club, toffie food festival, underground
30 Aug
I was quite hesitant to visit planet for a bit of a stupid reason. The name. Maybe it is just me but having a restaurant called Planet in a five star hotel doesn’t make me think quality. I must admit that I am also not a fan of eating at hotels. Especially ones that are [...]
Tags: degustation menu, fine dining, mount nelson, planet, tasting, vegan
26 Aug
I love that local produce and growing your own veg has become such a thing in Cape Town. I can think of at least three other restaurants that do it Fresh, Johan’s at Longridge and Eight (Spier) and countless others who make great strives to buying only local seasonal produce. Local and seasonal is a [...]
Tags: grow your own, innovative, interesting, local, seasonal, stellenbosch, vegetable garden, winelands
