How can two restaurants (with the same name and menu) have such completely different vibes? I suppose visiting one at lunch, and one at dinner might have something to do with that… Perhaps I’ll need to revisit both properties at another time to be sure. […]
A week of waiting… I tried to be as productive as possible, but I’m ready for too many things to confirm! ‘Pending’ is not a fun place to live. ALL the best restaurants in one meal? Seems like I might need to make a trip to […]
For our second night before joining up with friends to explore other fun destinations in the country, my decision of where to stay in Franschhoek was more or less made for me. With reservations at The Tasting Room (which is located on the property of […]
Having friends in the travel business makes planning a holiday quite easy. In the instance of flying to Cape Town to see some friends (and take advantage of a fantastic Qatar Airways deal, never mind the money stolen off the DWB – DOH portion of […]
Sorry gang! Catching up from South Africa and balancing some additional reviews (I’ve still got a few to go) has kept me a bit busy in the past weeks — I hope you’ve been well! My kind of London tour (gin + tea = yay). […]
Emirates Palace has been knocking it out of the park recently! After my last (delicious) trip to meet Chef Hendrik Yde Andersen for lunch, I was more than happy to return and taste some of the dishes from Chef Norbert Niederkofler, the patron of the two […]
Lucky for me, the Diner’s Discovery list for the Middle East and Africa list was announced just before we were due to depart for South Africa. While there were two restaurants on the list in the country, due to our schedule we were only able […]
Goodness, there was a lot of amazing food this month! And while I haven’t finished posting about everything I consumed, I don’t think there will be a lot of surprises here. In no particular order: Wagyu billtong from The Test Kitchen Hand chopped beef tartare […]
When planning our trip to South Africa, I knew I wanted to sneak away to Franschhoek for at least one night (we’d visited previously for a wedding and fell in love with the town). When I saw that friends had visited The Tasting Room at […]
