Archive for the ‘Jackman’s restaurants’ Category:
Gem at the top of a long and winding road
I interviewed a restaurateur last year who kept referring to his four restaurants as ‘my shops’. It was all I needed to know about the guy, apart from the too-much-bling and the smile that wasn’t really.
The grandest beach cafe, dancing at Gold, and a gourmet picnic at Warwick
Why are restaurateurs in this country unable to find our own themes and names for things? Tapas is not African. Small portions aren’t either. And there is one truly glaring omission from this supposedly African menu: there is no red meat on the menu other than a tiny portion of bobotie. In Africa, land of the cow, the goat and the buffalo, there is no meat on a showcase African menu. This is like not having soy sauce on a Chinese menu, or omitting the spices in a curry. Come on, we’re Africans, we eat meat.
Savoy Cabbage is right on top of its game
Peruse the annual awards lists of the last 10 years and you’ll find many examples of restaurants that were once just the place to get to, dahlings, their chefs’ names thrown about as if the Gods had come down to save our palates. Then they slip down the lists until, in a year or two, they drop out of the top 10 and are often never heard of again.
Facelift puts Bukhara back on top, Ginja in great form
Make no misake, Bukhara is right back on top of its game and is undoubtedly once more one of the top dining options in the Western Cape.
Is the Tasting Room at Le Quartier Francais really worse than a parking lot bistro?
How on earth is 9th Avenue Bistro, which has a nondescript al fresco area overlooking a plain-as-chips parking lot, better than the Tasting Room at le Quartier Francais or Overture with its world-beating view and Margot Janse’s fabulous cuisine? I don’t buy it.
Inside the Sun King’s Waterfront lair
Being at the Sun King’s newest venue whisked me right back to the ground-wetting for the Cape Sun Hotel aeons ago, when Anneline Kriel, then Sun Queen, stepped out of a limo in the rain and I nearly choked on a sliver of Parma ham.
Spring is in the air (and on the menu) at Societi
The superb chicken liver parfait with pineapple chutney is back, and also new is a beetroot carpaccio with a cross-pattern of mild horseradish. An inspired dish, gorgeous to look at and even better to eat.
Eat Out’s top 20 nominees are out – what do you think?
Eat Out’s 20 nominees for their annual restaurant awards are out, with the awards dinner to take place at the Westin Grand on the Foreshore in Cape Town on Sunday November 22.
Ginja moves in where Nova’s lights went out
Mike Bassett, one of Cape Town’s most brilliant chefs, has moved his top-ranking Ginja restaurant uptown to the site of the sadly short-lived Nova.
Short-order menu has me on my bicycle
Apparently my facial expression said, “Well, you know what you can do with your concept”, and 10 minutes later we were at Bombay Bicycle Club way up Kloof Street.