Posts Tagged ‘Tony Jackman’
Tony cooks at Societi Bistro
Tony Jackman will be cooking at Societi Bistro, 50 Orange Street, Gardens, in Cape Town, on Saturday August 28.
Sunday in the field of dreams
It was one of those moments when you wake up and realise where you really are. On a soccer field, yes. But no crowd, no glaring stadium lights. Just a modest small-town soccer field on the edge of town, and it’s Sunday morning coming down on a boy’s wild imagination.
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.
Braaing for Brits – and for Africa
“Oh, I’m sorry,” he said apologetically. “We thought you were on fire.”
An old-fashioned dinner starts with prawns Marie-Rose
There will come a time when a new generation, or just the present generation a decade or two older, will talk disparagingly of the food fads of the 1990s and [...]
A cure for those who don’t like their fish entirely raw
The chef came out before a particular course and explained, somewhat nervously, that the kingklip was to be served raw tonight. Riiiiiiight, we muttered, dubious, looking left and right as if wondering where the candid camera was.
A taste of the sea at the Cape
If you live at the Cape and love seafood, there are times when you have to have your bank manager abducted in the pry of night and taken by masked men to some greasy spoon cesspit while you go out to your favourite local seafood spots. I have three I rate highly…
A Cape Christmas menu
This year’s Christmas Eve dinner menu has a vaguely Cape touch: Amarula cream chicken liver pate, miniature roast turkey with a very Christmassy stuffing, and, instead of the obvious (and yummy) Christmas pudding, Cape brandy tart served with brandy butter and maraschino cherries to give it a festive touch.