With my daughter away at my mom’s house, the fiancé and I were keen n a great night out. Now, we’re not that old but we’re over our clubbing days so the next best thing is finding an amazing pub to go to that’s close to the house so Uber costs are not too high….
Month: May 2016
5 basic wine mistakes
Over the last few years, my fiancé and I have been learning a lot about wine, going through to wine estates and learning the art of wine-making. This has only enticed my need to one day buy shares in a wine farm and spend my days walking up and down the vineyards, sipping wine and…
Wine Pairing Basics
I recently attended a Food and Wine pairing which happened to be one of the most educational experiences of my life. It was hosted in Zio G Craft in Sunninghill by chef Philippe Frydman who I reflected on in my first meetup. Everything was so well paired that I completely lost the fact that I…
Lesson Learned: The Art of Baking Fish
A while ago I published a piece on baking a piece of hake and making it taste amazing. Last night, my parents came over and I wanted to WOW them with that meal so I headed off to the grocery store to get the ingredients. The fish was frozen so I left it out for…
A Little bit of Germany never hurt
In case you don’t know, I am a mother. And as a mother, I celebrated my second mother’s day yesterday. My mother’s day started off with smoked salmon eggs benedict but that wasn’t what I wanted to talk about. We had long planned that this mother’s day would be spent with my mother-in-law because…
My first Meetup: Wine Connect
A friend of mine, suggested I download an app called ‘Meetup’. He only suggested this after I told him that I was interested in going to events, meeting new people, doing wine pairings and just socialising as a whole. So after I downloaded it, registered a profile and put in my interests, I found myself…
Autumn Restaurant Week 2016 Part 2
After my experience at A la Bouffé, I had completely lowered my expectations for this meal. To corroborate our experience this time, we invited my brother who could judge our experience and tell us if we were exaggerating or not. This time it was a 2 course meal at Prime Grill in Fourways. Like I…
A little squeezing goes a long way.
This morning, I was excited to join an old colleague at the restaurant: FOOOD. I pass this place all the time and never go in so this was the perfect time to check out the restaurant. This was a quick meeting where we only has time for one drink. I chose freshly squeezed orange juice…
Autumn Restaurant Week 2016 Part 1
The first of May was the end of Restaurant Week which I had the greatest pleasure of being a part of. By being a part of, I mean that I logged onto the site, made the reservations and eagerly waited for the dates to come. In the most relaxed moods ever, my first booking was…
Its Lady Vera 