A couple of months ago, I read an article/blog about all the uses of coke. They ranged from quenching you thirst, obviously, to crazy ones like removing grease from your engine- freaky, I know. We all want the recipe to coke, because there is just something about that drink that drives people nuts over it….
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SUD Restaurant Vilakazi Street is here!
There’s a new restaurant in town. It’s sophisticated, stylish and in the heart of the most iconic street in the world: Vilakazi Street, Soweto. SUD restaurant will host it’s grand launch on 1 September 2019 at the location on 6778 Vilakazi Street Soweto. The restaurant manager, Tsholo Malema says that the concept of the restaurant…
KCC- La vie en rose
For the last 5 years or so, I have been coming to this establishment. From baby showers, bridals showers to girls’ brunch, KCC-LA Vie en rose has become the go-to venue for hosting the perfect occasion. I saw this as an opportunity to give you my 5cents about this establishment. My most recent visit was…
[REVIEW] The Boss on 14th
The restaurant has changed names a lot. The last name I remember was Bife. It wasn’t there for a long time so when Boss on 14th popped up, I always said that I wanted to visit it. Well The Boss on 14th has been here for a while so that was a sign that something…
Making food for the needy
Without even sounding pretentious, I just wanted to let people know that it really takes about 3 hours of your time and you can feed a lot of people. For the meat the porridge and gravy. One meal was all it took make me cry. Last year I took 2 days off to get blankets…
A night with Hawksmoor wines
Set on one of the busiest roads in Johannesburg, witkoppen, is a quaint beach bar with personality galore! The greenhouse was the home for this wine tasting with Hawksmoor wines. Earlier that day, I met up with a friend that I hadn’t seen in 2 years. Our brunch turned into an afternoon break and wine…
Pizza Perfection
Sometimes it takes a little splurge on blue cheese to inspire you to create pizza perfection. I call it a splurge because coupled with parmesean, blue cheese costs quite the penny and it has quite the prominent taste that needs two other great ingredients that perfect complement it. The key is to make a chilli…
Secrets to a great Curry
Making a curry has always scared me. I’ve been to a million places that have made the best and worst curry. Since the beginning of my cooking days, I deliberately stayed away from making it even though a lot of people demanded. After my first 3 attempts fell flat, I decided to take note of…
Hash out: The perfect start to the day
Sometimes all you need is 20 minutes a day to make a breakfast that good, you tell the world about it. The base of this meal and what makes it delicious is the simplified hash brown. No egg, or onion, you need to highlight, what I call, the best veggie ever, the potato. Just grate,…
Can you drink wine in a can?
A fellow, wine enthusiast (twitter: @throughthewine) tagged me in a photo on twitter which sparked a good debate that I have since decided to research . She introduced us to “Canned wine” which was a first for me. While I consider myself to be an early adopter, I stated I was open to trying it…
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