For my birthday weekend, My fiancé took my family and I to the Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands. If you are not familiar with the midlands, I’ll fill you in. There are a couple of wine farms, a lot of dairy farms and a lot of cheese. Knowing me, you know why this was the perfect place…
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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…
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…
Slaying The Beast Challenge
After weeks of reading great reviews on this restaurant, I finally took my fiancé to Beast in Weltevreden Park. Not only am I a lover of meat, I am a lover of great service which is what I expected from this restaurant. Greeted by a team of smiling waiters, my smile was way bigger because…
Crowd Pleaser: Rustic Pizza
Sorry for the hiatus, but I figured if Hollywood can withhold my favourite series, I can withhold my food adventures. Okay, it’s not the same thing considering I am a rookie blogger. I wish that my full time job was going out into the big bad world and exploring what cuisines life has on offer…
Cheat Sheet: Hake and Bake
What do you do when you have frozen de-boned fish, and have no intention of breading it and frying it? You bake it! I love frying my fish, chicken and even ham. I am a huge fan of egging it, breading it and frying it. On a very odd occasion, I had left the fish…
A tuna Affair
While grocery shopping with my family over the weekend, I had a huge craving for Norwegian Salmon. I then saw the price which gave a mini heart attack. Right next to it was a giant tuna steak at half the price so I decided I was going to cook my first tuna steak. I…
Room service: Worth the wait?
Over the Easter weekend, my fiancé’s business partner invited us to Sun City to obviously soak in the last bit of Summer as we enter a chilly Autumn. Unfortunately, my child fell sick on day two and while my fiancé left for a game of golf, I had to stay within our 4 walls and…
The Lazy Supper
You can never go wrong with this. Sometimes when I get back from work, I am super tired. Then I think of my child, nanny and Fiancé and the first thing to pop into my head is “What are we eating for supper?”. My next immediate thought is if I do not make supper, I…
Its Lady Vera 