When making a charcuterie /cheese board, you know you’re going to spend a pretty penny. You buy the cured meats and fancy cheese that you regularly don’t purchase and you make sure that each element is really well presented. I wanted to build a list of the essentials for a serving board. Let’s pretend we…
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5 times I tried fine dining and KILLED it
We’re all in this weird time. Wherever you are in the planet. Our lives were completely changed because of Covid-19. We were all in some weird lockdown situation forced to change our habits for the good of the planet. My life changed too. I became a homeschooling, cleaning, working, babysitting mom all in one and…
And that’s a wrap, everybody
By now you should know that I love remaking meals that wow my taste buds. This past Sunday, hubby and I took our first born to ijump for a birthday party. The food we were treated to was just so so good and the wrap peaked my attention the most. Off I went to Food…
SUD Restaurant Launch
On the 1st Of September I was lucky enough to be part of what I think will be something great. As humans, we love being boujee. We love opulence. We love class. We love feeling like every meal we eat has been specifically designed for your tastesbuds. We love finding the needle in the haystack…
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…
[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…
Something fishy: Fishermans Deli
Just before the Easter weekend, I spent the entire week in Cape Town working and attending a friend’s wedding. Every night we went out to eat and steak or lamb chops was my choice of protein. I got over the whole meat thing when I returned home and started planning how I was going to…
A Rose Among Thorns
You know that place you drive past once or twice a week and never pay attention. The one day that you do pay attention you think it’s a catering company. Then they paint it pink and you think; “What is this place?”. Last night I had the pleasure of dining at one of the most…
Bulls in the Bush: Retreat
So let me start off saying that this passed weekend was one for the record books. I thoroughly enjoyed the company, the activities and everything that went right and wrong this weekend. It was one of my best friend’s birthdays, Melissa and she invited us for a weekend away where we’d go to Sun City…
Your cutlery tells a story
I found myself in a heated debate with my fiancé on table etiquette but in particular, how to signal to the waiter that you are done with your meal without having to call him. We even enlisted the help of one of the waiters who could not confirm any of our rules. To let the…
Its Lady Vera 