Category: Food

Why to visit Totties Farm Kitchen near Knysna

22/3/2017

Totties Farm Kitchen, Knysna, Garden Route

By Roxanne Reid
If ever you get a chance to explore the Rheenendal Ramble – an informal lucky packet of stops along the Rheenendal Road 15km west of Knysna on South Africa’s Garden Route – make sure you visit Totties Farm Kitchen for lunch or tea. You’ll get good food in charmingly old-fashioned surroundings.

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Voices of Botswana: the masterful chef

18/8/2016

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Duba Expedition Camp, Okavango, Botswana

By Roxanne Reid
Okavango Delta, Botswana. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a mass of water channels, floodplains and islands teeming with wildlife. It’s also a wilderness far from civilisation, so everything you need to run a camp there – from soap to fresh food ingredients – has to be flown in on a small plane.

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Wildlife, food and luxury in the Okavango, Botswana

2/8/2016

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By Roxanne Reid
Show-stopping wildlife sightings, exciting drives, great food, a commitment to conservation and community, and a low-impact camp that doesn’t compromise on luxury – these were some of the good things we enjoyed at Duba Expedition Camp in the Okavango, Botswana.

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Voices of Botswana: Xigera’s smiling chef

23/6/2016

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By Roxanne Reid
During our five-week adventure in Botswana we met many interesting people, from knowledgeable guides to chefs, barmen, camp managers and others working in tourism, as well as photographers and independent businessmen with a story. I’m going to share some of these as part of a short series called Voices of Botswana. Here’s the first, about Xigera’s smiling chef.

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Mogg’s Country Cookhouse, Hermanus: a winning recipe

3/2/2016

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By Roxanne Reid
How often do you have a three-course menu at a restaurant and find that just one of them was worth getting excited about? Visit Mogg’s Country Cookhouse, Hermanus, and you won’t have that problem; they have a winning recipe and you’ll get three five-star courses exploding with flavour.

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Nostalgie restaurant in Oudtshoorn, Klein Karoo

19/11/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
Completely bald and dressed in bright purple, she’s standing at the garden gate waiting to welcome us. We’ve come to Nostalgie restaurant in Oudtshoorn, Klein Karoo, to see why Tripadvisor lists it as number one of nearly 30 in the town.

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Diesel & Crème vintage diner on Route 62, Barrydale

29/10/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
We’ve stumbled on the set of a mid-20th century movie. You can almost see the tumbleweed drift across the road and hear the rattle of a coiled snake. There’s a sepia undertone to the brick-and-rust vintage diner. The red, green and yellow of the fuel pumps in front stand out in sharp relief. We’re at the Diesel & Crème vintage diner on Route 62, Barrydale, in South Africa’s Karoo heartland, but we might as well be anywhere in Jack Kerouac’s America.

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4 farmstalls worth stopping at in the Overberg

12/3/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
Travelling from Cape Town towards Swellendam along the N2 is often something people do when they’re on their way to the Garden Route further east. But if you plan your stops right, it can be a destination in its own right. Here are 4 farmstalls worth stopping at in the Overberg.

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Wine and food pairing at Creation: a romantic match

24/2/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
February is the month of love. And to my mind there’s nothing more romantic than chocolate, wine or food. Except perhaps chocolate, wine and food.

That’s why the wine and food pairing at Creation Wines in the Hemel-en-Aarde Valley above Hermanus in the Overberg is such a romantic match. The intriguing wine and chocolate pairing is the cherry on top.

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Tredici in Swellendam: a taste of Europe

6/2/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
The N2 between Cape Town and the Garden Route is the unlikely venue for a great new place to stop for breakfast, lunch, or treats to take away as padkos. Even the architecture of Tredici in Swellendam give you a taste of Europe.

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