Category: Food

Voices of Botswana: Xigera’s smiling chef

23/6/2016

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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Damara Mopane Lodge's edible gardens, Namibia

29/9/2015

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By Roxanne Reid
Damaraland (now renamed Kunene) in northwest Namibia is a land of dry red stones and natural wonders. But the parched landscape can produce unexpected richness, as we discovered just east of Khorixas in when we visited Damara Mopane Lodge's edible gardens.

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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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Kruger’s new restaurants: a huge improvement

20/10/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
When the Kruger National Park announced that chains like Wimpy, Cattle Baron and Mugg & Bean would soon be running some of the park’s restaurants, faithful Krugerites were predictably miffed. All that city yuppieness had no place in Kruger, they argued. But on a recent trip to Kruger I discovered that the nay-sayers got it almost completely wrong. Kruger’s new restaurants are a huge improvement.

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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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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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East Head Café in Knysna and why you have to visit

29/1/2014

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By Roxanne Reid
Gorgeous views of The Knysna Heads – check.
Consistently good food – check.
Friendly, efficient service – check.
I’m talking about the East Head Café in Knysna and why you have to visit. And no, it's not just because TripAdvisor ranks it number 1 of 108 restaurants in Knysna.

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