Food and Drink (Category) - 308 posts

People all over Joburg are hustling during lockdown, doing whatever they can to make ends meet in the toughest economy this country has ever seen.

We're nearly 70 days into lockdown and my question is: What next? How do we keep on living in this weird state of limbo? I don't have the answer.

It's Day 45 of the South African lockdown. It's also Mother's Day, and for some reason the combination of these two things is making me sad.

I'm so confused about about covid-19, I'm no longer sure it's okay to go out to restaurants or encourage others to do so. Anyway, I like Bamboo Thai.

Sweet Tea and Chickadee, an Emmarentia café serving American southern cuisine, serves the best -- in fact the only -- American biscuits in Joburg.

I attended the one-day "Uncorked One" course at the Wine School in Houghton. I am now a Wine Guru and feel a lot less like an idiot when writing about wine.

Hallmark House, a hip hotel in downtown Joburg, has the city's hottest Sunday rooftop party and also the one of the city's best views.

Rialheim and Boho Café & Co in Rand Steam, is the most delightful ceramics/coffee shop I've ever experienced in a suburban shopping center.

Val, a tiny hamlet next to the railroad in South Africa's Mpumalanga province, was the first stop in my 2020 #10SouthAfricanTowns campagin.

The Global Cheese Company's Deliciously Greek Coffee Shop and Deli is hidden in an industrial complex near Edenvale. You won't find better haloumi anywhere.

When I visit an interesting new Jozi restaurant, I don't always get around to blogging about it. Here are several good ones I've eaten at in recent weeks.

Hodad's in Edenvale is the best kind of fast food restaurant: a locally owned one, serving fresh, affordable fare that's far superior to McDonald's or KFC.