#Food - 308 posts

Most of you probably remember my recent post about the Random Hot Pot Place in Parkmore. That post taught me a lesson. I published it on a whim, without …

2016 Update: five hundred closed last year, when chef David Higgs moved on to another Jozi restaurant project. I have yet to eat at Higgs’ new restaurant …

I enjoy cooking and I used to cook regularly. But in recent years, for reasons I don’t completely understand, cooking vanished from my life. It happened …

For an update on the Random Hot Pot Place, also known as Shanghai Hinabe, click here. It’s 7:00 p.m. on Friday and we’re at the Sandton Convention …

UPDATE (October 2017): Eatery JHB has closed. Sad face. Announcement: The first public book launch for SandtonPlaces is this evening, 5:30 p.m., at Exclusive …

I didn’t expect the end to come so soon. And yet here it is: the final post of my #MeetSouthAfrica series. As I mentioned before, the #MeetSouthAfrica …

The bunny chow is a hollowed-out loaf of bread filled with curry. Invented by South Africa’s ethnic Indian community and traditionally eaten without a …

Several weeks ago, a guy named Paul contacted me and asked if I would like to review his homemade ice cream on my blog. He offered to deliver the ice cream to …

Sixth in my series of Sandton Snapshot posts, leading up to the publication of SandtonPlaces. Browse all of the Sandton Snapshot posts. South Africans like …

I took a walk through Yeoville with Dlala Nje, eating various delicious African foods as I went.

I’ve decided to intersperse my Sandton snapshots with Melville snapshots. I haven’t written about Melville – my home suburb – in a …

Three years ago, right after I moved to Joburg, I ate at a Mexican restaurant in Melville called Café Mexicho. I was very disappointed in the meal and wrote a …