#This Is the East - 18 posts

Chips are an integral part of South African food culture. TJIPS, which plays on the local pronunciation of "chips", takes chip culture to a whole new level.

On Van Riebeek Ave., amist the hair-braiding salons and car stereo shops, is a Dutch wooden windmill, home to De Backery and De Molen Pancake House.

My review of O' Peri Peri, a family-owned Portuguese restaurant in Edenvale on Joburg's East Rand. Don't go there unless you're starving.

Cremalat is an Italian deli and cheese shop inside an indistrial estate in Germiston. Cremalat's restaurant, La Cucina, is the East Rand's best kept secret.

In the second installment of "This is the East" I feature the Rock Raceway in Brakpan. I went to the raceway to watch the SA National Hot Rod Championships.

My new series, This Is the East, covers hidden spots on Johannesburg's East Rand. First up is the Croydon Bakery, which opened in 1980.