Its Winter: have soup! July 1, 2010

It may be apparent that I have not posted anything for over a year. I may have been in prison or hiking in the Andes or tripping through Italy starved and broke only to be rescued by an Italian grandmother who took me under her wing(bosom) and shared with me the secret of Italian Food [...]

UMAMI…….thumbs up! December 18, 2008

Last week I had the wonderful pleasure of joining best mate Andrew Flavell and his parents along with Andrew’s girlfriend Carrie to the Umami restaurant, situated in the lovely Dunkirk Estate in Salt rock up the north coast of KZN. You could say I was the third wheel or in this case the fifth wheel. [...]

Fish in foil, with a butternut salsa vibe! September 23, 2008

Fish in Foil: spread a good sheet length of foil out on a flat surface, now place the portions of fish in the middle, I used frozen hake. Now add a cracked garlic clove, a whole chilli split down the middle and about two slithers of a lemon rind, salt papper and a knob of [...]

Lamb Chops with Mustard seed rub! September 11, 2008

Okay,  in a pestle and mortar crush and crack: some mustard seeds black peppercorns garlic and a little bit of ginger Paprika rosemary salt ands some olive oil now with this paste, or wet rub, smeer all over the chops spreading evenly. Smack them under a hot grill, making sure both sides get a good [...]

Beluga losing faithful? September 2, 2008

So my recent visit to Beluga had me thinking and pondering some what about whether Beluga has lost its edge. My first experience involved a warm beer but amazing sushi and an awesome ambiance. I have since been two or three times and my last visit had me disappointed. Myself and good mate Chris accompanied [...]

Mazavaroo! August 31, 2008

So if you like putting hot stuff on to just about anything you eat; make this, try this and you will be making more of this mkay! A lot of green chillies, about three good handfuls- and chop it up really well, seeds and all good chunks of chopped up garlic grate a small nugget [...]

Ultimate Survival in Namibia! August 14, 2008

After watching a recent episode of Ultimate Survival on Discovery – and seeing Bear Grylls suffer dehydration and hunger ( resorting to eating Puff Adders and the likes) it reminded me of my recent trip to the old South West German outpost. My experience was far off that of Bear’s- as my experience was fulled [...]

Hey man!…How bout a quarter loaf Bunny? August 6, 2008

Being a Natal boy, I grew up surrounded by a rich Indian culture ( Durban has the largest Indain population outside of Indai in the world). So Curries, samoosas and hot spicy food quickly became a favourite for my taste buds. I have awesome memories of going to the “Bombay Curry Den-‘you only know, til [...]

Chicken Liver Pate June 18, 2008

A few weeks back I tried my hand at making Chicken Liver Pate. Despite being really cheap and easy to make, it came out really well and was flattened instantly by digs mates. I have since made it again and urge anyone to have ago. PREP: Chicken Livers and some Bacon Chopped Onion, Carrots, Leeks, [...]

The Bar has been set- The Hussar Grill- Rondebosch May 4, 2008

So out of 10, I give it a perfect 10-maybe even 11. That is my rating of the wonderful experience I recently had at The Hussar Grill in Rondebosch. The Hussar Grill established way back when in 1964 has kept to its simple approach to excellence,and its staying power is evidence of this. So on [...]