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La Boheme

In which the bubbly atmosphere is complemented by bubbly wine and bubbly waiting staff.

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Thai World Review

I was looking for a homely, family, Mom ‘n’ Pop sort of place, and Thai World did not disappoint. (There’s a whole thing about how my choosing was a trauma-laden-ridden-filled thingy, but that’s another story) The inside is quite charming. You quite clearly get the feeling of English husband and Thai wife: he runs the [...]

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Thai World

In which we are whirled around by waiters and have large quantities of Thai food in Harfield Village.

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Fork Review

I felt like tapas. The Salty Crackerites have a distressing tendency to swap forkfuls from each other’s plates at the slightest provocation (i.e. whenever something looks good, which it usually does), so the tapas experience of multiple tiny bites of any one dish shared between the table is kinda logical. Also, I’m very tired at [...]

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Fork

In which we go to Fork on Long Street, it being full of tapas-y goodness, and the sister restaurant of Knife. Note: there is no Spoon.

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Bistro 1682

Due to a scheduling car-wreck, I ended up with a lunch slot for the August Cracker (it was that or have August Cracker in mid September…). Bistro 1682, where I have only been for breakfast until then, is not open for dinner, so it was the perfect opportunity and there we went. Bistro 1682 is [...]

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Bistro 1682

In which we have Cracker at Lunchtime and eat more than we usually do for dinner!

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Knife

Eckhard picked a winner in his characteristic “steakhouse” choice category this month. Knife is a fascinating experiment in a not-quite-steakhouse vibe, managing to combine beyond excellent steakhouse fare with a somewhat upmarket and trendy décor, good service and thoughtful design under the slightly vague rubric of “New York loft meets Deep South smokehouse”. It’s one [...]

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Knife

In which Eckhard slings us out northwards in search of trendy steak.

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Xiang Yuan Review

Most of my ongoing missions in life involve food. This pleases me. One of them is to find good Dim Sum places in Cape Town. My current winner is U-Seng in Table View (which is another story in itself), but Xiang Yuan provides a good local alternative. The decor inside is that classic “basic but [...]

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