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A few thoughts on Cargills

Okay, so it wasn’t shortly, and this isn’t really a review, but it needs to be said that Cargills (at dining-out.co.za, at eatout.co.za) was fantastic. It’s in the distant past now, so I unfortunately can’t remember much detail (that’s my advanced age for you), but the general standard of food was excellent. The waiter was [...]

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Cargills

Review to follow shortly. Possibly a collaborative one by Jess, Jo and Steve.

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Fujiyama review

Or, A Tale Of Two Restaurants It was the best of Crack, it was the worst of Crack. No, wait. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a Salty Cracker. Uh… no. This is not a review of Kubo’s Little Japan [...]

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Fujiyama

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Buzbey Grill

It seem highly unlikely the Eckhard will write his own review, so the other Crackers will do mini review jobbies of our own, sort of on his behalf. It has been suggested that we write a review where he can fill in the blanks. We shall see. Starters: Crumbed Mushrooms (Jess) Angels on Horseback (Jo) [...]

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Benkei Review

Review in brief: food generally good, generous portions, reasonable prices, service a bit lacking. So, after dipping out off a wine farm lunch on Friday due to time and heat constraints, we decided to Crack our Salty selves on Saturday instead. I was in the mood for some Japanese food, but specifically not sushi. So, [...]

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Benkei

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Wild Fig

Review from Jessica to follow shortly. Summary: good! :-D

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Eating in the New Year: pictures

Food! Pictures! All this and more can be yours, after the jump.

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Eating in the New Year

Like all right-thinking Capetonians, we S-chewed (oh ho) malls and restaurants as much as we could during the festive season (tourist cooties are the hardest to wash off), which meant we had a gaping void where our December Salty Cracking should be. So, we, along with Jess’s mum, decided to make ourselves a posh, proper [...]

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