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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 [...]

Hussar Grill – brief review

There’s a reason that they sometimes come back again last summer – it’s for the Hussar’s meat. (!) And for the cosy setting, foot-tappy if slightly cheesy music, and the exceptionally pleasant waiting staff. Also, (and I’m looking at you here, Aubergine) they don’t charge corkage (not that I’m still bitter about the whole experience [...]

New Deal

Oops, been slackin’ a bit with the Crackin’. A few new bits: added whose Choice to each post so now you can see which ones were mine, Jo’s, Jess’s, or Eckie’s. Yay! Also, updated philosophy of venue choosification, brought on by Obz Fest. We were going to Wild Fig it for Jess’s choice, but given [...]

The way of the future

Right, so I’ve decided that there’ll be a tiny mini post at the time of the outing, categorised in Outings somewhere for easy reference and fiddling later. And reviews get their own category called, um, Reviews.