While winter in Europe is in full swing, the days being short and dark, everyone prepares for Christmas and I work a lot in the restaurant (December is busy. Lots of functions, end-of-the-year dinners and a huge wedding) we…
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Sauerkraut is a typical Dutch-German dish. Bockwurst as well. And mustard and bacon/speck is something we Northern Europeans are also not fussy about. From all the mash and ‘stumps’ (a mixture between potatoes and often vegetables) we make in…
What happens if you let a French three Michelin star and a Dutch two Michelin star restaurant cook a 10 course dinner together? Flavour town! Fireworks in your mouth. That is what happens. I was the lucky one to…
Where to eat when in Paternoster, South Africa’s West Coast paradise? I love Paternoster and come there already since 2011, a few times a year! It is thé beach place for me, together with Plettenberg Bay (Garden Route), to…
Give me cheese and I’ll be happy and quiet. I love cheese. All sorts. Soft, hard, cow, goat or sheep, old, young, smelly French or delicate and light. I can eat cheese all day every day. Maybe it’s because…
Recently I have been back in my beloved country, in her best part: the Cape Winelands of South Africa. On a glorious Sunday afternoon we went for a drive around without plan and ended up for a simple burger lunch…
If you’d like to go for a light, quick lunch in the Cape Winelands, and you fancy curry? Then go to Rickety Bridge! This stunning wine estate in the middle of the Franschhoek wine valley offers delicious prawn curry on…
It’s Friday, it’s almost weekend! Are you ready for sundowners and snacks tonight? These cute rolls are easy to make, look great and most important: they are super tasty. Ingredients 1 sheet of puff pastry 3 table spoons of…
Young families, business men and women, housewives, first daters, married couples and everything in between. Mano’s restaurant in Green Point is for everyone! It’s fresh, hip and happening, although the place exists already for many years. The vibe is…
Besides restaurants and wineries Franschhoek has more to offer. Beautiful buildings and other places of interest alongside the main road and the streets around the block. No, they are not as old or historic as buildings in for example…