Warning: This blog post is rated PG-13. Children under 13 must be accompanied by a parent.
Last Saturday night I spent the evening at Beefcakes, a burger bar in Illovo. A burger bar with nightly drag shows and hot, minimally dressed waiters.
Cubata Portuguese Grill: It's Okay to Stuff Your Face Here
I’ve fallen behind on my Port Elizabeth posts – I have too much to blog about and not enough time. But this post can’t wait any longer.
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Bubble Tea Smack-down: Simplicity vs. Happy.me
If you are in Joburg and haven’t been living in a cave for the last month, then you’ve probably already heard about Happy.me – the new bubble tea joint in Greenside. Just about every lifestyle blog and online magazine in town has published something about it. Read some examples here, here, and here.
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Fun Food in Yeoville
Today I went to Yeoville and spent the afternoon at a place called Food.
Food (28 Rockey Street) is more than a stall but not quite a restaurant. Food is a kitchen with a glass counter and two benches, presided over by a man named Sanza.
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High Tea in Jozi
October 2016 update: The old Westcliff Hotel, now the Four Seasons, reopened and briefly resumed its high tea offering, before stopping it again. What a bummer.
A few of you expressed surprise at my last post about the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Apparently y’all didn’t realize that I am a cultured young lady. (That’s right, I’m cultured. And young.)
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Taiwanese Mexican Food, Made in South Africa
Mexican/Latin-American food is one of the things I’ve missed most in South Africa. There are a couple of Mexican restaurants in Joburg, including one in Melville called Café Mexicho. (Read my reviews of that establishment – which I now think were overly generous – here and here.) But Mexican food in this town tends to be mediocre.