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Mushroom stew

April 28, 2013 in Food events, Food shows, Meatless Mondays, Supper, Vegetarian

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I plan my dinners mostly around the seasons so I have made a lot of stews and curries lately. Unfortunately after a couple of very cold days the Cape Town weather turned to summer again, so I did not feel comfortable posting recipes that is supposed to be eaten in colder weather. I can however no longer wait to share this mushroom stew recipe with you.

This is a great vegetarian dish that can be served with any type of starch you like!

For the recipe, please go to PinkPolkaDotFood!

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Pick n Pay Taste of Cape Town 2013

April 12, 2013 in Food events, Food shows

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If you do not have a visit to the Pick n Pay Taste of Cape Town on your agenda for this weekend, you must immediately change your plans, since this is one event that cannot be missed.

We went last night and enjoyed it so much that we decided to go for a second time this weekend!

We had so much fun making canapés in the Pick n Pay workshop area!

We also attended some cooking demonstrations in the Chef’s theatre.

But the best of all was the food and we tried quite a number of restaurants fare and were very happy with all of them.

I am sharing a couple of photos and must apologize for the bad photography!

Philippe Frydman gave a demonstration on cooking fresh mussels:

Canapés making workshop:

Braised lamb breast, parmesan polenta and smoked tomato jus from Dash:

Tiger prawn and calamari breyani with citrus buchu flavours from Fyndraai:

Linguine with prawns, rocket and roasted pine nuts from II Leone Mastrntonio:

Crispy pork belly with homemade tomato chutney from 96 Winery Road

Parmesan and chorizo risotto from 96 Winery road:

This mushroom risotto was simply the best:

…and we bought loads of Lindt Chocolates!

For more pics visit http://www.food24.com/Multimedia/Chefs/Taste-of-Cape-Town-2013-20130412

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The Cape Town Good Food and Wine Show

May 27, 2012 in Cape town Good Food and Wine show, Food events, Food shows

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We went to the Good Food and Wine show on Friday, 25 May. As always it was wonderful. This is one event on the Cape Town Calendar that I don’t want to ever miss! Just think about it: Wonderful wine, delicious food, food demonstrations from the best local and international chefs and all the latest food gadgets, under one roof! 

Walking into the show, we could hardly get in… and why? Pete Goffe-Wood, was (as always) doing a demonstration at the Sea Harvest stand. He has been doing this for at least the past three years, but I could hear everybody saying either: “That is Pete Goffe-Wood from Master Chef or “That is the Master chef Guy!!!!” I have known Pete for years, since he cooked in the Bayside Mall (with Jenny Morris) about ten years ago, and I always thought that he is THE MASTER CHEF and THE Master entertainer!!

Masterchef Pete Goffe-Wood

Jenny Morris was also in her element at the Spekko Rice stall! The giggling gourmet

The star of this year’s show was The cake Boss aka Buddy Valastro and therefore one of the highlights of the show was four of Cape Town’s best patisseries specializing in making cakes, that were having a competition in making  and decorating a cake best illustrating what Channel 186 (TLC channel) means to women. The cakes were amazing!! I could not keep myself from going back and back to this part of the show!

The cake boss anounce the TLC cake winner at the Good Food and Wine show In Cape Town

 For more about my wonderful day at the Cape Town Good Food and Wine Show, please go to PinkPolkaDotfood.

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Long weekend, Cheese Festival, Simonstown

April 29, 2009 in Bacon, Breakfast, Food events, Food shows, Tables

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 I had a wonderful weekend again!! 

We were fortunate enough to go to the Cheese Festival at Bien Donne on Saturday, the 25th. Although the weather was not very nice (it rained almost the whole day) we have enjoyed the day tremendously. We all wore our rain boots and with the help of umbrellas we survived the rain and cold. We looked at a cooking demonstration of the delightful Nataniël, which, as always, was highly entertaining. He made the most beautiful tartlets, which seemed very easy to make and I am definitely going to make his Leek and Cheddar Tortilla for breakfast this coming weekend. After this session we all were very hungry, and unfortunately, since we were a large group, and the festival was packed and very crowded, it took forever to get something to eat (that suited everyone), so we missed Jenny Morris’s cooking demo. We sampled lots of cheese, wines and other delicacies and it was a most enjoyable outing!! 

I cooked a nice stew for lunch on Sunday. My Sister-in-law and her family that live inDelftinHollandarrived on Sunday night and we welcomed them with cinnamon sugar pancakes. 

On Monday, after breakfast, that consisted of Bacon, eggs, fried tomato and toast, we drove via Seapoint, Clifton, etc to Houtbay and from there via Constantia to Simonstown. We had lunch at Bertha’s in Simonstown. After lunch we went to Boulders Beach and their children was thrilled to see so many penguins. It was a wonderful drive. 

This whole week will be spending showing them all the nice places inCape Townand surrounds. It is very nice to do the tourist-thing again and I feel very, very blessed and fortunate to be able to do so many wonderful things!!

Breakfast on Monday:

Boulders Beach:

 

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