Erics Restaurant Review
Apologies to my subscribers as you will have received two blog updates from me on this, one of which the link may not work as I’ve had to delete that posting .. I won’t bore you with the detail … I am still getting to grips with this technology! Anyway, in case…
This piggy went to market
I am very much into the idea of supporting local food and low food miles. Being able to identify where food has come from is important to me and the best way to ensure this is by visiting local farmer’s markets and farm shops in my area. There are three markets that…
The wonderful world of secrecy …
Saturday the 23 July was a big day in this household. Today was the inaugural secret lunch at Chez Shamwari; the full menu can be viewed here. I have been looking forward to this day ever since Chez Shamwari became a reality some six weeks or so ago. I wouldn’t be…
Who wants to be a millionaire …
Millionaire’s shortbread seems to be a very popular choice from the staff canteen amongst my colleagues at work. Not being a huge biscuit fan myself (it’s about cake for me!) it had never made it on to my list of ‘must do’ baking at home. However, with the launch of…
Chez Shamwari’s inaugural afternoon tea
Saturday 2 July was an exciting day for me as it saw the inaugural afternoon tea at Chez Shamwari. Attendance at this event was by private invitation only to friends of mine who didn’t mind being guinea pigs to my ‘full dress rehearsal’ of afternoon tea. I thought a…
Coffee and cake
Now to me a cup of coffee is a waste of time unless I’ve got something sweet to eat with it. That something sweet really needs to be a cake or pud of some sort. A biscuit, for example, wouldn’t really fit the bill. Saturdays and Sundays I really look forward to…
Nothing goes to waste in this house
I hate wasting any food so am always looking for ideas to use up those bits of leftovers and nothing more so than egg whites. I seem to always have a lot of egg whites as I make my own ice cream (my signature flavour being my own rendition of “Baileys”!) which leaves…
About perfecting recipes
My posting on perfecting my apple pie recipe reminded me of the fact that my brother (P) reckons he has his malva pudding (a South African delicacy) down to fine art. “Practice makes perfect” were his very words to me on providing me with the recipe. For those that…
Pefecting apple pie
Today has been all about perfecting that apple pie that I referred to on my first ever posting on this site on 2 June (Hello World!). I am pretty pleased with the result and almost replicated the original from my friend. I think I had chopped the apples a little bit…
First secret tea room experience
I went to my first secret tea room this afternoon at Cafe Nouveau (http://cafenouveau.wordpress.com/) which was a wonderful experience. As you may see from my ‘About’ page, I am wanting to launch my own secret tea room cum cafe and this was an opportunity to see…