by Chez Shamwari | Jan 2, 2012 | Blog
A very happy new year to you all! I am playing catch up with my blog postings as the past six months have been extremely busy. On my Eating Out page I’ve posted some retrospective reviews of some eateries I frequented in 2011. These are: Krumbs Cafe in York,...
by Chez Shamwari | Sep 21, 2011 | Blog
I’ve was fortunate enough to recently pay my dear parents a visit in sunny South Africa and we had a lovely meal at Avontuur Wine Estate. I’ve posted a review of our experience under ‘Eating Out’. A direct link to my musings is here.
by Chez Shamwari | Sep 14, 2011 | Blog
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!...
by Chez Shamwari | Aug 8, 2011 | Blog
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...
by admin | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog
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...
by admin | Jul 12, 2011 | Blog
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...