Michelin Stars in Africa
African food is frequently served with an unleavened bread that also serves as your plate, as well your napkin.
A red rooster, a hooker and a cigar
Breaking down in Africa is not for the faint hearted. Fortunately I had a cigar and a bottle of gin.
The Super Model and the Flying Coffin
She was a woman of a certain age. Attractive, but with history. I poured her another martini and lit her cigarette. Meet ...
Martini Mandate in Cape Town
Click on the map for a list of our favourite haunts in Cape Town ...
My Fok Maralize: cycling and tales from the Cape
If you are a keen cyclist then the Cape Town Cycle Tour (aka Cape Argus) is likely on your bucket list. Boldly conceived ...
The Cape Town Job – questi giorni quando vieni…
Some time last year I started hunting for a little run about to use in Cape Town (read the story here). The chaps at Cro ...
Panama Jacks – My Favourite Shit Hole Restaurant
Authentic unfussy food is trending right now. Food critics pan carefully prepared Michelin star garnering dishes in favo ...
Constantia Glen: enjoying someone else’s vineyard
Lunching in someone else's vineyard is a delightful experience. You get to admire the view, the rows of vines laid out w ...
Fresh Coffee and Vintage Cars
I have been a regular visitor to South Africa. Initially it was to spend time with my sister - a banker who spent a deca ...
The Wander Room – Changing the World One Martini at a Time
Martini Mandate started out as a lark - a way to keep in touch with friends, while letting me scratch a creative writing ...
Port, Gay Indians and a spa in Africa.
Calitzdorp is just over four hours drive from Cape Town and a typical little Karoo 'dorp'. A town of two streets, a chu ...
Atlas Traded
Houses in the Bo-Kaap Atlas Trading, a spice shop in the Bo-Kaap is a veritable Cape Town institution. Bo-Kaap (meanin ...