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La Mouette: Restaurant Review

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:58:06 +0000

La Mouette is based in an old house (which once belonged to Cape Town’s mayor), oddly placed in a shopping strip at the south end of Sea Point.

A fairly recent arrival, this restaurant has been making foodie waves in the local gourmet population, and has soured to number 2 on the Tripadvisor list, after La Colombe. Unlike that fine icon, you won’t be required to hock your mortgage to eat here. Chef Henry Vigar is building a reputation.

The menu is constantly changed to match seasonal ingredients, presentation is superb, and is accompanied by an excellent wine list.

Watch for the tasting menu special run from time to time.

78 Regent Road, Sea Point
021 4330856
lamouette.co.za

Restaurant Review: The Brass Bell

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:05:13 +0000

OK, OK, this one has been there forever, and there may not be one citizen of nor visitor to the Fair Cape who doesn’t know it well. Nonetheless, after lunch yesterday at this fine establishment I realised that it is always worthy of more coverage.

The Brass Bell has been in place for 42 years. You can read up on its history here.. For Abbey Manor guests they are most likely to get there during the mandatory round-the-peninsular drive. If going clockwise it’s a great stop for breakfast or tea, anticlockwise good for evening drinks of supper. Personally I go for a weekend lunch.

The Brass Bell is never going to win any culinary awards, going in more for standard seaside fare, calamari and chips, pizza, fresh fish. When you are there, particularly with a glass of good cheer at hand, you will not care. The food is fresh and delicious.

But the main reason to visit is the view. You sit almost on top of thee aves of False Bay, and the smell of sea and kelp is intoxicating.

Kalk Bay Station,
Main Road
Kalk Bay, Fish Hoek
Western Cape

021 788 5455
Email: info@brassbell.co.za

The Parlotones @ Kirstenbosch

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:51:13 +0000

This Sunday 11th December brings Jo’burg indie rock band The Parlotones to the Kistenbosch arena for a summer concert.

If you want to go get there early, the young and the restless will be there in droves.

From next week it will be Christmas carols all the way to the 18th, every night from Thursday to Sunday, but more on that next week.

Table Mountain Cablecar Winter Special

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 06:50:48 +0000

The special is valid on weekends and public holidays, as well as on every day of the June/July and September/October school holidays. As a paying adult passenger (R160 return on the Cableway), you can take two kids under 18 years up the mountain for free!

SA Cheese festival

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:02:38 +0000

Date: 24 April – 27 April 2010
Time: Saturday to Monday 10:00 to 18:00, Tuesday 10:00 to 17:00
Venue: Bien Donné, Simondium
Cost: R110 pp for Saturday and Sunday and R90 pp for Monday and Tuesday. This entitles you to a shopping bag, festival programme, tastings and inspirational demonstrations by some of South Africa’s top food icons.
Ticket sales: Computicket – Please ask Judi to help

Website

Note: No tickets will be sold at the gates.

Exhibitors are cheese and wine makers from the region. Lots of free tastes, but expect crowds. Use your elbows to get ahead, and you will see the best of the Cape.

Wildlife Photographer of The Year Exhibition Extended

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:35:37 +0000

Until 25 July

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is an international showcase for the very best photography featuring natural subjects. The competition is owned by two UK institutions that pride themselves on revealing and championing the diversity of life on Earth – the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine – and is brought to South Africa by NHU AFRICA.

Being placed in this competition is something that wildlife photographers, worldwide, aspire to. Professionals win many of the prizes, but amateurs succeed too. And that’s because achieving the perfect picture combines skill, vision, originality, knowledge of nature, and luck.

Each year thousands of entries are received and judged by a specially selected expert panel. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition offers an extraordinary insight into the beauty, drama and diversity of the natural world.

Link

Cape Town Philharmonic Autumn Season

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:51:07 +0000

Date: Thursdays from 1 April – 13 May 2010
Time: 8 pm
Venue: City Hall, Cape Town
Cost: R60 – R165

Booking – Please ask Abbey Manor to help.

Website

The Cape Town Philharmonic will be playing 7 concerts

Thursday 15 April
City Hall, 20:00
Conductor: Martin Panteleev
Soloist: Simone Lamsma (violin)

Mozart: Idomeneo Overture K 366
Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Berlioz: “Symphonie Fantastique”

Thursday 22 April
City Hall, 20:00
Conductor: Martin Panteleev
Soloist: Heleen du Plessis (cello)

Rimsky Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Mussorgsky: “Pictures at an Exhibition”

Thursday 29 April
City Hall, 20:00
Conductor: Joolz Gale
Soloist: Katja Apekisheva (piano)

Cherubini: “Les Abencérages” Overture
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish” )

Thursday 06 May

City Hall, 20:00
Conductor: Joolz Gale
Soloists: Farida Bacharova (violin)
François du Toit (piano)

Kodaly: “Dances of Galanta”
Mendelssohn: Double Concerto for Violin & Piano
Mahler: Symphony No. 4

Thursday 13 May
City Hall, 20:00
Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing
Soloist: Grigory Alumyan (cello)

Weber: Overture to Der Freischütz
R. Strauss: Romanze for cello
Bruch: Kol Nidrei
Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso
Schumann: Symphony No.2