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This week, one of my favourite greek restaurants Mytho's, opened their first family-eatery called Nostimo.  its brand new bespoke restaurant in Waterfall Estate, combining its popular contemporary Greek cuisine with a family-friendly focus, making it the ideal venue for a quick weekday bite or a leisurely Sunday lunch with the whole family. Nostimo, meaning “tasty” in Greek, has something for everyone - a strong family focus with features that include a pottery studio, nature-themed kids play area complete with an organic playground. In addition to its exclusive Mediterranean recipes, Nostimo will be serving freshly baked artisanal bread, piping hot pizza fresh from their new wood burning oven and a variety of luxury, homemade ice creams. The contemporary, barn-style structure overlooks the latest Keith Kirsten venture, the Waterfall Wilds Nursery. Quality is paramount, evidenced in the development of the children’s area. While visiting the restaurant, ...

Hennessy was founded in 1765 by Irish officer Richard Hennessy who was serving in the army of King Louis XV. Eight generations later, Maurice Richard Hennessy (great-great-great grandson of Richard Hennessy) is still actively involved with the brand. Every morning at 11am a group of seven or eight skilful blending experts, known as Hennessy Comité de Dégustation (Hennessy’s Tasting Committee) – led by Master Blender Yann Fillioux who is a seventh generation Master Blender at Hennessy – come together to taste, smell, discuss and decide which eaux-de-vie (spirit before it’s aged into cognac) will be used to create the next blend. To celebrate its 250 th birthday this year, Hennessy created a special H250 Collector Blend. There are only 250 barrels of the blend available worldwide, which makes it a once-in-a-lifetime collector’s item. Master Blender Yann Fillioux and the Comité de Dégustation have been working on th...

Domino’s Pizza recently celebrated the opening of its new store on the corner of Sefako Makgatho drive and Dr Swanepoel road in Montana, Pretoria. This is the 50th store to be opened in South Africa since the brand was licensed to Master Franchisor, Taste Holdings, in April last year. Domino’s Pizza is considered the world’s leading pizza delivery brand in both store numbers and unit sales, and has over 10,800 outlets in more than 70 countries. The Group delivers more than 1 million pizzas daily worldwide and is the market leader in 38 markets, including the U.K., India, Mexico, Australia, South Korea, Turkey and France. Last year, Taste Holdings announced that it had signed an exclusive 30 year master license agreement to develop the international Domino’s Pizza brand, initially in seven Southern African countries, including South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.   “We are excited to be opening this 50th store in the s...

Prepare to indulge your taste buds in sweet anticipation of the 2nd annual Fork & Cork Wellington Wine Festival as hosted by Mutual & Federal Agri Wellington Wine Route on 12 September 2015 at Kleinevalleij Estate.  The festival promises a prime exhibition of the valley’s best wines and t local cuisine, a fresh goods & lifestyle market and five inaugural themed wine theatres of which one will feature all the winners as were awarded during the  2015 Wellington Quest for the Best showcase. Come celebrate Wellington’s feat and experience why it was announced Western Cape Kwêla Dorp van die Jaar by sampling the best the Val du Charron has to offer. Kwêla Dorp van die Jaar insert: http://kyknet.dstv.com/2015/05/26/kwela-wellington-dorp-van-die-jaar-finalis/ Tickets are available at Computicket at R150 per person and include a glass, free tasting and entry to the wine theatres.  Children under the age of 17 enter for free. Festivities start at ...

The Three Ships 10 Year Old Single Malt has become the first South African whisky to be awarded the Worldwide Whisky Trophy and a gold outstanding distinction at the annual International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC) held in London.  In a second round of blind tastings, the gold winners from all the participating countries with the exception of Ireland and Scotland competed for the trophy and judges chose the South African whisky above those from the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK, France, Germany, Japan and Taiwan. A delighted Andy Watts, master distiller of the range, said in the 33 years he had been involved in making Three Ships, he had time and again been astounded by the international acclaim for these whiskies. “Who would have thought back then that we would be able to create such interest in South African whiskies? Traditionally, South Africa is known as a wine and brandy country, and many felt at the time we should rather leave whisky-making to tho...

Embark on a journey of discovery into rare, exceptionally crafted wines at the Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction Showcase to be held in Cape Town on Thursday, 13 August 2015 and Johannesburg on Wednesday, 26 August 2015. Crafted in small volumes exclusively for the annual Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction, these wines represent the pinnacle of wine mastery by the Guild’s 46 highly respected members. The Auction Showcases give wine enthusiasts the opportunity to engage with the winemakers and taste this year’s line-up of auction wines that will go under the hammer in Stellenbosch on Saturday, 3 October. Spanning over 30 years of winemaking prowess, these auction wines are sought after for their creative edge and enduring quality. The Showcases allow wine lovers to experience these greatly diverse wines as well as other acclaimed flagship offerings by Guild members in an interactive, walk-around tasting hosted by the winemakers themselves. Showcase-goers w...

Up  and coming DJ/producers have remixed  Sibot and Riky Rick’s  track Tick Tick Boom.   The 10 best remixes have been selected by Sibot and The Captain and are now live on the Captain Morgan Facebook page. Now, it’s up to the public to vote for the remix that they think takes Tick Tick Boom next level. The DJ/Producer with the most votes will win R10,000 and  get to drop their remix with Sibot when they kick-start Captain O’Clock at OppiKoppi 2015. Sibot, one of the country’s premier DJ and sound engineers, says that South Africa is rich with musical talent, and he’s excited to be giving an up-and-coming DJ/producer a platform to prove their abilities. Go to  https://www.facebook.com/CaptainSpicedSA  to listen to the 10 best remixes and vote for  the track that you think will take your Captain O’Clock next level, just by voting you could win R5000 daily! Voting closes 23 July.

Cape Town’s premier venue, Shimmy Beach Club, is set to host Secretaries Day, on 2 September 2015, in grand VIP style, with delectable food and entertainment. One lucky guest could again win a diamond worth R8,000 from Diamond Works. Celebrated globally, the day recognises hard working PA’s, Admin Assistants, or Receptionsits and the vital role they play behind the scenes in businesses. Shimmy will help bosses spoil their staff with a day of entertainment, prizes, mini-massages and a specially crafted menu at R385 per person. Sorrento Events will dress Shimmy’s elegant restaurant, and each guest will receive a complimentary mini-massage by Mangwanani Spa as well as entry into a prize draw for a diamond. The menu features a welcome drink, delicious canapés such as roast beef crostini, salmon sushi and mini quiches. Lunch includes lamb, fish or stuffed chicken options. Guests can finish the meal with a gorgeous dessert platter of fruit skewers, pretty macaroons or cheese...

Experience unsurpassed private dining and authentic Franschhoek wine heritage at the Grande Provence Winter Chef’s Table. Available until the end of September for lunch or dinner, the Winter Chef’s Table is hosted in the private dining room of the elegantly appointed Jonkershuis – a picture-perfect space for an intimate gathering of friends and family warmed by a crackling hearth. Executive Chef Darren Badenhorst’s 3-course Chef’s Table menu is a tempting snapshot of his current winter dishes, with starters and mains each paired flawlessly with a Grande Provence wine. Executive Chef Darren Badenhorst’s Guests can savour ocean risotto with a knock-out pairing of the Grande Provence Chardonnay as a starter, or choose Indonesian salt cured duck dim sum with pickled daikon, ginger umami broth, trumpet mushrooms, citrus caviar and vineyard sorrel served with Grande Provence Pinot Noir.   ocean risotto For mains,  enjoy saddle of lamb variations ...

Monday the most dreaded day of the week for obvious reasons, honest truth we all wish that there was just ONE day between Sunday and Monday just for us to slowly let go of the weekend and gear up for the week ahead; oh well let us not bore you with things we can’t change. Back to this week’s Bachelor Guide to a Monday night dinner; occasionally on a Monday we all just want to come back from work kick-off our shoes and just unwind with a glass of wine with cooking the last thing on our mind. Either way we have to cook it’s one thing we all have to go through unless you can afford to go out or order some takeaways. Either way you have to eat. So this week we decided to whip up a quick and simple prawn stir fry the bachelors way of course. We pride ourselves by making simple and fast recipes; as one of The Guide writers would say “ life is too short to spend so much time on the stove”, using basic ingredients. Ingredients Prawns ·       ...