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food shops & markets

wild peackock food emporium: a lovely new deli & restaurant in Stellies

September 8, 2010

There is a lovely new deli come restaurant in Stellenbosch called the Wild Peacock Food Emporium, conveniently located in Piet Retief Street, which is just off Dorp Street.
You can sit outside on the veranda under the oaks, or inside in the bustling little shop.
Its owned by the Baker family who are well known for their wholesale food distribution company [...]

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constantia fine food and wine market

August 3, 2010

There’s a new food market in the burbs and I popped past there last Saturday to check it out.
Its the Constantia fine food and wine market at the Constantia sports centre.
It happens every second Saturday, and whilst quite small and intimate now, there are plans to expand it further during the summer months.
Conveniently located with ample [...]

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moemas’s in parktown north: another foodie favourite

July 19, 2010

I think Moema’s is the best patisserie in Gauteng. Its also a rather nice little restaurant with daily special dishes to choose from.
The window display can only be described as food shop porn. I challenge any foodie to cruise past without walking in and buying a little treat or two.
The pork and sage pies are deletable, and [...]

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some of my favourite foodie spots in jozi

July 19, 2010

I was in Joburg last week to celebrate my brothers 30th birthday and popped past a few of my favourite foodie spots to see what they were getting up to and take a trip down memory lane.
There are more, but these are a few of my all time best.
TORTELLINO D’ORO
It’s an Italian deli and [...]

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paris patisserie: i love bakeries

June 20, 2010

I took these pictures when I was in Paris in 2007.  I am completely obsessed with bakeries.  Any kind of bakery. Bakeries are my all time favourite type of food shop. Whenever I travel I seek out bakeries and can spend hours, or days looking at them (do I need help?).
When I was a child [...]

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komati foods: fab for fruit and nuts in obs

June 15, 2010

Komati Foods on Lower Main Road in Observatory have been around for a while and seriously have the best nuts in town.  All the nuts are sourced from top suppliers and roasted on the premises.  You can choose to buy them raw or roasted and in different pack sizes, sugar, yoghurt or wasabi coated. We are talking [...]

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the riebeek west funky fresh market

May 8, 2010

It takes place on the first Saturday of every month and has been around for 11 years. 
Its a lovley little market with food and craft stalls.
We loved the olives, the tsatsiki feta, the homemade rusks and rosenkuchen.

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giovanni's: possibly the best deli and food shop in south africa

April 22, 2010

There are times when dedication and passion to food is so apparant it’s almost tangible. This is what you pick up every time you walk into Giovannis in Green Point.
This amazing food shop and deli is always bustling and you never have to wait long for a friendly staff member to help you.  The owners are always around, with more smiles, [...]

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the neighbourgoods market at the biscuit mill

April 5, 2010

It really is one of the best markets in the country.  Not that I have been to that one in Pretoria or Sedgefield, but it resembles something you get in first world countries. 
I love everything about food markets and wish there were more, and wish I could shop in them everyday. 
I hadn’t been to the neighbourgoods [...]

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olympia bakery kalk bay

February 22, 2010

Just to complete the rambles on my recent trips to Kalk Bay, Olympia bakery is the other favourite place and local institution.
Its situated in the same building as Olympia Cafe that  in a previous life was part of a hotel, a cinema, squash courts, a theatre and now the space is used to bake wonderful bread, pastries and cakes.
In winter [...]

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