Florida Fields: for art, fun and food in Durban
Durban has a sunny new food-all place to hang out: it’s arty, upscale, has loads of attitude, and it’s creating a buzz.
Sandile Ngcobo: Going to BAT for Durban
It feels auspicious, for Durban, to know that Chef Sandile Ngcobo has opened Café Chidos, his African-themed, Mexican-inspired (chido translates as awesome), Durban-focused (yes, there are bunnies) eatery in the familiar BAT Centre restaurant space that flanks the bar.
Nose to tail, beak to claw: all about offal
If you don’t like a particular item of food – for argument’s sake brains or liver, tripe or tongue, cow cheeks or bull testicles – it’s most likely because you haven’t been served them prepared the right way. Offal delicacies are being served at upscale dining establishments far and wide. We speak to a Polish and a South African chef and talk about world trends.
Chef John Moatshe puts Africa on a plate
Polokwane-born John Moatshe is likely the only chef in South Africa who has cooked for both President Nelson Mandela at his inauguration (the main table and the VIPs) and for the Queen of England (when she visited Durban in 1999). Executive chef at Durban’s Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, he is the leader of a team of 30 full-time chefs plus around 15 trainee chefs and interns
The art of bread: Glenwood Bakery Durban
Adam and Carin Robinson opened The Glenwood Bakery six years ago. It is a neighborhood gem and one of a handful of places in Durban […]
Culinary Poland in the time of Chopin
Chopin a chocoholic? Yes, so long as it was hot. This is just one of the many food-related snippets revealed in a delightful book on […]
Assignation with An Assassination
Read Assignation with An Assassination on Perceptive Travel: Given the excesses of our foray into Jan Baran’s fresh, local, creative, contemporary take on the culinary […]
The Perfectionist: Kayla-Ann Osborn
Kayla-Ann Osborn—the hottest young chef in Durban right now—inherited her meticulous approach to cooking from her gran, a legacy brought to life on the ever-changing […]
Discovering Polish Culinary Paths
Among other things you discover when you chat with her, Warsaw culinary luminary Magdalena Tomaszewska-Bolałek is a Japanologist, a journalist, a food anthropologist and author of four books including the award-winning Polish Culinary Paths. ‘My main goal is introducing foreign cuisine to Poles and Polish cuisine to the rest of the world,’ she says. ‘It’s very important to me to promote Polish cuisine and to build bridges between the cultures.’ Seems like she’s doing this very well…
Relishing Polish heritage cuisine at Opasły Tom
‘We forgot, for a while in Poland, how to grow things,’ says Warsaw restaurateur, author and Opasły Tom co-owner, Agnieszka Kręglicka. ‘But this is turning around now. We’re starting to see a return to traditions and a focus on real food. Gastronomy is now growing really quickly. In Warsaw we’re seeing about 100 restaurants a year opening.’