Despite traveling to many countries and enjoying different cuisines, especially adoring Mediterranean food, my last meal on earth would preferably be something like the following dish – extreme comfort food. During our visit to the West Coast in July, we had lunch at Beulah’s Deli, close to Yzerfontein. Deon’s choice for lunch was a Ploughman’s Platter, but I chose the West Coast Smoor, which was actually on their breakfast menu, … Continue reading →
For Christmas Day 2014 we had meze and everybody had to help to prepare the different dishes. I asked my brother Johan and sister-in-law Paula to prepare the mussels and chorizo in spicy tomato sauce. It was served with crusty bread and it was a very popular dish with the guests. Ingredients (serves 2) 600 g cleaned mussels in the shell (or without the shell if it is your choice) … Continue reading →
Yesterday we visited the Western Cape’s world-class Estate, Vergelegen, in Somerset-West. Vergelegen was granted to the new governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel, successor of Simon van der Stel, in 1700. Willem Adriaan transformed this outpost into a magnificent Estate. Unfortunately he was called back to the Netherlands in 1706. Vergelegen then had several owners, until 1917, when it became the possession of Sir Lionel Phillips, who bought it for … Continue reading →
We read about Perfect Paella, owned by José and Lisa Gómez, in Cape Town. It seemed like a good idea to attend and to learn more about Spanish cooking and paella in particular. When we mentioned it to Deborah, she was enthusiastic as well. She and her son, Krige, have just completed a Spanish language course and she thought this could be a good thing for her and Krige to … Continue reading →
