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Why are there so few neighbourhood restaurants in SA?

By JPR | Published: June 24, 2010
The basic definition of a restaurant is a place to eat, outside of the home. From this departure point, countless variations have evolved. Keeping quality aside (for you can often eat worse in restaurants than at home), you get restaurants that serve street food, “home-style” food, food from various nationalities, as well as the fancy [...]
Posted in Food talk | Also tagged restaurant, Rossouw, South Africa | 19 Comments

Independent restaurant reviews

By JPR | Published: April 9, 2008
Rossouw’s Restaurants is a website that complements the printed Rossouw’s guide, now in its seventh year. For both the printed guide and all reviews here, the principle is: reviews are conducted anonymously; and all meals are paid for. For this site, the blog, all reviews are written by the editor, JPR, unless noted. Naturally, you [...]
Posted in Posts | Also tagged Add new tag, Cape, Gauteng, South Africa | Comments closed

Winelists

By H2Mouth | Published: March 16, 2008
What makes a good restaurant wine list? Do I hear you say “when it’s cheap?”. I am sorry to say that I think the practise of subsidising the menu through the wine list is here to stay. With very few exceptions, restaurants mark wines up 300% or more and offer comparatively little in exchange – [...]
Posted in Wine columns | Also tagged wine lists | 2 Comments

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