The Spaza Gallery, Troyeville
Sunday, May 16, 2004 Service: * * * * Food: * * * 1/2 Ambience: * * Babe Count: * * * Phone: +27 11 614 9354 Web: http://www.spazaart.co.za I’m at the opening of my first art exhibition. I am …
Hendrik & Neeltjie’s Place, Parkhurst
Saturday, May 15, 2004 Service: N/A Food: N/A Ambience: * Babe Count: * * * * * Okay, so I’m exaggerating the babe count. Dramatically. This is because I’m at a friend’s baby shower. Sheesh. I thought baby showers were …
My Flat, Cresta
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 Service: N/A Food: N/A Ambience: * * * * Babe Count: N/A Forgot to mention what I paid last night at Baglio’s, and thought you might just like to know. The beetroot-nosed manager voided the food …
Baglio’s, Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Service: * Food: * Ambience: * * Babe Count: * * *1/2 Burp. B-b-b-burppp! Yulp. Uhmp. This is so uncouth. This smaller-than-life-size, yet extremely huge statue of Nelson Mandela is watching me attempt not to retch. …
Wiesenhof, Killarney
Monday, May 10, 2004 Service: * * * 1/2 Food: * * * Ambience: * * * Babe Count: * * * *1/2 It’s unlikely that Majid is going to beat me tonight, even though he’s just taken four points …
The Ocean Basket, Rosebank Zone
Sunday, May 09, 2004 Service: * * * 1/2 Food: * 1/2 Ambience: * * Babe Count: * * * 1/2 The babe count is almost acceptable, cos I’m sitting facing the Rosebank Zone escalator, and there are enough teenage …
Spiro’s, Melville
Saturday, May 08, 2004 Service: * * 1/2 Food: * * 1/2 Ambience: * * * Babe Count: * * 1/2 Spiro’s can be a really glum place. At times, the service sucks stale croissants. This afternoon is one of …
The Ant, Melville
Thursday, May 06, 2004 Service: * * * 1/2 Food: N/A Ambience: * * * * Babe Count: * * * * I finished work at around eight o’clock tonight, and headed off to Hyde Park for a delicious omelette …
The Spur, Balfour Park
Thursday, May 06, 2004 Service: * * * 1/2 Food: * * * Ambience: * * Babe Count: * * After my Spur debacle on 27 April, I did some phoning. I called the Cape Town head office. I called …
Fournos Bakery, Rosebank
Wednesday, May 05, 2004 Service: * * Food: * * * * Ambience: * * * Babe Count: * * * * Yay! Just skived off work for a coupla hours to see Anthony Minghella talk about filmmaking at Cinema …