Fournos, Dunkeld
Saturday, December 14, 2002 Service: * * * 1/2 Food: * * * * Ambience: * * * *1/2 Babe Count: * * * * “Excuse me!” I say to the waiter, as he disappears after giving me my bill. …
JB Rivers, Hyde Park
Wednesday, December 11, 2002 Service: * * * 1/2 Food: * * 1/2 Ambience: * * *1/2 Babe Count: * * * * “Have you guys employed another chef?” I ask the waiter. “No,” he says. “Same one.” “Hmmm,” I …
Koeksuster Stand, Gold Reef City
Tuesday, December 10, 2002 Service: * * * * Food: * * * * Ambience: * * * * * Babe Count: * * * * I haven’t been to the circus since I was nine or ten or eleven …
Grand Cafe, Rosebank
Sunday, December 01, 2002 Service: * * * 1/2 Food: N/A Ambience: * * 1/2 Babe Count: * I’m procrastinating my late afternoon away, having an unnecessary cup of tea, and a delicious oversized slice of chocolate mousse cake at …
Panarotti’s, Cresta
Wednesday, November 27, 2002 Service: * * 1/2 Food: * * 1/2 Ambience: * * Babe Count: * * * 1/2 I’ve got no food in my house, and I’m in dire need of nutrition. I’ve just been to gym, …
Cafe TriBeCa, Rosebank
Saturday, November 16, 2002 Service: * * * * Food: * Ambience: * * * * Babe Count: * * * * * There are some occupational hazards involved with driving a convertible. On my way to the Rosebank Mall …
Mezza Luna, Melville
Sunday, November 03, 2002 Service: * * * * Food: * * * Ambience: * * * Babe Count: * * * I’ve just arrived in Melville from Parkmore, where I’ve been eating Alfred and Gowrie’s chicken samoosas. In my …
Mugg & Bean, Sandton City
Wednesday, October 30, 2002 Service: * * Food: * Ambience: * * Babe Count: * * * * I’m with Carine. We met in an art supply shop a couple of months back during the annual sale, and flirted vaguely …
Espresso, Parkhurst
Saturday, October 26, 2002 Service: * * 1/2 Food: * Ambience: * * * Babe Count: * * * * * Alistair and I have just finished thrashing each other at backgammon. We ended up square — nil-nil. So while …
JB Rivers, Hyde Park
Thursday, October 24, 2002 Service: * * * 1/2 Food: * * * * Ambience: * * * * Babe Count: * * * * I take a short cut from Auckland Park to Hyde Park tonight. I drive up …