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Stellenbosch boasts with its Fine Wine and Food Festival, on 3 August!
It was the title of an article, looking very much like a copy and paste media release, that caught my eye, announcing the Stellenbosch Fine Wine and Food Festival ón 3 August, to be held in the...
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Sweet Service Award goes to Uber in Lima; Sour Service Award goes to Taxi...
The Sweet Service Award goes to Uber in Lima, for its perfect service when I used it during my three days in the city. I did not have to wait for more than two minutes for the Uber to arrive, and Uber...
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Restaurant Review: Peruvian Ecosystem central to Central in Lima in Peru,...
When the idea came to me to make a three day stop in Lima, Peru, having to make a stop in the city anyway in flying from Havana to Buenos Aires, I could not have dreamt that I would be able to eat at...
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Ernest Hemingway: an earnest author as well as drinker, a man’s man, who has...
I have a fascination with the late author Ernest Hemingway, referred to as ‘Papa’ in Cuba, but I have yet to read one of his books. In Havana I followed in the author’s footsteps yet again, after...
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Restaurant Review: Kjolle puts Peruvian heritage fruit and vegetables on the...
While one might say that eating at Kjolle restaurant is second best to eating at its sister restaurant Central (Sixth Best on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List) in Lima in Peru, I am very...
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Chef Simon Rogan to open HenRock restaurant at Leeu Collection Linthwaite...
The latest news from Leeu Collection is the opening in October 2019 of its new Restaurant Henrock at its Lake District UK Boutique Hotel Linthwaite House, to be operated by acclaimed UK Chef Simon...
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Sweet Service Award goes to Central Restaurante in Lima; Sour Service Award...
The Sweet Service Award goes to Central Restaurante in Lima, Peru, and its hostess Chloe, for allocating a table to me for a lunch 24 hours later, when I arrived to eat at Central sister restaurant...
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Restaurant Review: LimaLove Tasting Menu Lunch at AstridyGastón an...
Lima is the world’s best Restaurant city, with two restaurants in the Top 10 of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants List. When I decided to make a three day stop in Lima, to experience what makes this...
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My Top 21 recommendations for what to see and do in Havana, Cuba!
I arrived in Havana on 3 July 2019, with no preparation of what I wanted to see or do. I was lucky that a slightly out of date ‘Cuba’ Guide by Lonely Planet was lying in the lounge of the San Lazaro...
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Restaurant Review: Tegui Restaurant in Buenos Aires (88th Best in World) food...
On Saturday evening I ate dinner at Tegui Restaurant in Palermo, Buenos Aires, getting a reservation easily at this the 88th Best Restaurant in the World. While it has an attractive interior design,...
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Manley Communications cannot distinguish between ‘copy and paste’ cribbing by...
It has been some years ago that I criticized lazy ‘copy and paster’ Michael Olivier for his lack of ethics in posting stories about wine estates and restaurants on his Blog. Earlier this week my eye...
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Sweet Service Award goes to the Alvear Palace Hotel; Sour Service Award goes...
The Sweet Service Award goes to the Alvear Palace Hotel, and its Food & Beverage Manager Alfredo Daniel Rodriguez, for its Service recovery. I shared an unsatisfactory experience in the Bar of...
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A first introduction to Argentinian wines!
Before arriving in Buenos Aires on this my second visit to the city, I had not prepared for my visit from a wine perspective, my main goal in spending a month in Argentina being to learn to dance the...
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Restaurant Review: Don Julio Parrilla in Buenos Aires earns its 34th World...
Whilst visiting Buenos Aires, I was very fortunate to be able to reserve a table each at Tegui (86th Best) and at Don Julio Parrilla (34th Best) on the World’s 50 Best Restaurant List. The two...
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Sweet Service Award goes to the Park Hyatt Mendoza; Sour Service Award goes...
The Sweet Service Award goes to the Park Hyatt Hotel Mendoza and its GM Miguel Ángel Bermejo, for his excellent service recovery after a shaky start when I checked in at the hotel a week ago. He had...
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Zuccardi Piedra Infinita in Mendoza Uco Valley Best restaurant in Argentina!
On my third winetasting day in Mendoza in Argentina, I was lucky that my Park Hyatt hotel concierge Charlie had managed to book a visit for me at Zuccardi Winery Piedra Infinita in the Uco Valley, the...
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South African wineries rub shoulders with other international wine estates,...
It was a Google search on Mendoza Winery Zuccardi through which I discovered a brand new Winery Award, the World’s Best Vineyards 2019, presented by the same publisher William Reed Business Media as...
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Sweet Service Award goes to Blaque handbag shop; Sour Service Award goes to...
The Sweet Service Award goes to Blaque handbag shop in Alto Palermo in Buenos Aires, and the staff member who spoke good English when I shopped for handbags there, as well as another staff member who...
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Returning home to Cape Town after three months on the (European and South...
My post below comes from Facebook, a post I wrote in the last few days of my journey through eight countries, walking and dancing 1,2 million steps and just under 1000 km in three months. It was a...
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Restaurant Review: Oteque (100th Best, one Michelin Star) Restaurant in Rio...
On my recent trip through a number of South American countries, I booked to eat at each of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants operating in the cities I visited, and at which I was able to make a booking....
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