We had a girls' night out at Thai World - the most amazing Thai restaurant in Cape Town! Three of us ordered rice, so we got this enormous silver bowl filled with fluffy steamed rice, which we served with a beautifully ornate gold spoon. This is my Thai green curry. Like the teapot from Starlings, this dish has a special compartment for a tealight candle...
After taking my mother to work, we decided to stop off in Town for breakfast. We chose Caramello's by virtue of there being a parking space right outside the restaurant. The thing I like about this restaurant is that they have a coffee plunger option. This was really the best coffee that I've had in a long time - I had the Medium, it...
I miss tea with Operation Camomile terribly. It was our once-weekly opportunity to gather around savoury muffins and treats with coffee or tea and gossip about the past week. And so, at my first available day, we gathered around the greatness of Starlings tea tables in Claremont. The decor is still the same (very eclectic and pretty) and the tables are still inviting with...
I decided I had to have a new giant rock-bead so I could make a new necklace to take back to London, so I picked up Lauriane and we headed V&A-wards. It was a spectacular day. We happened upon this happy lego-like man, made entirely out of Coca-Cola Crates. Apparently his name is Elliot and he's not a Coca-Cola Crate Man, but rather a...
We've been planning on starting a book club when we get back to the UK (this Saturday!) and, after much deliberation and umming and uhhing, I think I've finally found our first book: Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale. It has a beautiful cover, and it seems to meet all of our criteria: - easy to read - contemporary - not overly complicated or steeped...
On Sunday, we baked. Some oats, some flour... Some butter ... some syrup... Some icing sugar... some cocoa... Add a bit of fun, and some messiness... ... and voila! Chocolate covered crunchies! No baking magic is complete without a few stars. ... mm, delicious. See how tired I am? That's because this all took place waaaaay before I am usually awake! We were...
