• Bakery + Cafe Review: Vovo Telo, Cape Town

    15 February 2016 - By 

    I’m blessed with some fairly extraordinary people in my life and I’m never more of aware of this fact than when my birthday rolls around each February. This year was no different and for my entire, so-called ‘birthday week’, friends and family made sure I was blessed with: love, good company and, not least of all, amazing food – and some top quality ‘caffeine fixes’ too! As a very special birthday treat, one of my close friends said weeks in advance that she wanted to take me out for a light meal and coffee at a place of my choosing.…

  • Restaurant Review: Old Cape Cafe, Gordon’s Bay

    22 June 2015 - By 

    A recent trip to Gordon’s Bay with my parents (and a wonderfully scenic mountain drive afterwards along the R44 between GB and Rooiels… To see my travel review on this, please visit my main site’s homepage: http://tamlynamberwanderlust.com) on a reasonably warm winter’s afternoon helped to unearth the quaint and undoubtedly charming treasure trove that is the Old Cape Cafe. Beach Road, which runs adjacent to the lovely, clean Main Beach, is reminiscent of Sea Point Promenade with its cluster of sea-facing restaurants and cafes that catch one’s eye and tempt the appetite. Although there were quite a few options for…

  • Food and Drink Review: Charly’s Bakery

    28 November 2014 - By 

    Charly’s Bakery, located at 38 Canterbury Street, Zonnebloem in the famous District Six area of Cape Town, is a popular destination for locals and tourists alike that possess a sweet tooth. Charly’s has become one of my familiar haunts in the past year and although my first ever visit to Charly’s was in January of this year, I have since been back many times throughout February to October with friends and loved ones and have celebrated some small but special occasions there. Aside from my sit-and-eat visits, I have probably passed it well over fifty times on my way to…