tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89014790883292632532024-03-05T18:44:51.197-08:00Sleep Out - Eat Out - Around and AboutInteresting, Exciting, Delighting or Enticing - thats what good food is all about !!Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-63482746273899505912015-09-26T13:43:00.001-07:002015-09-26T13:43:09.371-07:00Back in the groove ...I am gobsmacked... Three years ago I lost the password for my google account (as one does) and although I did try to sort it out, honestly I did, time went by and life changed. I got a new computer, two new iPads, was mugged so lost my phone, lost the next one after that, upgrsaded twice, opened a new office and generally changed my IT profile until it was unrecognisable.
Tonight for some reasonTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-21167991631993886092012-06-26T14:16:00.000-07:002012-06-26T14:16:01.607-07:00DONT TRY THIS UNLESS AN ADULT IS PRESENT ...
I’m going on a Food Safari !
Not a real one with BBC Foods or anything fancy like that but one I have
decided to undertake for myself. My
husband finally has some “semi-family” visiting from Germany and he wants to
take them around the country. With a
sort of ho-hum, done that a few times attitude I thought I might give it an
angle and came up a Food Safari – I mean how hard Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-37845730347101923642012-05-31T12:12:00.000-07:002012-05-31T12:12:11.810-07:00VALUE vs NAMEOk - so this is a tough one! Is it fair to say that say that exotic sounding menus attract a higher price than something with traditional wording like good old bangers and mash - even if they cost out at the same price?
Chilled Moroccan Carrot salad, fresh garlic and cilantro flavoured with traditional Moroccan spices
Delicate Lamb Kebabs infused with gingerTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-49220559427784125752012-05-27T05:04:00.003-07:002012-05-27T05:04:57.496-07:00What time does Breakfast become Lunch ?
True to form, I was out
and about this morning, restaurant hopping ... Not a hard thing to do in
Bulawayo as there are only 3 restaurants that actually open on Sunday. First
off was a farewell Champagne Breakfast for Paula who has succumbed to the lure
of London rather than our little office at 26 on Park, I mean, what is she
thinking !!!
Apart from our group,
there were pockets of people Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-29652034739200287672012-05-26T15:45:00.000-07:002012-05-26T15:45:16.003-07:00Its 2012 - already !Its a fact of life and the internet that the more you sign up for to be "in the know" the less likely you are to remember the passwords you have used ... hence the reason it is now halfway through 2012, well after midnight with the cartoon Rio playing on the telly. Yes - I have finally managed to get onto my Blog after trying password no 73 ! I know, I know, smart people use the Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-29866432817349115302011-08-17T11:24:00.000-07:002011-08-17T11:24:26.954-07:00YOU EITHER LIKE IT OR YOU DONT !!I have to admit that I was not a fan of Masterchef Australia in the early stages, but somewhere along the line it has grown on me. In fact if I am honest, its more like a full blown forrest with saplings, moss and the odd bird tweeting in the background. I know all their names, what their strengths and weaknesses are. I can predict accurately where they will fall down in on a Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-64198111007025975232011-08-17T11:04:00.000-07:002011-08-17T11:04:27.668-07:00Master Chef - Clare Winton Burn has a few words to say !! After being voted out of Master Chef Australia, Season Claire Winton Burn went on to write a food blog before returning back to work as a lawyer - here is one of her blogs on Whats all the Fuss about ..September 3, 2010 Opinion Are you a fussy eater? Grudgingly, I must confess that I am. This isn't a result of allergies or Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-6090229025151224362011-06-25T10:25:00.000-07:002011-06-25T10:25:37.624-07:00A Delightful Surprise !!You know when someone bangs on about something being really bad and in the end you just believe it, simply because you have heard it so many times! I have to admit that from time to time I am one of those coat-tailers of the moment.
I also have the good grace to admit when I am wrong and in this case I feel the need to put it out there! I have recently been over to England for a Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-39053437921743086742011-04-11T13:56:00.000-07:002011-04-11T13:56:56.799-07:00SO MUCH TO DO - SO LITTLE TIME I can't believe it is almost April and apart from racing around the world on various trips that seem to have blurred into one - I appear to have forgotten all about my Blog which is pretty sad as I really enjoy writing here - total sense of freedom - even if I appear to write to myself !! So I have decided to throw in the odd recipe of some of my favourite dishes in the hope that thisTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-42058317581464678702010-11-14T06:12:00.000-08:002010-11-14T06:12:51.288-08:00AND SO ON ....You know when it’s just not your day !!
After skulking off to our room at the Hotel Safari (or rather sulking off to our room) after our Namibian plans got stalwarted .. We decided to relax and give it another go later in the afternoon. I started working on my blog and my husband watched the rugby. The first indication that something was wrong was when he got up to get dressed and skied acrossTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-5565276125423044342010-11-14T06:00:00.000-08:002011-04-11T14:20:51.096-07:00EXASPERATED EXPLORING
Always on the lookout for a good adventure (well, I am anyway), my husband and I decided to make a weekend out of a business trip I had to make to Windhoek. Armed with nothing more than a general idea that we could have some lovely German Food and perhaps see a little more of another country we set out on Friday evening and landed in Windhoek. Let me stop anyone thinking of engaging in Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-51647686545381808232010-11-14T05:55:00.000-08:002010-11-14T05:55:17.215-08:00WE ARE SAILING ....
Sometimes my job has some great perks (the emphasis here is on “sometimes”) and this past week has been one of them. Dear friends of ours have just refurbished their houseboat and we were invited on The Phillipa’s maiden voyage (sans refurb) to check out all the facilities and see what still needed to be tweaked. Now, I sell houseboats all the time, big, small, expensive, and not so expensive Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-91567925592137614122010-11-14T05:30:00.000-08:002010-11-14T05:30:52.993-08:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFF
Tiffany, Dayne’s gorgeous girlfriend has finally turned 21 and
they came down from Victoria Falls to celebrate the occassion with family and friends. Dayne wanted to surprise her with a lovely special evening and tasked me with the job of finding the right venue for classy drinks and snacks. Now for a town with a restaurant, coffee shop or cafe on every corner (I am not exaggerating here) thisTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-14648168862838339792010-10-05T09:47:00.000-07:002010-10-05T09:47:09.044-07:00Where Did All That Salt Come From?
My latest policy has been that it doesn’t matter what or where the Conference Hotel is located, I will book in there whenever I go away on business. This is a result of many hours of frustration trying to find my way to various locations.
Take this morning for instance – armed with a map, excellent directions and a “Garmin” I still managed to get lost for over an hour in a 1km radius from theTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-29294293258944098002010-10-04T14:40:00.000-07:002010-10-04T14:40:00.723-07:00When Luxury is a Luxury
I can’t help getting a little irritated these days by all the endless claims that everyone seems to make to be the “Most Luxurious” of everything and anything. What pity that this wonderfully expressive word has been bandied about with such carelessness that it now simply means something that is better than “nice, lovely or amazing”. What happened to the thrill of walking in somewhere and just Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-10061848318126418942010-09-08T20:19:00.000-07:002010-09-08T20:19:21.099-07:00ITS ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATIONSitting here at 4 in the morning - (grumpy as the dogs woke me up at 1.00am and I havent been able to get back to sleep) is probably not the best time to update my blog, but what the hell I am awake anyway..
Its not often I have a real beef about Restaurants - I prefer subtle hints on what I personally think they could "tweek" but this week I had a bad run and have decided to be a little more Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-74588922802228291712010-08-15T11:38:00.000-07:002010-08-15T11:38:49.846-07:00PRICE VS PORTION Well this is an age old problem and one that is better simplified as “ you can’t please everyone all the time, so you might as well please yourself”. Take Middy’s Spot for instance. The whole emphasis on their lovely cafe is to be more affordable than anyone else and therefore in charging really low prices, they will eventually force their competition toTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-77697523863737200952010-07-27T14:12:00.000-07:002010-07-27T14:12:18.708-07:00EXTREME, BIZZARE AND RATHER HORRIBLEMy cousin Michele sent this to me - I am worried she is becoming a webtechnoholic - someone who is constantly scouring the internet, but its more likely to be her forwarding stuff someone else sent to her - either way I am delighted to be on the receiving end as otherwise how else would I get to see a TOILET RESTAURANT !! &Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-34542547886340800172010-07-27T13:34:00.000-07:002010-07-27T13:34:43.375-07:00ONE ON EVERY CORNER..By now you are all probably sick of reading about me warbling on about how fabulous Vic Falls was, great food and amazing Chefs and I think in an effort to shut me up, I was invited (and went uninvited to others) to some of the new restaurants and Cafes that have opened up in Bulawayo over the past few week - Yes - Weeks!
Sam and David Jacobs, dear friends that they are, have opened theTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-31388983597685000372010-06-21T15:20:00.000-07:002010-06-21T15:20:02.704-07:00NEWS FROM THE EDGEWe decided to head off to Victoria Falls for the weekend to see our son Dayne (the Chef) which I am delighted to say, ended up being a "gastronomic" food fest and one I just have to write about ... endlessly ... good and bad !!
Our first night was out at Gorges Lodge. If you haven't been there, its set on the very edge of the Zambezi Gorge, balancing 250m in the air. Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-47269994594323888862010-06-11T11:53:00.000-07:002010-06-11T11:56:12.802-07:00OUTTER LIMITSEvery now and then something completely random comes along that absolutely catches your imagination and for me this has to be "the one". I had the pleasure of arranging a transfer for the Zimbabwe Music Academy staff on a recent Jolly up to Hwange and Vic Falls after the Music Festival - which went spectacularly "wrong" !!
I had to leopard crawl into Michael Bullivants office this Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-41564447326028290382010-03-20T14:00:00.000-07:002010-03-20T14:00:04.942-07:00WHAT A LUNCH !!I am never quite sure how I manage to get involved in so many of the things I end up doing, but my darling friend Karen once bought me a book entitled "For People Who Don’t Know How To Say No" so the answer is probably there somewhere. Anyway on this occassion, I am glad I got involved as it resulted in a sumptuous lunch at Wes and Jane - with the American Ambassador, Charles A Ray.
Now as Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-46062403089950677972010-02-03T12:14:00.000-08:002010-02-03T12:16:15.286-08:00TO EAT - OR NOT TO EAT - THAT IS THE QUESTION?This is my first blog of 2010 and its not that I have been suffering from writers block and cant write, its just that I have been on a diet. Has it worked - definately not! After a miserable, anti-social month and 1gram off, I have decided that I would rather enjoy the moment and carry on breakfasting, lunching and dining. Have I given up - definately not but this year I am goingTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-22209668262179295672009-11-29T12:12:00.000-08:002009-11-29T12:34:47.752-08:00Cannelloni (Italian: large reeds) are rectangular pasta sheets that are rolled into a cylindrical shape encompassing a filling. After a pasta sheet has been boiled, it is typically filled with a savoury stuffing which may include ricotta cheese, spinach, and various meats. It is then covered with a sauce, typically a classic tomato or béchamel sauce. Cannelloni is often erroneously referred to asTinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8901479088329263253.post-8402505715374988772009-11-01T23:38:00.000-08:002009-11-01T23:38:31.487-08:00Location Location Location !This is the swan-song that real-estate people yell from the rafters for potential buyers and sellers, when it comes to making a good decision regarding property - but how on earth can it appy to the interior of a restaurant!
I got a last minute phone call on Friday from some friends to say meet us at the Bulawayo Club for lunch. I havent actually eaten there since an ill fated travel Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105214859421688906noreply@blogger.com0