Advertising: Teazers, House of Rasputin and Mavericks

Posters on the side of the road as unsolicited advertising for strip clubs should not be allowed.

This advert is disgusting:

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?newslett=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20090929040946811C205271&set_id=1

Not only does it totally mock Caster Semenye, but it mocks every man and woman in South Africa as well as the poor children who should have the right not to be exposed to these lewd images! Men should have the right not to be seen as having to like these sorts of things, women should not be disrespected by being compared to strippers and children should never be exposed to images like this, when they are still forming their self identity. Girls will grow up to think of themselves as mere sex objects and boys will be encouraged to disrespect women.

Even when the adverts are not overtly lewd, such as the Teazers advert, there is a Mavericks advert on bus shelters that children use (main road Rondebosch) and a House of Rasputin ad on a signboard (corner of Buitengracht and Strand) that openly advertizes these strip clubs. This should not be allowed! Advertising sexual gratification is wrong! It tells people that it is ok to disrespect the rights of others. It tells people that it is ok to go to these places and this is surely wrong. A gentleman would never be seen dead in a place like that because a gentleman would not spend money to have someone else's privates thrust in their faces. This is a disgrace to Cape Town and South Africa! It is unsolicited and should not be allowed! Why should it be ok to pay someone else to take their clothes off? Paying for sex or sexual gratification from someone else is wrong! Let them advertise in pornographic magazines where they are unlikely to offend.

Come on South Africa! Stand up for your right to dignity and respect. If you are a wanker/loser and do not respect yourself, at least respect the rights of others. Ladies, do not tolerate your partners going to places like this. Rather date a true gentleman and leave the wankers to do just that... Men, please respect women. If you are single and do not respect yourself or others, then so be it. Go and pay a fortune on getting sexual thrills from someone who is shallow and fake because you are a loser. But if you are in a relationship, you should not be disrespecting your partner by getting sexual gratification from somewhere else. If you are not sexually gratified by your partner, then work on bettering this part of your relationship instead of going elsewhere. Be a role model for your children and other men. Choose not to go to strip clubs! Choose to love yourself - not necessarily literally :-) - and your partner. Respect others and, most importantly, respect yourself.

Rating 0/10 - get a life!

Surely if Sexpo adverts are banned (thank goodness - literally), these should be too! Write to the mayor and get them removed! E-mail Dan Plato on mayor.mayor@capetown.gov.za

Nightclub: Oblivion

I was most unfortunate to be invited to Oblivion in Kenilworth. Apparently, many people in my extended circle of friends are regulars. Well, I was less than impressed. Having gone there a few months before with the same people (can they not find somewhere else to go?), I was even more disheartened. Their decor borders on pornographic with nude drink adverts, wet t-shirt inspired photos in the bathrooms and torso's as light shades. Amazingly they combine a pole for pole-dancing (tacky) and a miniature 70's disco floor. The hight of class :-/ All this with a handsome bar and fireplace in a 'wine-bar' theme. Huh?

I am very sorry, but I am not going to fling myself around a pole in stripper-wannabe fashion. And the disturbing thing is that there are plenty of brain-dead guys and girls doing just this. What aspiration in life! I am all for having fun, in fact danced like a maniac as far away from the stripper pole as possible, but come-on! What kind of message does this send out to a potential partner? Er, "I am a really great guy who will respect you and I guess that this will all be shown in the way that I twirl around a pole like a tart"?

All in all, Oblivion is the bachelor/bachelorette party hangout of choice for all middle-class bores. In fact, this is the only thing that I think that the place could be good for (unless you go there to eat as it is apparently a decent restaurant - might force myself to rate them on this... or not). Yeah, let the poor, drunk guy or girl dance around the pole one night in their lives before they tie the knot and let people put cash in their clothes but try never to go there again unless you are exceedingly drunk already!

Rating: 3/10 (1 for emergency tampons, 1 for good wine and 1 for being in the Southern Suburbs so that the brain-dead drunkards don't have to drive too far).

BTW: Their website is extremely outdated - advertising events in May (aint this September?) with old photos on the front page about events that happened last year.

Restaurant: Chef Pon's Asian Kitchen

Chef Pons is one of my favourite restaurants in Cape Town. It has a great relaxed atmosphere and the food is excellent. The prices are extremely reasonable for what you get. They are not stingy on their prawns!

Recommendations:

• Asian Mixed Starter - is to die for
• Tom Yum Kung is the best I have ever had!
• Duck (the one with the pancake is not the best though)
• Prawns/calamari with chilli and basil
• Prawns with coconut sauce
• Red Curry

The bathrooms are adequate. The service is fast, knowledgeable and friendly.

Rating: 9/10 (would get a 10 if they did not sell Kingklip which is on the orange list with SASSI)

Article: You ruined my night, SABC!

Zane Hits the Spot About SABC 3's Epic Fail:

http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5151551

I am not a big Survivor fan, but every now and then I would catch an episode of Survivor China and got to know the participants. I just happened to be watching TV when the finale was aired and was really getting into it. My partner and I were glued to the screen, hoping that Todd was not going to win. After an ad break, and a desperate rush to the loo in between as not to miss a second, a plumper Todd is gleaming at the screen as he is 'prematurely' aired as being the winner. What? Could SABC 3 been that stupid as to air the segments in the wrong order? Absolutely. We refused to watch the rest and drowned our sorrows with the Nintendo Wii. Really SABC 3, everyone knows that we could have Googled who won Survivor China if we wanted to know who won before we got to see the last vote!

Zane Henry so eloquently explains his own personal experience in the article. I applaud you Zane, for speaking out. Let the damn incompetent losers know that they really pissed their viewers off! The epitome of an epic fail!

Zane Article Rating: 10/10 - Spot On Bro

SABC 3 Rating: 0/10 for Zero Brains, Zero Apology on the Night and Zero Competency!

Article: Director Makes Noise about 'Lewd' Poster Ban by Billy Suter

Comment on the article by Billy Suter called Director Makes Noise about 'Lewd' Poster Ban:

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?newslett=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20090817040839432C736602&set_id=1

Maybe the director has one point. The posters for strip clubs are all over the city and nothing has been done about them. But two wrongs do not make a right! And this is not a personal attack on theatre - what a far-fetched conspiracy theory... and with what evidence and motive?

Besides that, the poster is in dire need of redesign. It is absolutely terrible. How could artistic theatre-makers sign something that abysmal off in the first place? If the poster has anything to do with it, the show must be awful! Give it a miss. They are just trying to make an outcry as a cheap marketing tactic to get publicity!

Come on South Africa - say no to unsolicited advertising that is derogatory to women... or anyone other group for that matter. Can you imagine the outcry if there were racist posters allowed on the side of the road, in bus shelters, near schools, on the highway? This is not freedom of speech, this is misogyny that will be imprinted into the brains of men, children and women themselves. Where is our right to dignity and respect? Having a symbolic Women's Day is not going to help on its own. There is too much violence against women (and children) because or porn (free on E-TV, note that Deborah Patta is silent on that issue) and the way that women are depicted in the media. Think about it. Axe adverts filming women bulging out of bikinis with their buttocks and cleavage being filmed instead of their faces (and aired between the kiddie shows on a Saturday morning)? Mavericks adverts on bus shelters? FHM cover girls wearing next to nothing in the supermarket queue next to the sweets? When will enough be enough? This is just the tip of the iceberg. Something needs to be done! Women are not there as sexual toys to be played with whenever a man feels like it!

The bottom line is that sex sells and unless something is done about it, advertisers will do anything for money! Stand up for your rights and don't buy their products. Firstly, make it hurt them where you can - not their morals (they do not have any of those) - but by their profits. Secondly, get government to ban this unsolicited advertising because there will always be enough of the sexually deviant and addicted as 'loyal' customers. Thirdly, get a backbone. Men, don't entertain your guy friends when they talk about women in a derogatory fashion. Leave peer pressure in high school please! Women, do not tolerate this with your choice of partner. It is better to be alone than with a man who gets his sexual thrills from someone else.

Article Rating: 8/10

Unbiased, straight reporting that leaves the readers to think for themselves.

Advertising: The Axe Effect or What Wankers Smell Like

I have no doubt that you have seen the latest Axe advert where a perverted man video's the breasts and backsides of beautiful South African girls. I had the pleasure of viewing this ad... during an ad break... between the kiddie's shows on a Saturday morning! Thank goodness I do not have any children or else I would have cringed with shame that adults would let this sort of ad be put on between children's shows, or allowed to be aired at all!

Why would any self-respecting man buy a product where an ugly/loser/nerdy/boring guy puts on a deodorant and then attracts the attention of beautiful woman's sexually appealing bits? This ad campaign is obviously directed at wankers who sit alone and stare at porn on their computers because they will never get a real girlfriend or, if by a miracle they actually do have a girlfriend or wife, they have no capacity to please their partners in any way, emotionally or physically. Shame. So, to answer my own question, no self-respecting man in his right mind would choose to be associated with this brand.

Single ladies, a tip for you. When assessing a potential partner, make sure that you don't end up with a loser by making sure that the guy does not wear Axe.

A tip for the Axe advertising team: Why not advertise at Teazers and Mavericks? That way you can target all the wankers at once!

Just remember that Unilever owns this product!

Their other brands include:

Lipton tea, Omo, Skip, Ponds, Sunlight etc...

For more information on what brands not to buy:

http://www.unilever.co.za/ourbrands/

Rating 1/10 - the one is for informing us what wankers smell like

Cellphone Operator: Cell C

Cell C: AKA The Wost Cellphone Operator in South Africa

I am not a Cell C customer. I do not want to be a Cell C customer. This will not change if your sales team constantly harasses me more than once a day with specials. This will not change if, when I ask to be removed from your contact list, you still call me more than once a day. This will not change when you put me on hold on your "Customer Care" line and never get back to me.

Cell C: For Themselves! SA's top hellphone manipulator.

Rating 0/10 - pure excrement!

Can only black guys be brothers?

Comments on Zane Henry's article entitled: Can only black guys be brothers? published on July 24 2009.

Sure, I get your brown guy dilemma - jislaaikit, you must be at the shallow end of the gene pool to be a bushie and dancing like a white guy ;-) Only jokes bro (white term for brother). I totally agree with what you said about it being ok to rip off the white guy, but if the tables were reversed, we would be mutilated! Even the old Vodacom ads with the windmill guy being the smartie and the poor white oke in leopard-prints always getting the short end of the stick. But what about his dumb blond girlfriend? What what about being a sister? The Castle ad includes men (albeit of all races) drinking and watching sport together even at the one man's wedding... with the father-in-law joining in!?! PC? I think not. Yeah. Let the tears well up in your eyes Zane, damn sissy. Big girls don't cry :-P So, while the race divide is blurred, the gender line is cemented in our South African brains! We are all equal, as a human right in our constitution, so lets keep it that way! Black, brown, white, male, female, gay, straight and every combo in between.

Then again, what should I know? I am only a cat!

Rating on the article 7.5/10 (would have been a 9 if there were no chauvinistic tears).

Restaurant: Cafe Sophia

I went to Cafe Sophia in Green Point on a Tuesday evening in June. It was pretty empty and the atmosphere was dead. There food and drinks are very expensive. The samples are extremely small!

These are the ones that I tried:

• Calamares: served on the tiniest, little square plate imaginable. A bit rubbery. Rubbery chorizo "chips" to go with it. A joke really!
• Spicy Chicken Bureck: Delicious. Should have ordered more of these. You get 2 per serving.
• Haloumi Frito: Salty and very rubbery! And oily too!
• Firecrackers: Huge and delicious. Not the best Chilli poppers that I have had but definitely yummy!

For 2 "samples" it costs R38, 4 for R27, 6 for R98 and 8 for R130 - not cheap especially since some of the portion sizes are miniscule!

I had a glass of wine for R25. Some strange brand's merlot is the only red wine that they have by the glass. It was served in the goblet which makes the serving look extremely small. My glass was sticky as it had just been rubbed with a damp cloth and has little bits of cotton fibres stuck to it. My dinner partner had an Amstel that was served with a Peroni glass.

The service was bad. The waitron was new and let us know that she was new. She did not have any knowledge of the menu and she asked us how to use the credit card machine.

The worst bit is that there was cricket on tv - with sound! This meant that there was no background music and it felt as if I was in a sports bar.

I have been to the Cafe Sophia in Rondebosch and the vibe seems to be much better there. I have not had a meal there but will let you know when I do. Rather go there, if you have the choice!

Rating: 4/10

Restaurants: Winter Specials

Here are some winter specials that were e-mailed to me recently. Please call the restaurants before going to double-check the specials as there is no guarantee that this information is 100% correct ;-)

Andiamo
Two pastas + two glasses of wine R100
Everyday, lunch and dinner
021 421 3687

Alba Lounge
Two pastas and two glasses of wine for R100
Everyday
021 425 3385

Aubergine
Two courses R185 / three courses R245
Everyday
021 465 4909

Bravo
1kg of prawns for R69
Monday to Friday lunch and Tuesday evenings until the end of June
021 439 5260

Beluga
Two course lunch R125 / three course dinner R165
Every day until the end of September
dont forget their year round specials: 1kg prawns R100 / 26 piece sushi platter R100 / half price sushi until 7pm
021 418 2948

Bungalow
Crayfish R100 / Lamb Shank R100 / half price cocktails & tapas between 5pm and 7pm
Everyday
021 438 0007

Caprice
Two of their legendary burgers for the price of one
Lunch and dinner, Monday to Thursday
3 course meal with Heineken R80
Friday nights
021 438 8315

Catharinas
Two course set lunch menu with glass of wine R125 / three course set lunch menu with glass of wine R165 / three course set dinner menu with glass of wine R195
Everyday
021 713 2222

Five Flies
Two course menu + glass of wine R125
Monday, Wednesday & Friday
021 424 4442

Geisha
Half price sushi & dim sum before 7pm / 25% of noodle dishes
Everyday
021 439 0533

Harbour House
Three course R150 / two course R130
Everyday except Sunday lunches
021 788 4133

Henris in Somerset West
Three courses R120
Everyday until end June
021 852 6442

Myoga
Six course menu R150, paired with wines R225
Dinner only, everyday until end August
021 657 4545

Pepenero
Rump with fries and sauce R80 / half price sushi / seafood platter for one R110 / 1kg of prawns with chips or rice R100 / oysters R9 each / sushi platter R90 / Osso Bucco with mash R90 / pasta of the day R55
Everyday
021 439 9027

Salushi (Claremont)
Half price sushi until 5pm / standard starter + noodle dish R70
Everyday
021 671 4271

Sinns
Two courses with a glass of wine R100 / three courses with a glass of wine R125
Everyday
021 465 0967

Tank
Half price sushi
Everyday
021 419 0007

The Foodbarn
Three course meal R175
Everyday
021 789 1390

The Kove
Parties of 4 get one of the meals free / half price on entire menu between 5pm & 6:45pm / 2 courses with glass of wine R100, 3 courses with glass of wine R130
Everyday
021 438 0004

Tobagos at the Radisson
25% off tables of 4 or more
Until end of June
021 441 3000

Tuscany Beach
Order two main courses, get one free / 20% of all sushi and oysters
Every night and lunches Monday to Friday
021 438 1213

Winelands:

Buitenverwachting
Three courses + carafe of wine R230
Everyday until end September
021 794 3522

Constantia Uitsig
Three lunch courses R200, with carafe of wine R230 / 3 dinner courses R240, with carafe of wine R280
Everyday until end September
021 794 6500

Cuvee at Simonsig
Two courses with a glass of wine R125 / three course with a glass of wine R165
Until end June
021 888 4932

Jonkershuis at Groot Constantia
Starter & main from the Cape Malay themed buffet R100 / add dessert R110
6pm to 9pm weekdays until end August
021 794 6255

La Colombe
Three lunch courses R210, with carafe of wine R240 / 3 dinner courses R250, with carafe of wine R290
Everyday until end September
021 794 6500

Terroir
Two courses R150 / three courses R195
Everyday until end September
021 880 8167

Event specials:

Cape Colony restaurant at the Mount Nelson
Four course pairing R350
Last Thurs of each month until end October
021 483 1948

Salt at the Ambassador hotel
Four course pairing R350
Last Thursday of each month until end October
021 439 7258

Continuous specials:

Cafe Sofia
Cooked breakfast for R20
Every day

Sevruga
Twenty six piece sushi platter R110 / seafood tasting platter R110 / sushi half price between 2pm and 5pm and all day sunday
021 421 5134

Societi Bistro & Labia
Two pizzas + two Labia movie tickets R70
Monday and Tuesdays
021 418 9483

Restaurant: Beleza

I went to Beleza a few months ago after an unpleasant experience at Rafiki's. We had a rather quirky waitress however, she was efficient. The Italian food was delicious and they have great wine by the glass. I will go there again to write up more details about them. I recommend the pasta.

Address:

Elm Court
Kloof Nek Road
Tamboerskloof
Cape Town

Telephone:

021 426 0795

E-Mail:

beleza@absamail.co.za

Opening Times:

Closed Mondays, open Tuesdays to Sundays from 9:30 to 23:30

Movie: Slumdog Millionaire

I watched Slumdog Millionaire with high expectations as I had already seen and loved The Curious Case of Bejamin Button and knew that it had lost the Oscar to Slumdog. Not only were my expectaions met, but they were definitely exceeded. 

Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars:

• Best Picture
  
• Best Director - Danny Boyle
  
• Best Adapted Screenplay
  
• Best Original Score
  
• Best Original Song - Jai Ho
  
• Best Film Editing - Chris Dickens
  
• Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle
  
• Best Sound mixing - Ian Tapp, Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
  

I can see why this would win best picture at the Oscars. It is in a league of its own. It is gutsy, real, endearing, serious and funny while telling the difficult story of growing up in extreme poverty and living by your wits.

Tip

If you are going to see this movie in the theatre, please don't get up until the main titles are done. There is a treat there not to be missed.

Rating 10/10

Restaurant: Doppio Zero

Doppio Zero is a delightful Italian Restaurant in Claremont, part of the Cavendish Connect. It is an ideal place to go to before a movie.

Menu:

Vast menu with offering delicious Italian food, coffee, smoothies, sandwhiches and much more. You will definitely not get bored with this menu any time soon.

Service:

The service is very good. If you want excellent service, make sure that you get the tall waiter with the pigtails (a guy). He is knowledgable, charming and efficient. I will have to find out what his name is the next time I go there.

Availability:

Going there on a Sunday night was not good for availability. But the menu is extensive, allowing for alternatives to be easily found.

Lunch time on a Friday (allbeit at the end of the month) is very noisy. This does not mean that the srvice was not good, in fact the service was excellent, but that the other patrons were excessively noisy.

Bathrooms:

I do not know if they have a bathroom. I will have to check next time.

Bakery:

They have a delicious bakery at the restaurant enterance. I recommend the Gingerbread People and the HUGE muffins - delicious. The shortbread is also good, although I got a lot of powder in my mug when I dunked them in my coffee at home (I just have to dunk)!

Rating 8.5/10

Website: All My Faves

All My Faves is a great website to use when looking for other websites. It is very easy to use. The only problem is that the websites are largely US based which does not help when you want to go internet shopping.

Check it out for yourself:

http://www.allmyfaves.com/

Rating 9/10

P.S. I thought that their tagline was quite funny. It is 'why search?' and just right of it is a Google search box!

Restaurant: The Blowfish

I went to The Blowfish on a Saturday evening. We were greeted by a pleasant hostess who showed us to our table. The Blowfish is beautifully decorated with breath-taking views of the sea, the City of Cape Town and Table Mountain.

The Blowfish has a new concept of serving the main course. You can come up to the fish counter and choose the fish cuts that you want. Or, if this is not your style, you may still order from your seat. 

The green SASSI fish are labled in the menu which helps to choose sustainable fish to eat. There are a number of fish on the menu that are not labled green though, so please refrain from eating those fish.

For more information on SASSI, please see:

http://www.panda.org.za/sassi/sa.html

Service:

Sporadically good and then bad in that they try hard to give good service but small things are lacking.

Some of the bad service includes:

• The dirty napkins were refloded in a different way after we got up to choose our fish. Why not give us new napkins instead? Mine was quite dirty after the prawn starter as I did not receive a finger bowl. 
• There was a bit of polystyrene in my drinking glass (with ice) - hopefully they did not just unpack a new glass without washing it adequately. My red Grapetizer was served warm.
• They do not offer 100% fruit juices. 
• One of my fellow diners mentioned that the chips were inconsistently cooked - i.e. some were a bit hard (under done) while others were crispy. Another diner mentioned that, on a previous occasion, her chips were raw inside.
• I asked for a greek salad with my meal and received a salad without any feta or olives. 
• I was given a very dirty spoon for the sorbet course.
  
• The waitron stretched over two people and a candle to get a glass when he could simply have walked around the table.

Good service:

• Friendly hostess
• Knowledgeable waitron
• Excellent food presentation

Menu issues:

The menu pages are in a folder. I think that for this callabre of restaurant, they should have a more formal menu.

Food:

The starters were beautifully presented and delicious.

I had the Angelfish and Blue Nose. They were succulent and tasty. The Blue Nose was slightly more delightful than the Angelfish. Unfortunately, there was no room for any of us to have dessert.

Drinks:

A fellow diner claims that the semi-sweet white house wine was reasonably good. The rest of us had soft drinks so no comment necessary there.

Prices:

A bit on the expensive side, but worth it for the quality of the food.

Dress Code:

Smart casual. Some of the ladies were wearing smart cocktail dresses on this occasion.

Rating 6.5/10

Comment:

I feel that this restaurant has great potential but they need to sort out a few minor issues to get a better rating on this site. I will try to review them again to see if there is any progress.

P.S. I hear that there is an 'all you can eat' sushi special on Sundays! You pay R149 from 5pm onwards! Booking is apparently always essential. 

For more information, please see:

www.blowfishrestaurant.co.za

Website: www.fmylife.com

Having a bad day? I highly recommend:

www.fmylife.com

You will feel better :-D

Rating 10/10

Website: I can has Cheezburger

www.icanhascheezburger.com is one of my favourite websites. I use it for my daily dose of comedy. If you are a cat fan, you really should check it out (there are also other tabs such as Fail if you are more into that).

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

For your first visit, I would suggest looking at the earliest posts first (click on Last on the breadcrumbs on the bottom). If you need to get back to a previous page then type the page number in the web address i.e. www.icanhascheezburger.com/page/439. Be aware that the page numbers change as more posts are added!

There is a kind of LOLCat language (don't freak out - it is not like Elvish or Pig Latin) that you need to get into. It is really easy - you just have to get over the fact that everything is spelled out as it sounds and that not everyone uses the same mis-spelled words. If you can understand what happened with the bucket, then you are half way there :-)

Go check it out: www.icanhascheezburger.com

Rating: 10/10 - no srsly, teh kittehs r hilaryus!

Movie: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was thoroughly enjoyable. It is all about a very unusual person who is born old and gradually gets younger. This 'young man' grows up in an old age home and has interesting experiences with the patrons. Love proves a difficult feat as, inevitably, he will continue to grow younger while she ages.

This movie might sound strange but it is worth seeing because of the beautiful cinematography and the charmingly unusual little stories and characters that sprout out all over the movie. It is a delight for the eyes and will even leave you chuckling with vigour!

Acting:

Brad Pitt was convincing but mild. With the unusual storyline, I think that this enhanced the story as he needed to play down a character that is so intrinsically strange already.

Cate Blanchett is a jewel. An excellent portrayal of many different ages. Convincing, striking and totally believable. A woman of many talents. Beautifully polished even when she is meant to be rough.

Director:

David Fincher

Special Effects:

Amazing. Make-up and special effects made a huge impact in Benjamin Button.

Oscar Winner:

Benjamin Button won 3 Oscars namely for Best Achievement in Make-Up, Visual Effects and Art Direction.

Spoiler Alert!

I am being really bad here but it does not matter in which way men actually age - most men still think that they can make life-changing decisions without taking their partner's opinion into account. You should never leave the ones you love! The whole pretence of him sparing them from taking care of him was bull! She ended-up caring for him until his last breath. The bottom line is that she loved him when he was old (and he rejected her) and he was not there for her when she was old! Was this meant to highlight that so many men can be immature after the mid life crisis and tend to grow younger in their maturity level? Interesting thought! Maybe he just looked like what all men are in the inside?

Anyways, enough grumbling about men. There are many perfectly good ones out there too. The bottom line is that ,if you see this movie lightheartedly, it is a lovely treat.

P.S. I love the guy who was struck by lightning 7 times and the artist :-D

Rating 8/10

Restaurant: JB Rivers

JB Rivers in Claremont, 21 March 2008 - FREEDOM DAY!

Food:

• Nachos - not too greasy. Fresh salsa and guacamole. Very Cheesy!
  
• Calamari - my dinner date enjoyed it and I restrained myself from stealing some so will have to r8 it personally some other time. It looked delicious and there was a lot of salad that came with it.
  

Drinks:

• Prohibition (non-alcoholic) - delicious blend of fruits and ice - highly recommended.
  
• Cappuccino - good cappuccino with loads of foam but comes in a fairly small mug. Biscotti included!

Service:

• Quick, friendly and knowledgeable.
  

Prices:

• Reasonable for what you get. Can easily pay under R100 for dinner and a drink or two.

Let me add that JB also has a sushi bar! Please see future posts for comments.

BONUS: There is a lovely treat in store for us! They have new a dinner special going from Monday 23 March 2009. Pay R80 for a set 3 course meal and R60 for your partner. There are some options on this meal too, so I will try and go check it out ASAP.

For more info, this is their telephone number: 021 683 0840

Overall rating of 8/10 for this experience.