Not too much happened in the way of foodish Instagrams in June and there’s no real linking theme to the things I posted. If my feed is to be believed my June was all about gluhwein, sliders, spekbooms, coffee and ice lollies.
Here is my Instagram roundup for June.
Top: Gluhwein at Alexander Bar, Slider trio at Hudson’s, My invite to the Freshly Blogged competition
Bottom: Coffee with love, A raspberry, yoghurt & kiwi ice lolly from Las Paletas
Wow, May just whooshed by and it’s June already! Although it sped by May was not without it’s highlights. I attended La Mouette‘s 3rd birthday party, took part in the Fat Mum Slim photo a day challenge (check out my Instagram feed and the #fmsphotoaday hashtag) and I attended the Good Food & Wine Show plus got to meet Bill Granger thanks to Checkers (post coming soon! So keep a look out for that).
Here is my Instagram roundup for May.
Top: Lonely La Mouette croquette, 3rd birthday cupcake, Care for Coffee flat white at City Bowl Market
Middle: Crave carrot & orange soup, Love Hearts flower, tiny single serve avocado
Bottom: Salad Lover salad plate, my attempt at Bill Granger’s courgette fritters, Crumbs iced biscuits
As things are cooling down in Cape Town I find warm soups and mugs of hot chocolate are making regular appearances at my mealtimes. Strangely I also joined The Creamery‘s ice cream club and I’m not one of those people who enjoys eating ice cream when it’s cold. Although we have had a few warm days where a bit of ice cream has gone down well.
Here is my Instagram roundup for April.
Top: Pea & bacon soup at Crave, City Bowl Market pomegranate, The Creamery ice cream club pints
Middle: Jelly tots in my Albatizer at the Alba Lounge
Bottom: Hot chocolate while watching Sister Mary James, Peanut butter Gingerbon, Pizza at Narona
Last night my boyfriend and I attended Taste of Cape Town. I usually like to attend the first evening to avoid the crowds, but I was lucky enough to win a double ticket from CapeTownMagazine.com for the Friday session. The crowds were manageable and the weather was pretty good. It was a bit chilly but the wind that had been blowing on Thursday night was completely gone. We had a lovely evening and got to taste some delicious dishes.
Here are the items we tried.
Top: Duck liver cream from Azure | Duck, edamame & five spice risotto from De Gegrendel | Scotch egg from The Brasserie
Middle: Nobu-style sashimi from 96 Winery Road | Lamb soutribbetjie from Fyndraai | Boston‘s Black River Coffee Stout from The Craft Beer Project
Bottom: Inverroche gin | Beef short rib, rib-eye and goats cheese arincini from Signal | Fresh Lindt pralines
So while I’m trying to get into a more regular routine for packed lunch posts, I’m still Instagramming away. Coffee and froyo seem to be consistent themes each month. There are also some naughty sweet treats and a few memorable meals from the past month.
Here is my Instagram roundup for March.
Top: Bowl of ostrich chilli con carne, peanut butter M&Ms vs Reese’s Pieces, Akita Platter at Phad Thai
Middle: Coffee & sandwich (my de facto lunch these days), Monk’s logo, Girl Geek Dinner at Salt
Bottom: Kitty cat coffee at Arnold’s, Cinnamon froyo at Myög, Golden bunny takes in the view
I’m finally up-to-date with these posts. Yay! From now on there is only going to be one a month, which I’ll probably post on the first Monday. From my selection for February you can see that the supermarkets are gearing up for Easter with loads of chocolates and sweets on the shelves. But the weather is still nice and warm in Cape Town which is a good excuse to explore some of the frozen yoghurt bars that have popped up all over the city.
Here is my Instagram roundup for February.
Top: Sushi at Newspaper House Food Lovers Market, Lazari cake pops, Froyo at Wakaberry
Middle: Shelves full of golden bunnies, Unusual fruit and veg, Tiny carton of bantam eggs
Bottom: Rotisserie braaied pork belly, Froyo at Myög (my favourite!), Flat white at the City Bowl Market
There is a definite coffee theme to this collection of photos and I know it’s a cliché, but I can’t help taking a photo when someone has taken the time to make my coffee pretty. I think going forward I’ll limit these posts to a maximum of nine images per month so that they don’t get too long.
Here is my Instagram roundup for January.
Top: New year message in a takeaway coffee cup, dancing mini gingerbread man cookie cutters
Middle: Flat whites at Bean There, Truth and Knead
Bottom: What I bought with the Yuppiechef voucher I won at #CookieCheer2012, three course Girl Geek Dinner at the CTICC
Last year at the beginning of December I took part in the second annual Cape Town Cookie Swap, also known as #CookieCheer2012. Each person participating committed to baking 60 sweet or savoury creations and bringing along six copies of their recipe. In return they’d get 10 items from 6 other participants and 6 new recipes to take home. We were asked to bring along a R30 donation for Nazareth House and all met up at I ❤ My Laundry.
Below are some of my instagrams from the day.
Top: My goodies bagged and ready for swapping, mingling around the big table
Middle: I won a Yuppiechef voucher, delicious dim sum, a tiny red velvet cupcake
Bottom: Laundry cookies on the line, a selection of the cookies I went home with.
Inspired by this post over on Add To Taste, this is the first in what I’d like to become a regular series on the food related photos I’ve uploaded to Instagram.
Here are my foodie instagrams from December, click on any of the images to view a larger version in it’s original form.
Top: Brunch at Euro Haus, cute gingerbread man from #cookiecheer2012, chilli sauce bottles at El Burro
Middle: My first taste of bubble tea, flat white at Crave
Bottom: Froyo at Menchie’s, Halloween themed Marmite jar, part of my #blogsecretsanta gift from countesskaz (organized by The Stiletto Mum)
