![]() ![]() At the entrance to the restaurant a candle is lit, and two Noren cloth dividers hang in the doorway. There seemed to be some uncertainty about our booking, Continue reading → We were shown to a table, sitting next to another couple, so close to each other that we could hear each other’s conversations. Published by Chris von Ulmenstein, in Banting, Cape Town, Chris von Ulmenstein, Restaurant news, Tourism news, Whale Cottage Portfolio. 2 Replies Jet-set Mercedes-Benz Eat Out Awards 2014 at Thunder City, but food a disappointment! Nov 17, 2014 The Eat Out Top 10 Restaurant Awards event is a highlight on the restaurant calendar, held for the 17th year, and at Thunder City for the first time last night. The results surprised, with one heavyweight chef sliding right off the Top 10 list, while a new restaurant made Top 10. Two restaurants which did not make the Top 20 Restaurant shortlist in 2013 flew back into Top 10 last night. Stellenbosch remains the Gourmet Capital of South Africa (4 Top 10 restaurants), followed by 3 in Johannesburg, and 1 each in Cape Town, Franschhoek, and Hermanus. While the award recipients were acceptable, the food was a disaster. Thunder City is not an ideal venue for a function of this magnitude (800 guests, but advertised as 1000 initially), being difficult to find – the petrol station one block away from the turn-off had no clue where Thunder City is, and there were no signs off Borcherds Quarry Road, other than some posters held by men, only visible in the last minute. I followed a taxi, there being no further signage to Thunder City. We were collected from the VIP parking by a Mercedes-Benz shuttle van, and I arrived just as the event started, Chef Pete Goffe-Wood doing a tribute to Chef Bruce Robertson, who passed away two weeks ago. The lighting was poor for Continue reading →
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