• The dining world is constantly reinventing itself, and 2025 is shaping up to be a year of bold and exciting culinary trends.   From innovative dining spaces to surprising ingredient choices, restaurants are ready to dazzle diners with creativity and thoughtfulness. Here’s what to look forward to as the year unfolds.  Micro restaurants: Small spaces, big flavours Small is the new big! Micro restaurants are on the rise, offering intimate settings where chefs focus on a select few dishes. These cosy spaces, hosting just a handful of diners, promise high-quality service and unforgettable meals.   Perfect for foodies craving a…

    The Curry Café, a beloved staple at the Newlands Cricket Ground for 27 years, has closed its doors, leaving its loyal patrons and owner, Gasina Waggie-Isaacs, reflecting on an era that has ended. The closure follows recent revamp work at the stadium. Despite Waggie-Isaacs’ hopes of relocating her business, no alternative space was offered. Speaking to EWN, she described the end as abrupt, saying: ‘It was an abrupt end, I will admit.’ Waggie-Isaacs shared her disappointment: ‘I think I should’ve been offered another location because 27 years is a long time. For me, it was tradition and a lifetime.’ The Curry…

    Packed with veggies, these tasty meat-free Veggie & chickpea fritters only take 30 minutes to make. ALSO SEE: Cinnamon pumpkin fritters with caramel sauce https://www.foodandhome.co.za/recipes/cinnamon-pumpkin-fritters-with-caramel-sauce Feature image: Aremedia

    Made with whipped egg whites, Japanese cotton cheesecake is light and spongy and traditionally takes the form of a standard cheesecake. Here, we’ve turned this airy treat into a pile of fluffy flapjacks drenched in salted butterscotch and bejewelled with raspberries. Trust us, you won’t be able to resist these Japanese cotton cheesecake flapjacks with salted butterscotch sauce and raspberries. ALSO SEE: Puffed pancakes with bananas and Horlicks ice cream

    Cape Town in the summer is a splendid place to be. The city is alive with joy; it vibrates with good times – to be honest, this glorious atmosphere is similar all over the world, but I am in Cape Town this summer and so I write what I know. I also know that an aroma can instantly transport you back to a time and place, the memory so strong it’s as if you are still there. There is a proper scientific reason why the sense of smell does this better than the other senses, but let’s stick to the…

    There’s no direct route to Manor House. It’s in the strange space of no address: green slopes facing the Akkedisberg. If you want something more concrete, it is on the R326, a backroad that runs from Riviersonderend to Stanford, crossing the Caledon-Napier road, the R316, near Van Brakel Stoor, another Overberg stalwart. It’s a destination restaurant, and definitely worth the drive. In its favour, for starters, is that the R316 is a way more pleasant way to get to Arniston and the southern coast than the mad December rush of the N2. Also in its favour, for mains, is that…