July 09, 2012
Sample the Cape’s flavours at V&A Waterfront’s restaurant challenge
Fazielah Williams
Fazielah Williams has lived in and loved her Mother City since birth. Having lived all over the Peninsula during her childhood, she now calls the picturesque City Bowl home and likes nothing more than watching the sun set over Table Bay from the window of her apartment.
A lover of the arts and proud Cape Town fanatic, Fazielah began her writing career by spending many hours as a child conjuring fantastical stories that featured independent heroines from faraway lands who saved the Prince instead. This Capetonian princess has enjoyed stints as a magical arts PRO and TV publicist before finding her calling as a travel writer.
When not waxing lyrical about the Fairest Cape’s most loved attractions and activities and embarking on unexpected adventures, Fazielah can usually be found taking in a show at one of the City’s fabulous theatres.
Look out for the "participating restaurant" signs at 25 of the V&A Waterfront's top restaurants.
Twenty-five restaurants, hundreds of fusion dishes and a challenge to be named the Master of the Trade Routes… this is the V&A Waterfront’s winter culinary offering.
Running until August 31, this gourmet contest sees chefs from participating restaurants OYO, Signal, Quay 4, Hildebrand and more preparing warm, rich dishes in a battle to be the ultimate trade routes master. The challenge, inspired by the Mother City’s culinary roots, pays homage to the Dutch, Chinese, Indian, Italian, Malay, French and British cooking influences of our past.
The participants will be judged by eight celebrity guests, as well as restaurant patrons, and the winner will be crowned at a glittering gala event at the end of the challenge.
Patrons of the V&A Waterfront can revel in this celebration of our diversity by taking advantage of the cost-effective set menus at each participating restaurant this winter and vote for their favourite dish on the V&A Waterfront Facebook Fanpage. For your efforts, you could be rewarded with double tickets to the gala event!
The Victoria&Alfred Hotel’s OYO Restaurant is one of the leading contenders in this challenge and its executive chef Craig Paterson is certainly a capable culinary captain.
I was invited to taste his special set menu and this man knows how to cook! At just R110 per person for his signature “Taste of the Cape” dish, you can feast on the likes of Thai chicken curry, bobotie and grilled fish of the day. Delicious!
Craig chatted to us about his spicy routes menu, his love of Cape Town and why he wants to be the Master of the Trade Routes:
OYO's Executive Chef Craig Paterson is a worthy competitor for the V&A Waterfront's Master of the Trade Routes Challenge this winter.
You too could taste your way along the Master of the Trade Routes Challenge with Cape Town Tourism and the V&A Waterfront:
We have an amazing prize up for grabs!
For your chance to win a V&A Waterfront's Master of the Trade Routes Challenge experience, which includes a meal voucher for two at The Grand as well as double tickets for the Wheel of Excellence, simply answer the following question:
If you were a chef competing in the Master of the Trade Routes Culinary challenge, which dish would you prepare to represent Cape Town?
Send your answer to fb@capetown.travel by Friday July 13, 2012 at midday and you could be our lucky winner!
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