Bridget McNulty

Let’s eat cake and speculate!

// April 30th, 2010 // Competition, Inspiration, Love, Tea Parties, food

It must be said, Cape Town is a really lovely place to live. I’m a Durban girl at heart, and always will be, but Cape Town really is rather delightful.

This hit me, suddenly, again, when I discovered The Sidewalk Café in Vredehoek this week. It’s the kind of café you dream of…. The kind of café that Amelie would go to if she lived in Cape Town. Full of all kinds of quirky knick knacks that they’ve picked up from Milnerton Market (another reason to love Cape Town), staffed by really friendly waiters, and with the kind of atmosphere that makes you want to linger as long as possible over your meal…

And then there’s the food! I have one word: yummy. We were invited to go and eat cake and speculate (over what will soon be revealed) and I had THE most incredible chocolate brownie with homemade ice-cream. Wow. I couldn’t finish it (obviously, being diabetic, would you look at the size of it?) but it was so supremely delicious that I couldn’t stop smiling the whole time I ate it. Mark had an incredible-looking apple and berry crumble (I don’t do cooked fruit).

Anyhoo, the reason behind us eating cake and speculating is that Madame Zingara is coming home! Madame Zingara is a Cape Town legend – a circus-like extravaganza of magic and colour and amazement. I can’t tell you any more, because I’ve never been (much to my dismay – they went overseas just after I moved to Cape Town and somehow I’ve never been in the right place at the right time to go).

This time I will not miss out. I can’t WAIT! And as a special treat, I’m going to be giving away two free tickets to the show! So if you’re in Cape Town, watch this space. And if you’re not, perhaps it’s time for a visit?

The show starts at the end of May, but in the meantime you can visit the Sidewalk Café for a free cup of tea or coffee to go with their amazing cake. They’re giving away a thousand cups of tea and a thousand cups of coffee! Incredible, no? It is an extremely popular spot, though, so if I were you I’d head over there this weekend…

If you want to find out more about the Sidewalk Café, visit www.sidewalk.co.za
It might just be the coolest South African website I’ve ever seen.

(Photos, throughout, are by the very talented Mark Peddle. Yes, he’s my fiancé. Isn’t that lovely?)