My food wine and design bliss!

Mmmmm

Last friday I went to the Johannesburg food wine and design fair on the rooftop of Hyde Park mall in Sandton. Apart from doing almost all my Christmas-shopping I got to taste so much great food from restaurants all over SA. Among my favorites was the strawberry and chèvre salad with nuts, the home made italian peanut crunch gelato (can be bought in Trieste Cafe in Greenside) and least but not last, a heavenly crêpe with raw sugar, cinnamon, lemon and roasted nuts from Creperie de Bonneterie in Cape Town. Now, can anyone guess the key ingredient here?

I'm extremely excited about the fact that my chef-boyfriend has picked up on this nut-addiction of mine and already started to plan a modified version of "Krille's pannkakstårta" (pancakes, blueberry jam, maple syrup served with ice cream) that involves fresh fruit, greek yougurt and nuts for my birthday. Makes me so happy <3

Really tasty ales from Camelthorn Brewing

I'm also trying to make him pruod though. Being one of the owners of Schauskjelleren Mikrobryggeri in Oslo he's above average sage on beers and brewing. I try to be a good girl by learning more abut these things. I must say, it's really not that big a sacrifice. Camelthorn from Namibia and Brewers&Union made it easy for me. I was given a full tasting and tour of all the beers and ales they brought to the fair. I guess they were a bit surprised by the fact that a girl was actually interested in beer, but then again, I'm a 6ft tall blond viking-woman, what can you expect?

Other culinary treats

Cupcakes to dream about, these were really little works of art.
YUM!!

This Polish guy selling polish sausages made me laugh :)

Now for the design part

There was - too use a South African expression - TOO MUCH nice stuff. I really wanted to bring the whole lot home with me, but budged said stop. These are among the things that caught my eye, and some of them will be under my family's Chistmas tree...

Skermunkil, the most adorable necklaces, bracelets, rings and broaches. 

Headondesign

Jewelery displayed on doll-house furniture

Noleen Read makes wonderful ceramics.

Another new acquired favorite is Shaw Sisters.
This lady makes really cute stuff, some with bird designs.
Koopdesign makes lovely furniture that reminds me of the
Scandinavian style, which I'm a big fan of.

I fell in love with this cute pillow from Ebony design

These funny wall-plates caught my eye. Colorful and cool