Cape Malay Yellow Rice Recipe for the Perfect Side to a Cape Malay Curry

Cape Malay Yellow Rice Recipe for the Cape Malay Chicken Curry. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

This Cape Malay yellow rice recipe makes the perfect accompaniment for a richly spiced Cape Malay chicken curry. Add buttery roti and refreshing tomato and onion and cucumber sambals and you’re set for a Cape Malay feast. As with the curry, we recommend making more than you need, as this rice is fantastic as leftovers. … Read more

Best Cooking Classes in the World, All Tried and Tested

Best Cooking Classes in the World, All Tried and Tested. Issaya Cooking Studio, Bangkok, Thailand. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Learning to cook Thai dishes from one of Asia’s best restaurants, mastering the art of making macarons in Paris, cooking Venetian food with a Countess in Venice, and learning to how to make roti in a Cape Malay cooking class in Cape Town are just some of our picks of the best cooking classes in … Read more

Reflections on Cape Town

Reflections on Cape Town. Table Mountain from Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. Reflections on Cape Town. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Having grown up in Australia during South Africa’s apartheid era, I became aware of what was going on there through the South African rugby team’s tour of Australia in 1971. My reflections on Cape Town after visiting South Africa are quite complex and conflicted, to be honest. I can remember, even as a small boy, … Read more

Wine Tasting on a Wine Tour in Cape Town’s Winelands

Wine Tasting on a Wine Tour in Cape Town's Winelands, South Africa. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

“We’ve been making Cape wine for three centuries, since 1659, and we’ve been exporting it to Europe since 1761,” our guide Carl tells us. “Wine is now our number one agricultural export, yet ironically South Africans have traditionally been beer drinkers!” Visiting Cape Town’s Winelands prove that South Africans have been missing out! We’ve just left … Read more