Food Experiences

No-fail Valentine’s at Nederburg

Date: February 13, 2015

Author: Marthélize Tredoux

Categories: Events, Food Experiences, MCC & Champagne

Nederburg Estate, Paarl

Are you (like myself) a professional procrastinator? Or did the speed with which 2015 took off leave you reeling and not noticing the days ticking by towards the 14th of February? Is Januworry posthumously eating away at your February budget? Or are you just not that good at the morantic missions associated with the month of luuuuurve? Never fear. You can still save your heart-shaped-candied bacon. Picnics are still THE romantic go-to activities. And Nederburg has an excellent one lined up for tomorrow. (Pssssst…and because they have such huge lawns, they still have space available…if you book now!)

Gasvrye lafenis by La Motte

Date: February 10, 2015

Author: Marthélize Tredoux

Categories: Food Experiences, MCC & Champagne, Wine Experiences

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Vreedsaam

Op pad Franschhoek toe vanoggend het my gedagtes aanhoudend gemaal oor my “to do” list. E-posse om te stuur, vergaderings om te reël, verslae om te skryf. Soos dit klaarblyklik die moderne mens betaam, kon ek my kop nie sover bring om rustig te raak nie, al was ek op pad na ‘n bederfie; ‘n paar uur uit my dag om rustig te raak en iets spesiaals te geniet. Nie lank nadat ek my plek by die restaurant – op die ‘glaskas’ stoep wat uitkyk op ‘n bewolkte, koel Franschhoek dag – ingeneem het nie, het die gedruis in my gedagtes begin verdwyn.

Belgian Bacon & Mushroom Pudding. A recipe from IBM’s Watson #CognitiveCooking

Date: January 13, 2015

Author: Andy Hadfield

Categories: Food Experiences

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Belgian Bacon Pudding. A recipe from IBM’s Watson SuperComputer.

At a recent event with IBM at The Griffin, the Incogvino JHB team got to experience some cognitive cooking (and human wine pairings). The recipe below was generated by Watson, IBM’s SuperComputer.

Inputs used to generate this recipe:

Primary ingredient: Bacon
Primary style: Belgian
Unique recipe, never seen before.

Pairs with: We don’t know! The Chef changed this course because he just didn’t “get” the flavours. Thankfully we forced him to bring out his trial dishes. Tres #YUM! What pairs with bacon?

Deboned Loin of Lamb with Pinenut Crust. A recipe from IBM’s Watson #CognitiveCooking

Date: January 13, 2015

Author: Andy Hadfield

Categories: Food Experiences

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At a recent event with IBM at The Griffin, the Incogvino JHB team got to experience some cognitive cooking (and human wine pairings). The recipe below was generated by Watson, IBM’s SuperComputer.

Inputs used to generate this recipe:

Primary ingredient: Lamb
Primary style: Traditional
Combination recipe using flavour profiling (not necessarily unique).

Pairs with: Rust en Vrede Cabernet Sauvignon 2012.

Swiss Thai Quiche. A recipe from IBM’s Watson #CognitiveCooking

Date: January 13, 2015

Author: Andy Hadfield

Categories: Food Experiences

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Swiss Thai Quiche, a recipe from IBM’s Watson SuperComputer

At a recent event with IBM at The Griffin, the Incogvino JHB team got to experience some cognitive cooking (and human wine pairings). The recipe below was generated by Watson, IBM’s SuperComputer.

Inputs used to generate this recipe:

Primary ingredient: Asparagus
Primary style: Swiss & Thai
Unique recipe, never seen before.

Pairs with: Jordan Unoaked Chardonnay 2014

IBM’s Watson can cook (quite well actually)…

Date: January 13, 2015

Author: Andy Hadfield

Categories: Food Experiences

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Towards the end of last year, the JHB Incogvino team got to hang out with the geeks at IBM who were showing off their latest Watson trick. Watson, if you haven’t heard about it before, is the first stab at Artificial Intelligence. A very, very clever computer that can do some pretty interesting things by crunching enormous sets of data.

The Chef at The Griffin telling the story of what it’s like to get his instructions from a computer…

{Giveaway} Daily Dish – The Definition of Convenience

Date: November 3, 2014

Author: Marthélize Tredoux

Categories: Food Experiences, Giveaway

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Daily Dish’s amazing menus

We’re all busy people. If we’re not out working hard to bring home the bacon, we’re busy with family, friends, hobbies, exercise, studies… There’s always something. For me, the first thing that flies out the window when I’m swamped is my diet. Even the simplest healthy eating routine gets dropped like a hot, carby potato when I’m buzzing around. I either don’t have time to cook, or I’m too tired. Or there aren’t groceries in the fridge. Cue take-aways. Not ideal.

Enter Daily Dish. A simple solution not only for those of us perpetually strapped for time but also great if you’re out of fresh dinner ideas and the ol’ mac and cheese just doesn’t cut it anymore.

Restaurant Mosaic. Photographic Eating.

Date: October 11, 2014

Author: Andy Hadfield

Categories: Food Experiences

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Recently had the pleasure of attending the Restaurant Mosaic out by Hartbeespoort in JHB. This is Chantel Dartnall’s baby. You may recognise her from MasterChef SA. And in a way, this is JHB’s baby as well. We don’t have many top notch crazy dining experiences that we can bring up in conversation with the Cape Town Foodies.

Restaurant Mosaic

But this isn’t about Cape Town vs JHB (even though Mosaic will give most places a run for their money in terms of sheer opulence). This is about some pretty amazing cooking. I’m not writer enough to describe it. But I can show it. The 10+ course endurance eating extravaganza was paired with a selection of off-the-charts international wine from Mosaic’s 49,000 bottle cellar (every bottle of which is purchasable).