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Eat, Love, Enter

by: Cathrine Shone: Restaurant Editor
 

 

Romance, bromance or just a regular night out – big V-day prizes.

Love is important, that is true, and while Valentine’s Day might not be meaningful to everyone, it IS the official celebratory day for lovers.

Most singletons and plenty of smug-marrieds wish they could sleep through February 14th, but I secretly like it. Because I don’t have a significant other at the moment and “we” don’t have a special day, an anniversary or a month-a-versary, V-day gives me an opportunity to show my cards.  Whether it’s true love or just a crush, I can psych myself up on the day and say…” You're so hot, your ass is on fire”, or something along those lines…

Yes it’s just around the corner, and we are planning a big one, but we need your participation here Romeos and Juliets. Food24 is running a review competition to find out which are SA’s most romantic restaurants.

Its so easy to enter...

So you need to A.) Get to our restaurant section, B.) Look up your favourite restaurant and C.) Write a review telling us why you think it is romantic.

It’s as easy as that to enter. You can review any restaurant you like, so, pull out all the stops, put Shakespeare in his place and win one of these romantic prizes.

The one and only NOBU is offering their Omakase Valentine’s Dinner Special for 2 valued at R1400 to the top review of a romantic Cape Town restaurant. Now that is love…

For Gauteng reviewers Restaurant EI8HTEEN is the perfect place to celebrate V-day and they are making a weekend of it with their hot Valentine's Menu.  The best review for a Gauteng restaurant will be able to treat their booty, their vrou... or their bro (we don’t mind) to a delicious night out.

Durbanites, we have not forgotten you and neither has the fabulous Moyo uShaka Pier.  Check out this sensational Valentine’s Menu, and if your review of a romantic Durban restaurant is the favourite one to land in the Food24 restaurant reviews section then you can enjoy a romantic evening at Moyo with your own specially designed menu worth R700.

So Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to make you flinch. With so much going on and such awesome prizes, why not let the romantic in you off the leash for one day.

Start reviewing. Winners will be announced on Wednesday 10th February.  

 
 
 

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PansyPrincess
1/26/2010 1:41:44 PM
Dear "writer"... just because you can fumble around on a keyboard and churn out badly written articles with poor diction doesn't mean you necessarily should.

ps. I doubt this will get printed without significant "editing".
 
@PansyPrincess
1/26/2010 3:34:45 PM
Just because you have control over a keyboard and hide behind the anonymity of the web doesn’t mean anybody wants to read your b@#$y comments – it’s just a fun competition – or are you just venting coz you don’t have a date.
 
Pansy crusher
1/26/2010 3:35:53 PM
Hm, this is clearly a case of I don't have a date and I'm sore about it and I NEED A GOOD SHAG. Arse whole.
Diggedy dig the article and the prizes are amazing.
 
PansyPrincess
1/26/2010 4:37:10 PM
Wow, it looks like the majority of people reading this article could also use a few English lessons.

"Arse whole" ? What is exactly is that?,A WHOLE lot of nonsense if you ask me. I don't "diggedy dig" your obvious lack of intelligence my dear.

And what is up with all the "coz you don't have a date" comments? What is this, grade 7 ???
 
Anonymous
1/26/2010 9:26:17 PM
Why does Valentine's day make women go crazy? PansyPrincess enjoy Valentines Day I assume you will be editing articles on the internet!
 
Anonymous
1/27/2010 8:07:47 AM
diction - enunciation: the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience. So not quite the right word in your context was it Pansy? And the grammatical errors in 'What is exactly is that?' followed by a comma make me wonder if you're having fun in your glass house of perfect grammar and punctuation? Can't stay chatting, I'm off to post a review instead - YUMMY!
 
Anonymous
1/27/2010 12:05:12 PM
Ha ha..."The one and only NOBU"... I dont think Gordon Ramsay will be too impressed with you Catherine!
 
Paul
1/28/2010 4:02:22 PM
Typical south africans!!!Not one comment regarding the most romantic restaurant, but rather a whole lot of bitching like school kids.Grow up please!!!I found a really lovely restaurant in Parys in the Freestate...it's called Ruby's.The most amazing atmosphere, stunning food & so romantic that you'll fall in love with your partner all over again.
 
Lee
1/29/2010 12:05:35 AM
Nobu !!! are you having a laugh.
Nobu is over rated, dated and the service is ...well really what service.
There are so many better places to go. ...
How did Nobu even get a look in
 
kim
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Indulge, Rivonia -I was totally disappointed by the food and service. Instead of a gastronomical experience as the name of the establishment suggests, the chicken pie was awful. The pastry was uncooked and filling inedible served with a side of overcooked oily chips! When a complaint was made to the manager, she kept us waiting for a lengthy amount time and then argued that she was eating the very same thing. I was very disappointed with the whole experience and would not recommend this establishment to anyone...
 
 

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