Who is the Foodie? It doesn’t really matter. Bacon is god. Wine cures anything. If you believe those two facts, then we’re going to get on fine. This means you have discovered the power of food to make life better. This knowledge is imperative to the art of living well.Mess.
Posted in Eats, Restaurants on 20. Oct, 2010
Being based in Cape Town makes it easy to assume all great things happen in Cape Town. Or it’s a self-defence mechanism to hide the fact that we all very well know that there’s a lot of great stuff happening in Joburg and one or two good things in Durban. And a few things elsewhere. Either way, here’s some news. It would appear that Joburg has one of the coolest supper clubs around: Mess.
It’s run by Kathryn White & Jono Cane, who are two creative individuals. The one is a published writer and the other an artist/photographer. And based on their blog they appear to be ridiculously talented in the kitchen, naturals behind the camera and also really really really good-looking. They’re also sharp enough to realise that if you find an empty spot in the inner city somewhere and cook up a gourmet feast, invite 20 interesting people and allow plenty of wine to flow, you’re going to have a bloody good time. Capture some quirky shots and post online, together with some other musings on food, wine and anything else that comes to mind, and you’ve also got a pretty good blog too. And that’s Mess, a joyous dinner party in a random Joburg location. Except they call it, “a food experiment.”
Sadly I haven’t eaten at Mess, but it looks like they’ve cooked up some awesome stuff. Turkey with beans & almonds. Warm liver puree. Fish veloute. Steak tartare. Chourizo with white beans & chili. There are some unique opinions, interesting links, artistic photos and very hipsterish people on their site, which documents the various dinners they’ve done. Go have a browse. It made me hungry. It made me thirsty for red wine. It made me want artichokes. It made me wish I could pull off the retro bicycle with casual v-neck look. And it made me wish I had the skill to pull these dinner events off. Oh, well, at least I can go buy some artichokes. Oh, and drink some red wine.
On another, glorious sun-shining-through-the-clouds, note, I also came across this little gem (below) on themess.co.za. Awesomeness. Where can I order a poster?
ps – thanks to MakethMan for the heads up on Mess.
Hello,
The poster is from The School of Life in London, i think that might be a source of inspiration for Kate and Jono? They did a series last year on aphorisms and made posters to match.
theschooloflife.co.uk
Great bit of info!