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CURATE Interiors get a green upgrade inspired by the Pantone Colour of the Year

PERSPECTIVE Siena Crawford questions the future of the domestic kitchen

BODY OF WORK Inside the multisensory world of The Cook’s Table founder, Zolitha Magengelele

SHOP Kitchen specialist bulthaup has everything your cooking area needs for morning, noon and night

ART PROFILE Curator Salimata Diop is bringing together artists from across the continent at the Art Africa Fair

NOTED Names to know, collections to covet and products to pine for

ART DETAIL Through his layered use of shweshwe, artist Siwa Mgoboza confronts issues of identity and insider-outsider politics

EVERYDAY ESCAPE KwaZuluNatal’s North Coast acts as the perfect location for a house with a luxury bush-lodge feel

OLD SOUL The combination of grand proportions and eclectic ceramics makes this London abode an intriguing space

STYLE REEF Organic textures, keepsakes and neutral hues abound in a Tamboerskloof home

COLLECTOR’S EDITION A Mid-Century Modern design collection takes pride of place in this Illovo apartment

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PINPOINT Introducing Cape Town’s new Life Grand Cafe

FOOD & DRINKS NEWS Dining-out ideas your taste buds will love

FOOD How to incorporate herbs into your cooking repertoire

FLAVOUR PROFILE Chef Kobus van der Merwe showcases the art of foraging at his new venture, Wolfgat

GARDEN Discover the whimsical wonderland that is Johannesburg’s Shepstone Gardens

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HEART OF THE HOME Five kitchen trends that are bound to inspire

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NEWS Ideas for updating your bedroom and bathroom (P118), lounge (P120), patio (P122) and kids’ rooms (P124)

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’ve discussed my bi-monthly editorial commute to and from Cape Town to death. It’s not new to you and always involves the same routine – in fact, the staff in the airport Slow Lounge now call me by my first name instead of the usual Mr Nagel, and the car-rental crowd know me so well that I often get to skip the regular queue and just sign the release forms in the parking lot on my way to the car. But the other day, the whole tiresome experience took a completely different turn when I was summoned into a poky room by a not-so-friendly regular face at Cape Town International Airport to ‘declare’ the goods in my carry-on bag. Frazzled, I started unpacking a week’s worth of my life on the stainless-steel counter, all in front of a team that was scarier than the security guys at US

‘WE SHOT THREE KITCHEN COVERS IN COLLABORATION WITH BULTHAUP SO THAT YOU CAN TELL US YOUR FAVOURITE AND WIN R10 000.’ Border Patrol. As I took out a small Le Creuset pot that was generously given to me by their team to introduce me to their new Rosemary stoneware range inspired by the Pantone Colour of the Year, the security bunch mumbled something about the contents of the container resembling dagga and I finally understood the issue at hand – and freaked out. Long story short, it took me a while to convince the burly guards that the press gift did not hold a stash of marijuana but was instead filled with a za’atar rub by chef Franck Dangereux from Foodbarn in Noordhoek – and that I had no intention of smuggling anything back to Joburg. On that fragrant note I bring you our special Kitchen issue, wherein we look at all things wonderful in and around the kitchen. As well as showcasing houses with spectacular kitchens and living spaces especially designed around this heart of the home, we even shot three kitchen covers in collaboration with kitchen specialist bulthaup so that you can vote for your favourite at houseandleisure.co.za and win R10 000. And as for my little Le Creuset pot with its aromatic dry rub, it’s a perfect reminder of the process involved in putting together this issue – and all of the shenanigans that went along with it.

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CONTRIBUTORS KAREN TENNENT Karen is House and Leisure’s new chief copy editor. What would your ideal kitchen have in it? A Smeg gas hob, a walk-in pantry and a thriving herb garden. Your best thing about autumn? To quote a line from Miss Congeniality, ‘It’s not too hot, not too cold. All you need is a light jacket.’ If money were no object, what would you treat yourself to? A Hug armchair by Rossella Pugliatti. What’s your earliest design-related memory? When I was six, I moved out of the bedroom I shared with my sister into my own space and discovered the joy of expressing myself through my interior. When is your favourite time of day? Early morning when the world is quiet and before the Vredehoek wind gets up. Your go-to comfort food? Chicken casserole. What’s your favourite item in your home? From a wooden Buddha mask I bought in Mauritius to a carved Norwegian troll I inherited from my great grandfather, I have quite a few sentimental pieces that I just adore.

TRAVYS OWEN Having started his career in graphic design, illustration and animation, Travys has recently turned his focus to stills photography, film directing and collaborative projects. For this issue, he photographed artist Siwa Mgoboza (page 43). What do you most enjoy about your work? I love being in a new place and getting to meet new people every day. Your signature dish? Homemade burgers. Where are you travelling to next? I am going to Gabon to spend 10 days on a personal trip exploring the Ndogo Lagoon at the southern boundary of Loango National Park. It’s a destination like no other, where one of Africa’s largest lagoon systems drains into the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Where do you go, or what do you do, to get inspired? I surround myself with people who inspire me every day, so there is no need for me to travel far. What are you currently listening to? Yeasayer’s Amen & Goodbye.

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What would your ideal kitchen have in it? English chef Jason Atherton throwing together some tapas for a large lunch with my family and friends, a dog in a basket and a champagne fridge. What three words best describe your home? Minimalist, cosy, clean. If money were no object, what would you treat yourself to? A house by the sea with a large artist’s studio. What’s your earliest design-related memory? Drawing a cat with a triangular body at the age of three. I was adamant that my cat was a triangle. When is your favourite time of day? When I take the first sip of the great coffee I’ve just made myself. Your go-to comfort food? Sri Lankan street food from Kothu Kothu at Boxpark in East Croydon.

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in four cups, bowls, spoons, a Nespresso machine and nothing else. There and in New York, Shanghai and Beijing, I’ve seen apartments built entirely devoid of any kitchen. In such cities, space and time are beyond a premium and the first thing to go is the kitchen. In my New York studio apartment, like everyone else I knew then, I stored my clothes in the kitchen cupboards and my shoes in the oven. Photographer Bill Cunningham, who lived above Carnegie Hall, famously did not have a kitchen, and on Instagram, New Yorkers caption posts of the restaurants they go to every day with the hashtag #mykitchen – and they aren’t kidding. Visionary German architect Ole Scheeren recently completed the tallest building in Thailand, the MahaNakhon in Bangkok. Representing the future of urbanism, this soaring skyscraper resembles a dissolving pixellated shaft and can be seen from every angle of the city. The future is not cooking in these apartments: the future is having dinner cooked by Morimoto on level four of the 77-floor building, or getting it from Dean & DeLuca’s modern food emporium on level one. Scheeren has also developed a chefled fast-food concept for Dean & DeLuca called Stage, where the kitchen becomes a platform for performance art – a concept that was unveiled at Design Miami last year. Here, a gourmet food brand engaged one of the world’s leading architectural minds to debut a concept – at a design fair – about the future of cooking, and one thing is clear: it’s far away from home.

DESIGNER DIY The Raas Jodhpur hotel in India has defined a new level of luxury by designing the coolest kitchenette in its Stepwell Suite. Going beyond traditional room service, your fridge is fully stocked with layers of leafy greens grown in the hotel’s organic vegetable garden, all ready for you to cook. Imagine being in the most romantic place on Earth, watching the sun set over the historic 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort from your private terrace, and knowing that you don’t have to leave your breathtaking oasis. Simply request that the chef chops and pre-prepares everything for you. Then all you have to do is turn on the induction hob and pour yourself a gin and tonic. raasjodhpur.com

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hile visiting friends in the freezing Scottish Highlands, I find myself glued to the Aga for survival. It’s the only source of warmth in this enormous refrigerator of a castle. How appropriate to be musing about the future of kitchens while perched on the immovable monument to the most archaic symbol of British cookery. (My first thought is that the French are doing it better with La Cornue cookers, which are a lot more glamorous.) But is there still a central place for kitchens in our homes, even in timeand space-deprived megacities? Is each country and culture unique, or are we all moving in the same philosophical direction? When an online food delivery company like Deliveroo in London has revenue of £130 million with a growth rate of more than 1 000% in the past year, it certainly points to something brewing. In warmer South African climates, the kitchen still reigns supreme. Forget the luxury of having two indoor kitchens (one for aesthetics, one for action). The latest incarnation is a fully equipped and designed outdoor variation involving fire pits, pizza and tandoor ovens, gas and charcoal braais, fireplaces, under-thecounter fridges and fully stocked bars. Everyone is aspiring to emulate chef Francis Mallmann in their back garden. In Hong Kong, the opposite is happening. I recently stayed at interior designer Kathryn Friend’s chic apartment, which represents the ultimate in minimalist philosophy. The idea of a kitchen manifests

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LEGS Leg of lamb. Drumsticks. Lamb shank. Thighs. Haunch. Knuckles. Topside. Umsipha. Shin. Round. Silverside. I adore cooking all meat from the leg of any animal. FEET I could never thank them enough for all the long hours spent standing and cooking. No foot massage, orthopaedic shoes or manicure could ever do them justice. From growing up and kicking stones, stepping on glass and wearing shoes I knew were too small or pointy to walking on hot tarmac and broken shells, carrying me home and making sure I’m still standing every day, I am forever grateful for my feet.

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My hands are my greatest gift and there’s nothing I appreciate more on my body. If you’re feeling sad, I can whip up a stew to make a winter’s day feel like a Friday in February; I braid my hair when I’m broke; I’ve made my own birthday cake since I taught myself to IHRL H[°[OL HNL VM UPUL

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I love greens, especially imifino (similar to collard greens), which is a pot of sautéed green-leaf vegetables such as spinach, cabbage and kale. My grandmother used to make it for me for lunch almost four times a week.

I depend a lot on my nose when I cook, and often let the scent of the food guide me. Before you taste something, you can describe it by its aroma. Without smell, you might as well be fed from a drip.

Words are the best tool for my business. Friends say I’m too honest when it comes to my opinions and thoughts, but it’s who I am and it’s carried me well thus far. I try my best to bring that out in all the work I do and let others spread the word.

Some of my favourite sounds are clanging pots and pans, metal spoons scraping ceramic plates, sizzling fat, fermenting beer, the slurp of a milkshake, women talking around the fire while taking care of ‘oonopotjie’ (threelegged black pots), the sound of chopping, ice as it melts in a cocktail or glass of Coke on a hot day. Fizz.

EYES I’ve always been attracted to pretty things and with The Cook’s Table, I’ve managed to create a platform for myself to engage with design, food, music and art at the same time. I offer dining and food experiences by hosting pop-up dinners in unconventional spaces, such as artists’ studios and buildings that are still under construction, and am able to share my most successful cooking experiments in a fresh and inviting way. @thecookstable

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new heights We take a look inside the new Design Museum building – which has jumped to the top of our ‘London must-visits’ list – and consider the institution’s past, present and future

he London Design Museum’s first incarnation was the Boilerhouse Project in the basement of the Victoria and Albert Museum in the early 1980s – before its founder, designer Sir Terence Conran, moved it to a refurbished factory in Shad Thames in 1989. As it outgrew that space, director Deyan Sudjic looked over the river to Kensington, where the derelict Commonwealth Institute stood. This landmark listed pavilion, dating back to 1962, had one distinctive feature: its roof. And at three times the size of the existing location, it was a perfect fit. Four firms of architects were involved in the £83 million (about R1.37 billion) renovation, which took five years to complete. OMA, Arup, and Allies and Morrison were tasked with upgrading the facade and roof canopy, while architect John Pawson redesigned the interior. Defining a new character for the museum and turning it into a world-class temple of design was a daunting undertaking, but Pawson worked closely with the integrity

of the building. ‘I hope the museum shows that you don’t have to start from scratch to make exciting new cultural spaces,’ he says. Anyone walking into it is instantly struck by the size of the full-height, central atrium that extends to the roof. The colour palette is limited, and oak and concrete combine in the interior to create a light, open and harmonious atmosphere. Tiers of benches allow visitors to gaze up at the unique curves and dramatic sweep of the hyperbolic paraboloid (or ‘saddle’) roof, and its three floors house learning facilities such as a 200-seater auditorium, studios and workshops, an education space, reference library and archive, bookshop, members’ lounge and film studio. The museum opened to the public on 24 November 2016, unveiling its inaugural show, Fear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World, which features 11 installations by designers such as Ma Ke and Neri Oxman. Their work explores and challenges themes that define our modern age – sentient robots, fast fashion, dating apps, Brexit

– issues that draw attention to the stresses and desires felt by humans globally. Visitors who aren’t tempted straight into the museum’s designer restaurant, Parabola, will find the free permanent display, Designer Maker User, a colourful collection devoted to contemporary design and architecture. A crowdsourced wall voted for by the public includes 200 everyday objects from 25 countries, with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s choice of the iconic London Underground roundel taking pride of place. The exhibit is a thought-provoking study of the way design impacts every aspect of our lives. Along with smaller pop-up displays, the museum will house around seven temporary exhibitions a year. Highlights for the rest of 2017 include California, an examination of the global reach of the ‘golden state’ (24 May-15 October) and Hella Jongerius: Breathing Colour, which will explore how colour shapes what we see (28 June-24 September). designmuseum.org

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C L O C K W I S E , F RO M TOP LEFT Visitors to the London Design Museum gaze out over the central atrium, which extends all the way to the roof; known for his stylish minimalism, architect John Pawson remodelled the interior into a light and fluid space with LED strips on the stairs’ handrails; the building’s most distinctive feature is its original hyperbolic paraboloid roof canopy; keepsakes and design pieces, such as the Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi, can be bought at the museum’s giftshop (below and left); geometric lines draw the eye up to the curved roof canopy.

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SALIMATA DIOP One of the VISIONARY CURATORS behind Cape Town’s ART AFRICA FAIR

‘Art Africa Fair belongs to a new generation of art fairs that represent the future,’ says Salimata Diop, a Senegalese art critic and member of the curatorial team for this year’s ﬁrst fully curated international art fair in Africa. ‘The aim is to present a snapshot of the creation in Africa that is faithful to reality: a greatly diverse, dynamic, fast-changing landscape, with young and talented artists as the vanguard.’ Tasked with curating the Bright Young Things (BYT) programme, a regular Art Africa magazine feature showcasing emerging artists that has turned into an international awards programme, Salimata focused on promoting committed artists who were new to the art world and in need of a generous platform. But she believes that talent alone is not enough. ‘The most important development factor is the role played by all actors of the art market: art fairs, galleries, museums, art centres, residency programmes, auction houses and even universities. They all play a part, along with the artists themselves,’ she says. Curating BYT gave Salimata the opportunity to work in a new way, so instead of starting with the concept of 36

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building a unified narrative (typical of most art fairs), her process involved highlighting what set each exhibited body of work apart. As well as curating solo and group exhibitions around the world, Salimata is artistic director for the Also Known As Africa contemporary art and design fair in Paris, making her no stranger to bringing together voices from across the continent to create a space filled with unique and fresh perspectives. artafricafair.com What usually draws you to an artwork? Authenticity, sincerity and intellectual honesty in the creative process from the first to last step. Which artwork have you always wanted to own? A Banele Khoza watercolour or drawing. Which artist’s work should we buy right now? I find Laeila Adjovi’s photographs and Tahir Karmali’s mixed media pieces powerful and beautiful – they are two definite rising stars. New artists you’ve got your eye on? I’m working on exhibition plans with a few emerging artists such as South African Jake Singer and Thierry Oussou from Benin. Who is currently big on the African art scene? Ousmane Sow,

El Anatsui, Yinka Shonibare, Julie Mehretu, William Kentridge, Romuald Hazoumè and Marlene Dumas have achieved the highest level of recognition by international standards and have a link with Africa. Which local artists are doing well internationally? There are internationally recognised artists such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas, but with each visit to South Africa, I keep discovering the work of promising young artists. What’s your favourite piece of art in your home? The ﬁrst artwork of my collection, which is a powerful pastel drawing by my friend, Senegalese artist Cheikhou Bâ. Whose work would you buy as an investment or purely because you love it? It can be both. I’d buy a work by Laeila Adjovi, Tahir Karmali, Joana Choumali or Banele Khoza. Who is your favourite artist? Joann Sfar. And artwork? ‘The Goldﬁsh’ by Henri Matisse.

C L O C K W I S E , F RO M L E F T Salimata Diop; a piece from the ‘Malaika’ series by Laeila Adjovi; a work in progress by Tahir Karmali; ‘Vivre et laisser mourir’ by Cheikhou Bâ; ‘Silver Queen’ by Romuald Hazoumè.

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FINE LIVING JIM THOMPSON’S LEO DE JANEIRO FABRIC COLLECTION FEATURES CARNIVALESQUE COLOURS, VIVID PATTERNS AND PRINTS AND DEEP SHADES INSPIRED BY TROPICAL FLOWERS. IT’S ALSO A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN TRADITIONS AND ARTEFACTS, WITH A PENCHANT FOR DESIGN INSPIRED BY CHINESE CERAMICS. COUPLE THIS WITH 100% SILK SPRAWLED ACROSS THE MOST SPECIAL CORNERS OF YOUR HOME AND YOU’VE UNLOCKED PALATIAL LEVELS OF LIVING. tandco.co.za

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HUNG UP Italian brand Portego pairs some of Italy’s most talented designers with highly skilled craftsmen to create pieces as charming and versatile as these Bronzino brass hooks by Alessandro Zambelli. portego.it

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE Inspired by contemporary and classic tales, the whimsical wallpapers in Rebel Walls’ Storytime collection serve as the perfect backdrop for your imagination. As design manager Johanna Ek says, ‘Whether you’re young or young at heart’, playful patterns such as jungles, giant mushrooms and rose thickets will help keep the daydreams coming. rebelwalls.com

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Following the successful launch of their CO:HOME collection, Cotton On has introduced a new bathroom range featuring bath and handtowels, bathmats and bathroom accessories in grey, olive, black and powder pink. cottonon.co.za

GREEN LIGHT Rosemary is the freshest addition to the colour palette of renowned cookware brand Le Creuset, and is available across its range of enamelled cast iron and stoneware. lecreuset.co.za

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PLANT LIFE Looking for inspired ways to include indoor plants in your home’s decor? Greenterior: Plant-loving Creatives and Their Homes (Coffeeklatch/Luster) consists of loads of gorgeous images of plant-filled interiors as well as interviews with their owners, who are designers, painters, artists and florists in big cities ranging from Antwerp to New York. All the ideas are not only desirable but achievable, too, and although there are no step-by-step guides, the plant lists are very useful. Greenterior retails for about R1 200 and is available to order from Exclusive Books and exclusivebooks.co.za.

South African company Hertex marks its 30-year anniversary of producing sumptuous fabrics with a full homeware range appropriately named Haus. Two new categories – occasional furniture and tableware – have been added to a collection of throws, blankets, scatter cushions and rugs. The stylish tableware includes pattern-filled serving bowls as well as linen napery, trays and cutlery sets, and with occasional furniture that features textured pieces such as pouffes and sidetables in unusual silhouettes, it’s well worth checking out. Haus will be available at selected Hertex showrooms countrywide from 1 April. hertex.co.za

Q&A OFFICINE GULLO For luxury kitchen essentials, Officine Gullo paves the way. We spoke to their distributor for Africa, Dino Antonio Valente, about the iconic Italian brand.

Tell us about Officine Gullo’s heritage. The brand’s founder, Carmelo Gullo, and his three sons emphasise the importance of returning to traditional craftsmanship, which is a key component of Officine Gullo. Initially it was intended for home use and because of the high standard and beauty, some world-famous restaurants made it their signature cooking tool.

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What inspired you to offer professional cooking suites in the home? People are generally preoccupied with work, which leaves little time for family life, and today’s manufacturers compete to produce appliances at the lowest prices, minimising the importance of quality equipment. While teaching in Florence, Carmelo was inspired by a 19th-century iron cooker and decided it was time to return quality, traditional craftsmanship and family values to the home.

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There’s a difference between a good seat and a sitting machine, and the Aeron Chair from Herman Miller is the latter. First produced in 1994, every component of the design has been remastered this time around. The new Aeron features ‘stronger and smarter materials, better adjustment capabilities, intuitive controls, enhanced aeration and a health-positive, more comfortable sit’ – in other words, exactly what your workspace needs. alloffice.co.za

Any kitchen design tips? Kitchens date quickly because trends change yearly, so opt for neutral hues and design knowing that the best place to socialise is in the kitchen. It needs to be warm, inviting and lend itself to preparing food easily. What are some of Officine Gullo’s standout pieces? The professional cookers – they’re robust, powerful and simple to use. And the heavy-gauge steel cabinets with external hinges and locking mechanisms. officinegullo.co.za

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want TOP BRASS Artist and designer Kossi Aguessy has grabbed our attention with this remarkable sculpture as well as his sinuously curved Koreo sidetable in mirror-polished brass (featured on page 18). Born in 1977 in Lomé, Togo, Aguessy trained at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London and works in a wide variety of fields including sculpture, painting, product design and installations. Aguessy’s work is featured in exhibitions and permanent collections at museums worldwide, and is available locally at Robert Sherwood Design. ROBERTSHERWOODDESIGN.COM

Kossi Aguessy ‘I.Doll. II. The Sun’ mirror-polished bronze.

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upporters of the rise of homebrewed South African design in the early 2000s may experience a flashback when they encounter Siwa Mgoboza’s art. This is largely due to his extensive use of shweshwe in his collages, a printed cotton that was the go-to fabric during the Afro-chic movement, when Western designers were intent on aligning their fashion with African aesthetics. In the hands of the young Capetonian artist, Afro chic has been reinvented and transformed into a concept he calls Africadia. In some ways, it continues the essence of the sentiment that drove Afro chic in that his brightly collaged artworks are intended to evoke a utopian African condition, where identity is no longer defined along racial, class, religious or gender lines. His collages are dense and complex, existing somewhere between figurative art and abstraction, and it is impossible to immediately identify the figures or settings in his work. ‘I am trying to represent a frantic state of being; there is no telling what is happening on what level. I want the viewer to be stressed. Is it fabric, is it a photograph?’ says Mgoboza. He works mainly with textiles but also relies on photography to capture detailed installations that are realised with fabric cutouts in distinctive prints. At other times, Mgoboza is the central subject in the photographs, though carefully disguised in vibrant garb with his face obscured by a mask composed of elements of the prints. The backdrop? Shweshwe. The idea of camouflage and assimilation is instrumental in Mgoboza’s art. Growing up in Peru and Poland, he was constantly confronted with identity issues and insider-outsider politics. When Mgoboza returned to South Africa in 2012 to study art at Michaelis School of Fine Art, he expected to be relieved of this burden, only to find himself negotiating questions around his racial and sexual identity. ‘I didn’t understand who I was,’ he says. Making art propelled further introspection and eventually helped him find his feet in a racialised South Africa, with textiles proving an apt medium to articulate his ambiguous position but also his desire to belong. ‘If you wear a Scottish tartan, you feel part of something,’ he says. Shweshwe is Mgoboza’s textile of choice thanks to its mixed and conflicted provenance. Designed by European settlers during the colonial era and produced by an Indonesian labour force before it

reached South African shores, shweshwe was assimilated into African customs. The print represents a complicated and layered identity, and this heritage allows for a degree of transcendence from usual defined categories, suggests Mgoboza. He first became aware of this at a family gathering when a group of women arrived dressed head to toe in the fabric. They were happy and confident, regardless of their status in society. Mgoboza explains that there has been a recent resurgence to assert identity, and shweshwe and the Africadia concept embody this nostalgia for a return to something that has been lost. ‘It reminded me of Adam and Eve; this raw, innocent state before everything got polluted. We’ve lost so much of ourselves. Everyone is trying to wear something that speaks about who they are,’ he says. Mgoboza’s use of a print-evoking multiculturalism is reminiscent of the art of Yinka Shonibare, a British-Nigerian artist who has been applauded in Western art centres for his work with West African prints. This theme has struck a chord abroad – and has resulted in Mgoboza showing in New York and Toronto this year. After the huge success of his first solo project, If Found Return to Africadia, at Whatiftheworld gallery in Cape Town last year, Mgoboza’s shweshwe collage version of Pablo Picasso’s Cubist painting, ‘Les Demoiselles d’Avignon’, is currently showing as part of the Women’s Work exhibition at the Iziko South African National Gallery. In it, he explores the way in which prints can reconfigure the body and imagines a subject of the future. ‘What kind of person would emerge when there are no longer any boundaries?’ Mgoboza asks – and it is this stirring question that sits at the front of one’s mind when viewing the inspiring artist’s work. whatiftheworld.com; iziko.org.za; semaphore.gallery T H I S PAG E , F RO M T O P ‘The Rwenzururu Kingdom of Africadia’; ‘The Ashanti Kingdom of Africadia’; ‘The Toro Kingdom of Africadia’; ‘The Lesotho Kingdom of Africadia’. O PP O S I T E PAG E ‘Les Etres D’Africadia I Serpentina Jonza’. O PE N I N G PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P Siwa Mgoboza in front of his work ‘The Night is Young and Full of Hope, How I Dream For Africadia to be the Cope’; ‘Paint me like a Picasso’; ‘Les Etres D’Africadia (Masquer) I’. A P R I L 2 0 1 7 | HOUSE AND LEISURE

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EVERYDAY ESCAPE THIS KWAZULUNATAL home REFERENCES BOTH ITS urban setting AND THE OWNERS’ love of the bush TEXT PAMELA WHITBY PRODUCTION NICOLA STEVENSON PHOTOGRAPHS LAR LESLIE

T H I S S PR E A D The owners of this house on KwaZulu-Natal’s North Coast are avid cooks and entertainers so the kitchen, installed by Blue Olive Design (blueolivedesign.co.za), includes seating at the island to encourage guests to linger while meals are prepared. Framed botanical prints by Clinton Friedman (clintonfriedman.com) hang above sturdy counters with white marble tops from Afrigran (afrigran.co.za), and wooden drawer fronts highlight the beautiful herringbone parquet.

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H O U S E north coast T H I S PAG E Marine plywood cladding and decking ensure that the house blends into its surroundings. Indoor-outdoor living was a priority and architect Lisa Rorich designed the house to open completely via cavity sliding doors.

he first step in building this house on the KwaZuluNatal North Coast was unconventional: planting a forest of 55 trees. ‘We bought the plot six years ago but knew we wouldn’t move in for a while,’ says the owner. ‘So we planned ahead for the feel we wanted from the house, which was the sense that we were in a bush lodge.’ The idea was for the forest to grow to the extent that neighbouring properties would be hidden by the canopy, leaving the home’s outlook to take in only green and the sea beyond. When they were ready to build, the owners called on architect Lisa Rorich to design a house that would have the feel of a retreat, yet still sit comfortably in its urban location on an estate with contemporary finishes and amazing vistas. ‘The architecture is a response to the site and the context – it’s not just about putting a house on a plot,’ says Lisa. ‘Courtyard spaces were key, not only to blur the boundaries between inside and out but also to take into account the prevailing winds from the east at the coast. A courtyard on the inland side of the house provides a protected outdoor space.’ It’s no secret that one of the perks of living in KwaZulu-Natal is its balmy climate – ideal for outdoor living. By installing doors that disappear into wall cavities, the whole house opens up to the outdoor areas at the front and back, while the main bedroom and guest suite have verandas. ‘The open deck alongside the pool is one of our most used areas,’ say the owners. ‘It is so tranquil and if it weren’t for the sight of the odd house in the distance, you’d feel as though you were in the bush.’ The swimming pool’s rim-flow detail is similar to that of a meditative water feature, and glass balustrades appear to recede completely, ensuring unrestricted views. Another notable detail of the house is its unconventional windows – Lisa designed a traditional louvre mechanism but instead of glass, she installed slats of marine plywood that control the flow of air and the light, and add natural texture to the interior and exterior spaces. ‘We love the fact that the wood has weathered

into a subdued grey, and we’ve already swapped the outward-facing slats to look inwards to take advantage of the look in the interiors,’ say the owners. Natural textures were an essential element of the decor and the owners say that their style has been described as African European. ‘It’s a term that makes sense because of the way we like to combine classic pieces with local touches that give a definite sense of place,’ they say. The pair previously lived on a farm and then in a seaside apartment where they amassed a collection of artworks, which now hold pride of place here. Most reference Africa, from a striking photograph of a baobab – the owners’ favourite – to an imposing shot of a cheetah, which presides over the dining table. Sentimental items are an important part of the home and several inherited pieces of furniture have been given a new lease of life with a coat of paint or a change in size – such as the couple’s first dining table, which was cut in half lengthwise to create a console table. Items like stones that came from the owner’s father, a quarryman, and family photographs combine with chic fabrics and stylish pieces to give a homely, layered feel to the sophisticated interiors. Botanical elements also feature and the owner has brought in touches of green and plant motifs throughout the space. ‘I love accent walls,’ she says, ‘and although I’ve used paint in the past, here we have chosen striking wallpaper to create interesting focal points in each room.’ In addition to being beautifully appointed, the house is comfortable and welcoming – a deliberate choice on the part of its inhabitants, who entertain frequently and often have guests to stay. ‘Scale and proportion were important to us, too,’ they add. ‘We wanted the house to feel inviting and not at all cavernous, and Lisa has done an excellent job in designing spaces that are the right size for our lifestyle and the furnishings we had in mind. Although we have beautiful things, nothing is too precious and we can relax, put our feet up and encourage our guests to do the same.’ lisaroricharchitects.co.za

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O PP O S I T E PAG E Natural hues and vertical wooden cladding link the calm, uncluttered living area to the expansive veranda.

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T H I S PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;We cut our dining room table in half to turn it into a console table for the lounge,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; says the owner, who has incorporated existing pieces into the new space by painting or altering them; charcoal chairs from Weylandts (weylandts.co.za) contrast with the light dining table custom-made by By Conrad Furniture (byconrad.co.za) and parquet by Oggie Flooring (oggieflooring.com) in the dining room; a rim-flow pool draws the eye to the green backdrop, which includes 55 trees planted by the owners years before building commenced. Glass balustrading allows for uninterrupted vistas from all angles of the patio. O PP O S I T E PAG E Natural hues and vertical wooden cladding link the calm, uncluttered living area to the expansive veranda.

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T H I S PAG E , F RO M L E F T Adding to the house’s luxury bush-lodge feel is a sleek marble vanity in the bathroom; the space is full of glamorous touches, such as a glass chandelier from Cécile & Boyd (cecileandboyds.com), a freestanding bath and a feature wall composed of metro tiles laid in a chevron pattern. O PP O S I T E PAG E An armchair from Weylandts provides an inviting, scenic spot for unwinding in the bedroom. ‘We wanted the house to feel like a retreat,’ say the owners. Elegant wooden shutters add interest and when closed, give the bedroom a cosy, warm ambience. 54

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espite her pint-sized frame, there’s nothing diminutive about the way in which the owner of this London home lives her life. A curious nature and irreverent attitude have stood her in good stead against the vagaries of the fashion industry for more than a quarter of a century. It’s a sensibility that is evident in the 1820s Regency townhouse in Marylebone that she shares with her husband, who is also her former business partner. The grandeur of its high ceilings, neutral walls, chevron-striped oak floorboards and views over a leafy square are matched only by the owner’s signature mix of art, ceramics, furniture, botanicals, curiosities and personal, precious pieces. ‘When we first bought the space, it was a one-floor apartment perfect for the two of us,’ she recalls. ‘At that stage we didn’t think we could have children, so when our two sons came along a few years later, things got more than a little cramped.’ Rather than disturb the enviable proportions of the living spaces, the family initially ‘squashed up’ until they could buy another floor

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and spread out a bit. More than three decades on, the couple’s sons have left home and the apartment has grown with the help of architect Seth Stein. It now includes a garden flat that the owners rent out, and a roof terrace with a vegetable garden that feeds them all summer. By all accounts, ‘bringing people together’ is core to what the owner does best. Be it her extended family or a collection of designers, her love of cooking, entertaining and making interesting, comfortable spaces means there’s a real a sense of humanity to her aesthetic. ‘I’m a complete magpie,’ she laughs. ‘I’m always creating little cameos of things or making narratives around objects I find inspiring. It’s a source of constant amusement to my sons.’ For someone so enamoured with beautiful pieces, her home is not the crowded, cluttered space you’d expect. Instead, it’s both refined and grounded, contemporary yet resonant, minimalist but eclectic. She attributes a good part of this to her South African roots. ‘I didn’t come from a highly industrialised society so I’ve an eye for all things basic and earthy.’ After a long and successful fashion career, the owner, who is now in her sixties, is back at college studying towards

a degree in ceramics. ‘It’s strange that I’ve found myself trying to create in this medium because although it is a recent interest, I’ve realised that I’ve been a passionate collector of ceramics for most of my life,’ she muses. It’s this curiosity and lust for learning that has enabled her to constantly reinvent herself which, combined with a strong, personal style, is something we can all strive for. sethstein.com

PR EV IO U S S PR E A D, F RO M L E F T The open-plan kitchen of this Marylebone townhouse in London reflects its owner’s two great loves: ceramics and cooking; she is naturally drawn to attractive, hand-hewn pieces that are imbued with artisanal flair – nothing is merely functional; the plaster of Paris leaf is by plaster artist Peter Hone.

T H I S PAG E , F RO M L E F T The rooftop vegetable garden is a constant source of fresh produce; a rustic farm table acts as a spacious kitchen workbench. O PP O S I T E PAG E , F RO M L E F T Green vases from Morocco form part of an extensive ceramics collection that includes pieces by artist Hylton Nel; in the eating area, a recessed shelf next to a dining table by B&B Italia (bebitalia.com) is a clever place to store crockery.

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‘I’M ALWAYS CREATING LITTLE CAMEOS OF THINGS OR MAKING NARRATIVES AROUND OBJECTS I FIND INSPIRING. IT’S A SOURCE OF CONSTANT AMUSEMENT TO MY SONS.’ T H I S PAG E , F RO M L E F T As the main bedroom is relatively small, the owner installed a 2.5m-high headboard that doubles as a storage facility. The pale wall colour makes the room feel bigger and lighter; a full-length mirror helps give the illusion of more space and draws the eye up to a portrait by Jeni Ku. O PP O S I T E PAG E , F RO M L E F T The compact bathroom reflects architect Seth Stein’s signature minimalist use of stone, and a row of cupboards are seamlessly hidden behind wall panels; a wooden dressing table from the owner’s grandmother displays relics and good-luck charms. 62

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Style reef The Cape Town base of international businessman Mogens Tholstrup and Gretha Scholtz hints at a glamorous jet-set lifestyle yet retains the essence of a real South African home

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T H I S PAG E Gretha Scholtz in the kitchen of the Tamboerskloof house she shares with her husband, Mogens Tholstrup. The sculptural kitchen island is entirely clad in marble and blends beautifully with the tiled floor. O PP O S I T E PAG E Special trinkets and natural textures are used throughout the house to add depth to the neutral colour palette.

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hat have I missed?’ asks Mogens Tholstrup, bursting in from a morning run, sweatband on his forehead and a bag of chocolate croissants in hand. An international businessman of Danish extraction with a long stint behind him as one of London’s society restaurateurs, Mogens is eager to catch up with the conversation between us and his former-model wife, Gretha. What we’re discussing is the beautiful home that the couple share, a multistorey house high in the leafy suburb of Tamboerskloof, fringed by Table Mountain and Devil’s Peak, and with an eagle’s-nest view of the Mother City. Looking for a new Cape Town base a few years ago, they decided to view the property even though their estate agent doubted it was what they were looking for. The front door was forbidding; the exterior unpromising. But when they walked in and saw the whole of the City Bowl spread out before them, with the mountains rearing above it, they ‘just knew’. Deal done, they hired an architect to retain the original multilevel structure while bringing in contemporary touches: longer, wider windows to maximise those stirring views; updates of the kitchen and bathrooms; extensions to the outdoor deck; and the replacement of thickly grouted terracotta tiles with cool marble. Mogens and Gretha have properties in several sought-after spots around the world – Switzerland, Finland, the south of France – but this one, originally intended as a lock-up-and-go to replace their former Cape Town bolt-hole, has become their favourite. And it’s easy to see why. The house is flexible enough to suit every season: a snug nest in winter, a cool retreat for outdoor living in summer, and intriguing all year around. Gretha brought her innate sense of style to the interior, which has a serenity amid striking vignettes of drama. The melange reflects the couple’s varied interests and wide-ranging travels – with pieces collected from Scandinavia, Switzerland, South America and, of course, the Cape – and as avid supporters of local design and art, it’s unsurprising that all of the artworks present are South African.

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Gretha has a keen eye for the unusual and is a collector who pursues a passion long before it becomes the trend elsewhere. There are collections of natural coral, animal skulls and horns in most rooms, as well as ceramic pots and a curiosity cabinet. Her next decor theme, she says, will be green – not in the eco sense, but involving an imaginative profusion of indoor plants. Because she favours texture over colour, the decor palette is limited to taupe, sand and stone. Brights feature in Mogens’ study, though, where the hues of his cherished Missoni cushions ‘really work’. The space is laid out so that the pair can each indulge their own passions: there’s a well-equipped study for Mogens and a sleek, everything-to-hand kitchen for Gretha, who is a ‘superb cook’, says Mogens. Her culinary inspirations change with their travel schedule: currently it’s Asian, alternating with Mediterranean. (She used to travel with her favourite ingredients stashed in her suitcase; now she shops ‘local and seasonal’.) Despite everything it offers, this isn’t a huge home. ‘We like smaller places,’ Gretha says. ‘Our place in Finland, for example, is about 200m2. It’s more than enough… until the pieces I collect get too numerous. Mogens is a minimalist; I’m a maximalist.’ Similarly, their preference is for small-scale entertaining. On a perfect evening, they might have a braai for a large group out on the deck, but generally they prefer to host a dinner for six. ‘That’s the perfect number of guests,’ says Mogens. ‘It’s intimate and yet lively and interesting.’ They are both energetic to the point of restlessness: Gretha’s enthusiasms range from gardening (‘I love going outside every morning with my scissors to trim and tweak’) to photography, while Mogens attends to business in most of the cities they visit, overseeing projects and planning new ones. The couple laments that because of their schedules, they often miss out on some of the Cape Town attractions – although they always make time to enjoy the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts, get exercise (Mogens is a regular on the rigorous slopes of Lion’s Head) or dine at a restaurant in the city or Winelands. ‘We’re incorrigible foodies,’ they say. The house unquestionably suits the couple’s peripatetic lifestyle – it has the convenience and ease of maintenance that they were looking for – but it’s also undeniably a place where they are truly ‘at home’.

T H I S PAG E , CLOCKWISE F RO M T O P The creation of wider windows allowed for more light to flood the interior; a keepsake from one of the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trips; muted crockery and glassware combine on beautifully curated kitchen shelves, whose horizontal lines are echoed in the contemporary drawer handles.

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T H I S PAG E An exposed concrete beam and rough-hewn wooden table add to the houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s earthy feel. O PP O S I T E PAG E Two semi-circular windows in the dining room create a focal point that brings the outdoor greenery into the space.

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T H I S PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P L E F T Driftwood frames placed over a wall-to-wall mirror add an extra dimension to the main bathroom; some of Grethaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coral collection; Mogens and Gretha on their tranquil deck, which features a minimalist outdoor shower anchored to a palm tree; thanks to Grethaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experimentation with shades of white, brown and grey, the decor is layered and rich.

H O U S E illovo T H I S PAG E Tyrone Arendse in the renovated kitchen of his apartment in Illovo, Joburg. A Sputnik chandelier was refurbished with the help of interior designer Yaniv Chen of Master Studio.

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T H I S PAG E , F RO M L E F T From a Frances Goodman ceramic installation and vertical Michele Mathison steel sculpture to a rectangular sofa and triangular vintage coffee table, pieces of varying shapes interlock in the living room and are grounded by a striking geometric rug; stacking doors open up the living area to the veranda, resulting in an airy space that’s beautifully accented by minimalist furniture with curved, organic lines.

et back from the hum of traffic and overlooking a canopy of treetops, Tyrone Arendse’s spacious top-floor apartment in Illovo, Joburg, is a medley of understated style, uncomplicated design and functionality. Carefully considered interior decisions ensure that his impressive collection of Mid-Century Modern furniture, light fittings and objets d’art take pride of place and set the tone of this sophisticated and distinctly personal home. The apartment showcases Tyrone’s eclectic character and refined eye. Describing his style as ‘intrinsically personal’, his assortment of vintage and modern pieces is testament to sustained appreciation of beautiful objects. ‘I’m not especially precious about the integrity of one specific design style, and if I like something and it makes sense for me, I’m happy to go with it and try to mix it up,’ he says. ‘If you look at the things that I have in my apartment, there’s nothing from one particular period or with one predominant style. Everything is simply thrown together and if it makes me happy, then that’s what ultimately counts. I’m the one who lives here, so I don’t really care what anybody else thinks.’

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Tyrone bought the apartment back in 2005 but only started living in it permanently eight years ago. Working as a project delivery specialist for one of the largest local stock exchanges, he travels often, and the lock-up-and-go convenience appealed to him. Having a quiet space to retreat to at the end of the day is important to Tyrone; home for him is a place to relax and take time out away from his fast-paced work life. Midway through 2016, he decided to redo the kitchen, which was an all-beige pokey time capsule from the ’80s. Tyrone sought out the help of friend and interior designer Yaniv Chen of Master Studio to oversee the renovation and extend the elegantly functional theme of the rest of the apartment. Yaniv brought a focus to the project, suggesting colour schemes and materials, and acted as a sounding board for Tyrone’s ideas and concepts. The aim was to create a modern, inviting and liveable feel in the kitchen. ‘I didn’t want a showroom,’ Tyrone says. The result is luxurious but unpretentious, with white marble counters offset by cream terrazzo floor tiles that give a nod to the building’s retro aesthetic. A powder-coated steel drinks cabinet adds a masculine element and picks up the blacks of the Sputnik chandelier overhead.

Does Tyrone enjoy cooking? ‘I don’t cook at all,’ he says, but this doesn’t preclude his interest in the process of cooking and his considering taking a class to learn a specific kind of cuisine. While the new kitchen is a welcome addition, the defining features of the home are the items in it. The space itself, with its neutral walls in different shades of grey, almost fades away to allow Tyrone’s eye-catching pieces to dominate. Central to the renovation was finding interesting ways to incorporate Tyrone’s collection into the apartment. Here Yaniv proved invaluable – it was his idea to reconfigure three vintage wall lights into a chandelier ceiling fixture for the dining room, a concept similarly echoed in the kitchen – and he created contrast by juxtaposing a glass dining table and sleek vintage steel-and-leather chairs with the warm, rich tones of the parquet running throughout the apartment. Pervading the space is a feeling of airiness and openness, which is largely due to the clever placement of multiple mirrors and the fact that Tyrone replaced all of the original windows with larger variations. He also installed stacking doors in the living room that open up the entire area to a blue-and-white tiled veranda, with the treetops beyond providing a living, green backdrop.

As for all of the Mid-Century Modern furniture in the apartment, it was selected by Tyrone and acquired from auctions over a period of many years with the help of his father, Jerome. This is interspersed with key contemporary pieces from product-designer and artist friends: a number of Dokter and Misses lamps are present throughout the apartment, a ceramic installation by artist Frances Goodman occupies the main living-room wall and a steel piece by sculptor Michele Mathison is a new addition to the living-room ensemble. In the bedrooms, Joe Paine wall-mounted pieces hang above the beds. The seamless cohesion of modern and contemporary is testament to Tyrone’s nuanced love of good design. Without trying to please anyone but himself, he’s created a home that’s inviting, captivating and very much his own style.

T H I S PAG E , F RO M L E F T Warm parquet flooring runs throughout the apartment and creates contrast with a glass-and-steel coffee table; a large mirror helps make the dining room feel larger and draws the eye into the sleek and modern kitchen.

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T H I S PAG E , F RO M L E F T Blue-and-white tiles from Hadeda (hadeda-tiles.com) are reminiscent of an artwork by MC Escher and give the veranda colour and depth; larger windows allow for natural light to stream into the main bedroom, which features furniture such as a Mid-Century Modern headboard and base from MØdernist (modernist.biz). O PP O S I T E PAG E , F RO M L E F T Walls in varying shades of grey provide a muted backdrop for Tyrone’s objets d’art; the hooped steel piece above the bed is by Joe Paine (joepaine.com). 76

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TYRONE DESCRIBES HIS STYLE AS ‘INTRINSICALLY PERSONAL’. ‘I’M NOT ESPECIALLY PRECIOUS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF ONE SPECIFIC DESIGN STYLE, AND IF I LIKE SOMETHING AND IT MAKES SENSE FOR ME, I’M HAPPY TO GO WITH IT AND TRY TO MIX IT UP.’

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T H I S PAG E , F RO M L E F T Mixed textures, natural materials and luxurious finishes abound at Life Grand Cafe in Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront; the restaurant is known for its extensive salad bar and gives guests the option of customising their own. O PP O S I T E PAG E , F RO M L E F T The decor pays homage to the site’s history and nautical setting with carefully thought-out displays and leafy palms; for a more private dining experience, head up to the plush Victoria Upper Dining Room, where the Life design studio crafted custom decor after doing intensive research into archival documents and photographs of the Cape’s rich history. 80

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hen visiting the V&A Waterfront, it can be easy to forget that you’re in the middle of a working harbour. Whether you’re window-shopping in the mall or negotiating groups of tourists, glimpses of the boats that throng the water’s edge can be few and far between. Happily, this is not the case at the new Life Grand Cafe, which occupies one of the oldest buildings in the harbour and, from its pierside location, also enjoys panoramic views. Life Group of Companies founder Maira Koutsoudakis says, ‘We identified this gem four years ago and instinctively knew that it would be the ideal home for us. Situated on an arterial flow between the heaving V&A Waterfront and the new, edgy Silo district, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa and the Robben Island departure point, the heritage building dates back to 1902 and offers guests unparalleled natural and architectural beauty.’ You may find it difficult to notice the world-famous views, however, because the interior design of this new venue is likely to demand your attention. From the pretty entrance courtyard, you step into a refined reception area and wine cellar. This space in turn opens up to the light Conservatory where Life’s signature ‘theatre bars’ – Salad, Crudo, Forno, Coffee and Cocktail – are clad in patterned marble slabs with brass details. The Conservatory dining area is chiccasual: classic café-style chairs mingle with velvet-covered semicircular banquettes. The grass herringbone-matting ceiling is both an arresting textured detail and a clever way to absorb sound. Nautically inspired hanging lamps are a nod to the seaside setting – and if close to the ocean is where you long to be, you can step out onto the Pier Promenade for an outdoor dining experience that will have you instantly feeling like you’re on holiday. It’s clear that Maira and the Life creative team – which has designed and decorated private island resorts, boutique hotels and luxury lodges in locations from the Seychelles to Kenya, as well as five other Life Grand Cafes in South Africa in the brand’s 17-year history – has brought the group’s signature ‘restaurant as resort’ thinking to this new space. On the first floor, a further range of rooms and possible experiences opens up: climb the turned-timber heritage staircase and you’ll discover the Library, Victoria Upper Dining and Alfred Upper Lounge areas. The latter two have already been hired for private events and other celebrations, as

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well as being elegantly comfortable options for dining during inclement weather. The moody, gentleman’s-club ambience of the Alfred Upper Lounge makes you long for a rainy winter evening on which to mark a birthday in style, while its airy, feminine counterpart, the Victoria Upper Dining room, is one of the loveliest spaces in the building. Featuring buttoned banquettes upholstered in pale eau-de-nil velvet, as well as heritage furniture and a collection of blue-and-white Delft china heirlooms, this room also sports an airy, open ceiling, with exposed original timber beams. Maira explains that she and her team saw the design and decoration procedure here as ‘the art of excavation and the process of omission’ during which they strove to emphasise the building’s origins (it was commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1902 as the first post office and built during the reign of her son, Edward VII). They removed elements that ‘marred the original “bones” and character of the building’ and sensitively restored it to its former glory before adding ‘period-specific Victorian and Cape Dutch nuances, Delft detailing and references to the harbour and its historic role in the life of the city of Cape Town and its people’.

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T H I S PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P L E F T The Victorian library and curiosity cabinet engages locals and foreigners alike; owner and CEO of the Life Group of Companies, Maira Koutsoudakis; classic West Coast mussels prepared by chef Jeanel Pieterse; a faceted painting by Kurt Pio; Cape Dutch and Delft details can be seen at the blue marble and brass bar.

Diners familiar with the cuisine at the Life Grand Cafe locations in Gauteng will know what to expect from executive chef and partner Jeanel Pieterse’s kitchen at this new location: dishes created using the freshest ingredients where provenance is king. As Jeanel says, the Life signature is ‘comfortable classics with a little twist; food you want to leave home for [but also] food you feel at home with’. For a light lunch, choose from the salad bar or tuck into a selection of tapas, ceviche and new-style sushi. There are more substantial offerings, too, from steaks to pastas, fresh line fish – and desserts. Life Grand Cafe is that rare sort of restaurant that combines a light-hearted atmosphere with impressive views, interiors and food. Ideal for everything from a bubbly-fuelled brunch to an intimate milestone celebration, this is a place that makes every occasion feel special. Life Grand Cafe, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town; 021-205-1902. lifegrandcafe.com

O PP O S I T E PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M B O T T O M R I G H T Design partner Tony Parreira in the reception area; wood-roasted, grilled sea bass; Life Grand Cafe is located in a stand-alone heritage building that dates back to the turn of the century.

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Jamie’s Italian’s head chef, Shane Smit, trained under the first head chef of the franchise in the UK and, almost a decade later, now runs one of the tastiest Italian kitchens in SA at Melrose Arch, Joburg. As head chef, do you conceptualise the dishes at Jamie’s Italian? How much creative freedom do you have? We have free rein when it comes to designing our specials, which are largely influenced by the weather and mood of the day. I get to create meals that South Africans will love but which still keep the Jamie appeal. On the main menu, there are standard items we have to stick to.

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Cut the garlic chives into thin rings. Finely chop and mix 2T dill and the coriander and verbena leaves, and set aside. Crush the peppercorns with a pestle and mortar, and combine with the salt, sugar and orange zest. Fillet the trout, retaining the skin. Rinse in cold water and pat dry. Place, skin side down, next to each other in a baking dish. Spread the salt mix on the trout. Top with the chopped herbs and press down lightly. Cover with clingfilm and refrigerate overnight. In the meantime, for the vinaigrette, place the diced shallots in boiling water, bring back to the boil and blanch for 5 seconds. Drain in a sieve, rinse with cold water and allow the water to drip off. Whisk the mustard with the vinegar, vegetable stock, olive oil and honey. Stir in the shallots and season with salt and pepper. Cover and keep cool. Remove the fillets from the marinade and cut them diagonally into thin strips. Coarsely pluck the chervil, tarragon, basil and remaining dill. Arrange the fillet pieces with the vinaigrette, herbs and lime on plates. Serve with slices of bread on the side. SERVES 4

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3 spring onions 200g snow peas 1 cucumber, cut lengthwise into thin slices 2 handfuls Asian salad greens 1 handful red basil 2T tarragon 2T chervil 2T garlic chives 2T mint leaves 1T dill 125g blueberries For the dressing 2T poppy seeds 200ml buttermilk 2t blossom honey 2T lemon juice 4t olive oil salt and black pepper Toast the poppy seeds for the dressing in an oil-free pan; let cool. Clean the spring onions, cut the dark green part diagonally into thin rings, then place into icy water. Cut the light green and white parts into thin rings and set aside. Blanch the snow peas in salted boiling water for 1 minute. Refresh with cold water, drain and cut lengthwise into fine strips. For the dressing, mix the buttermilk with the blossom honey, lemon juice, olive oil and poppy seeds. Season with salt and pepper. Remove the dark spring onion rings from the water and shake dry. Gently combine the cucumber with the spring onions, Asian salad greens, all of the herbs and the blueberries. Mix in the dressing just before serving. SERVES 4

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LEMON VERBENA SYRUP WITH VANILLA 1 vanilla pod, split lengthwise 250g sugar 12g lemon verbena leaves (plus Â˝ handful of lemon verbena leaves for serving) 350ml lemon juice (6-7 lemons) 1 organic lemon, cut into thin slices ice cubes for serving (if desired, freeze ice cubes with edible flowers or tarragon leaves) cold sparkling water or champagne Scrape the seeds out of the vanilla pod with the back of a knife. In a pot, bring the vanilla pod and seeds, sugar and 250ml water to the boil, and cook for 2 minutes. Remove the pot from the stove, add the verbena leaves and stir. Allow to draw for 10 minutes. Pour through a sieve and retain the syrup. Mix the syrup with the lemon juice. Bring to the boil and simmer for 1 minute. Pour into a bottle or jug and allow to cool for 30 minutes. Cover and refrigerate. Place 2-3 lemon slices, some ice cubes and 2-3 lemon verbena leaves in each glass. Pour 3-4 tablespoons of syrup on top and fill with sparkling water or champagne. MAKES ABOUT 650ML SYRUP

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HERB PASTA WITH THIN ZUCCHINI SLICES 2T chives 2T lemon balm 2T chervil 2T red basil 2T flat-leaf parsley 30g pistachios, roasted and salted 400g tagliatelle 1T sunflower oil 100g bacon, cut into 1cm cubes 1 zucchini, cut lengthwise into thin slices 200ml cream 100ml vegetable stock 130g ricotta 30ml lemon juice salt and black pepper Slice the chives into thin rings and coarsely chop the herbs and pistachios. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil and cook the tagliatelle according to the pack instructions until al dente.Â In the meantime, heat the oil in a pan and fry the bacon until crisp. Add the zucchini and fry for another minute. Add the cream and vegetable stock and bring to the boil. Drain the tagliatelle and add it, along with 100g ricotta, the chopped herbs and pistachios (keep 2T aside) and lemon juice to the cream in the pan. Season with salt and pepper.Â Arrange the tagliatelle and add the remaining 30g of ricotta on top. Sprinkle over the 2T herbs and pistachios and serve. SERVES 4

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traddling the dining and open kitchen areas at Kobus van der Merwe’s Paternoster restaurant, Wolfgat, on the West Coast, is a glass-fronted display fridge. It’s the same as those we see in supermarkets and fast-food outlets, but its contents couldn’t be more different. Inside, elegantly displayed in glass beakers like the ones used in laboratories, is an eye-catching plethora of indigenous herbs, flowers and succulents. Foraged on a daily basis and prepped for that day’s service, these are the essential ingredients of Kobus’ unique cuisine. When you arrive at Wolfgat for a meal, the fridge will be full. In the pared-back restaurant space – which features traditional limewashed walls, vintage wooden tables and a mobile, steel-clad worktop on which meals are finished and plated – the colours and textures inside immediately draw the eye. Try to cast a look at it again as you depart, because it is highly likely that it will be cleared by the end of your visit. You’ll have eaten an almost completely locally foraged meal – and it will have been a deliciously unforgettable experience. Wolfgat serves a tasting menu that varies from season to season and day by day, depending on what is available in veld and sea. When we visited to shoot the photographs for this story, meals were opening with an amuse-bouche of a cracker biscuit incorporating dried codium (seaweed), topped with a morsel of smoked

angelfish, slivers of kelp and a rooiboskombucha mayonnaise, served alongside one of Kobus’ house-made vermouths, garnished with fluffy-flowered kapokbos. We next sampled the salvia-smoked mussels served in the smouldering branches of the wild-sage stalks that were used to infuse them with herby, smoky flavours. It’s a spectacularly lovely dish to look at, as well as being delectable to eat. Also up for tasting was the shoreline salad, that day featuring kruipvygie, dune spinach, soutslaai, sea lettuce and klipkombers seaweed with powdered snoek roe and a dressing made from freshly foraged sea urchin, amasi, sour-fig nectar and Strandveld honey. (Note to sea-urchin virgins: this local species is sometimes referred to as ‘the vanilla of the sea’ and is not salty at all – rather, it’s fruity, almost loquat-like.) Overall, the salad is a hugely complex dish, with multiple textures and flavours in every bite.

T H I S PAG E Chef Kobus van der Merwe forages daily for indigenous herbs, flowers and succulents to use in the innovative dishes he creates at his new restaurant, Wolfgat. O PP O S I T E PAG E Wolfgat is situated in a sensitively renovated 130-year-old building in Paternoster on the West Coast.

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Seven years ago when Kobus opened Oep ve Koep, his first restaurant in Paternoster, it quickly became clear that he was doing something very new. Above and beyond his interest in hyper-local foraged ingredients (walk through the Strandveld with him and you’ll quickly be in awe of Kobus’ encyclopaedic knowledge of the area’s flora), it was also clear that his cuisine was swayed by his fascination with the history of veldkos and the writings and recipes of Afrikaans chef, poet, journalist and botanist, C Louis Leipoldt. Leipoldt’s books, including Kos vir die Kenner (‘food for the connoisseur’, which was first published in 1933 and contains more than 2 000 recipes) and Leipoldt’s Cape Cookery, have had an abiding effect on Kobus’ cooking. That influence is still keenly felt at Wolfgat, where one of the highlights of the late-summer menu is a dish that Kobus described to us as ‘pickled fish with Leipoldt influences’. ‘Leipoldt often used cabbage and apple as base ingredients for curries,’ he says, explaining that having tried this, he’s found both flavours work incredibly well with curry spices, and the use of raw cabbage in this particular recipe is a revelation – its clean pepperiness adds a marvellous extra dimension to the meal. The ‘curry’ flavour here is not provided by a sauce but via the blend of the elements in the dish: an angelfish fillet is cooked in wild garlic masala, then cooled and coated in coconut-milk powder, which adds a creamy dimension that contrasts with the finely chopped sambal – of onion, tomato, cucumber and bokkoms – on which the fish rests. Sweet pickled onion and raw cabbage are additional elements, and the final result is an extravaganza of sweet, spicy, salty and umami flavours. Equally memorable is the new restaurant’s location. Not only is the building in which Wolfgat is situated more than 130 years old, but it’s also named for the ancient Wolfgat cave on the premises (the ‘wolf’ in question is the shy and elusive brown hyena). An initial archaeological survey of the subterranean chamber (done before it 94

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T H I S PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P L E F T Lunchtime diners are usually seated on the veranda; the view that accompanies lunch; a handful of freshly foraged sea urchins; soutslaai or ice plant; salvia-smoked mussels. O PP O S I T E PAG E , F RO M T O P An amuse-bouche is served with a housemade vermouth; the shoreline salad features multiple ingredients; Kobus on the hunt for seaweeds and sea urchins.

was sealed) revealed ceramic remains and sheep bones dating from some time in the past 2 000 years. Local legend suggests that some of its underground passages extend several kilometres inland. Wolfgat the restaurant also happens to have one of Paternoster village’s very best views, with the entire curve of the bay visible from the front stoep, on which most summer diners are seated. There’s never been a more exciting time to be a food lover in South Africa. We have great restaurants, high-quality produce and excellent chefs – but we don’t yet have many focused on genuinely local, unique food. ‘South African cuisine’ has many flavours, many histories and many traditions, and frankly, not many of them are being explored in depth by local chefs and restaurants. That’s what makes Wolfgat so special: here, the past, present and future of one particular food culture is being carefully – and deliciously – created anew every day. Wolfgat, 10 Sampson St, Paternoster; diewolfgat@gmail.com, wolfgat.co.za

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here’s something of a Napa Valley vibe happening on the slopes of Joburg’s longstanding suburb Orange Grove, and this is largely due to the alluring, verdant wonder that is Shepstone Gardens. Owners Chris and Lorna Rayner moved to this stretch of Hope Road 36 years ago, which over a century ago was all about fruit farming, and they gradually bought several neighbouring properties before expanding into the wedding-venue business in 2006. ‘It was a massive undertaking,’ says Chris, ‘and very much a building-driven project. The essence of what you see now is 30 years old but bar a couple of trees, it’s all been constructed and planted from scratch.’ And that’s the real standout feature of this garden – the sense of long-established lushness that in parts looks more like a California wine farm than suburban Jozi. ‘I wanted to design something with public appeal,’ says Chris. ‘I took my original inspiration from 18th-century English gardens – especially in terms of the views and the different levels. That said, we went a bit more frivolous than you might in a private home. For me it’s about a sense of theatre; about not divulging everything at first glance.’

T H I S PAG E , CLOCKWISE F RO M T O P L E F T One of the garden’s many hidden pathways; crassulas thrive on the sunny slopes; a bed of Just Joey roses and Shasta daisies leads to a terracotta-tiled stairway. O PP O S I T E PAG E An orchid cactus flourishes in Shepstone Gardens, the Joburg wedding venue owned by Chris and Lorna Rayner.

L E I S U R E garden A meander along the gently curving pathways reveals constant notes of surprise. For starters, there’s very little lawn but rather a series of glimpses that defy you not to explore. Cool, dark ponds, towering palms, hidden courtyards – each nook and hideaway demands that you pause awhile. At the front of the garden, an archway of shocking-pink bougainvillea draws the eye towards the Sandton skyline. Stairways appear almost out of nowhere, leading up to the sun-baked winter rockery or luring you down one of the garden’s many intriguing tiers. ‘I’m a staircase nut,’ says Chris. ‘Stairs invite you to go somewhere. While the base should be visible, it’s preferable not to know where you’ll end up.’ Plant-wise, this is a garden of contrasts, and one that fits happily into areas of deep shade and blazing sun. In the cooler parts, lofty tree ferns are underplanted with clivias; dappled ponds are filled with arum lilies and Louisiana irises. On the sunny inclines, succulents create a blaze of colour, while hardy shrubs like golden dewdrops create undulating textured ‘walls’. Greenery softens the stone pathways, surrounds fountains and spills from hanging baskets. ‘Much of the mystery comes from areas of light and shadow,’ says Chris. ‘And that’s the thing about Joburg; it’s uniquely benign. You really can plant anything. Against the mountain we’re protected from frost, so plants like bougainvilleas just thrive.’ Another of Chris’ favourite features is water. ‘Ponds add an extra dimension – the reflections put the sky into a space. It’s the first thing I’d put into any garden.’ This garden is a bit of a character, with some assertive California glamour amidst its English-country charm. ‘You’ve got to be bold – and brave,’ insists Chris. He and his team have knocked down several structures as the garden progressed, and they’ve also seen stone walls buried as new ideas popped up. ‘Not even the most renowned European gardens would have remained as their owners originally designed them,’ he says. ‘Plants change, climates change, as do fashions. It’s important to look back at what you’ve done, but to keep on adjusting as you go forward.’ shepstonegardens.co.za

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T H I S PAGE , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P L E F T Protected by the mountain, bougainvilleas do particularly well in Shepstone Gardens; water features, such as this rocky pond, add an extra dimension; a weeping boerboon tree adds a vibrant pop of colour; Chris designed the mosaic from tiles he and Lorna bought in India.

STRIKING architectural wonders MEET pristine beaches IN THE urban coastal destination THAT IS ABU DHABI TEXT CHRIZANDA BOTHA PHOTOGRAPHS MICKY HOYLE

L E I S U R E travel T H I S PAG E Zaya Nurai Island is a luxury private island in Abu Dhabi that mixes contemporary design with traditional Arabic influences. O PP O S I T E PAG E The famous Etihad Towers house offices, apartments and the 5-star Jumeirah at Etihad Towers hotel.

ith its rich culture, majestic landscape, Michelin-star restaurants and plethora of shopping opportunities, Abu Dhabi has what it takes to be a world-class holiday destination – but thanks to its extravagant neighbour Dubai, the thriving metropolis has long been overlooked. This isn’t at all surprising considering it’s only been 50 years since the city emerged out of a largely empty desert, fuelled by the discovery of oil in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 1958 and the income that came with it. Recognising that the oil wells would eventually run dry, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was president of the UAE from 1971, invested in philanthropy, education, travel and tourism, allowing for urbanisation and the influx of foreigners into the previously guarded community. The result was the development of luxury resorts, private beaches and jaw-dropping structures that combined Arabian opulence with a passion for art, and caught the eye of the Western world. As well as being the capital of the UAE, Abu Dhabi is developing at a rapid rate, and prototypes for ambitious projects abound. As a plan for a lavish underwater apartment block with a billboard emblazoned with ‘If we can dream it, we can build it’ looms in the distance, it’s easy to imagine the great things to come for this multifaceted destination.

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SLEEP From downtown Abu Dhabi to Saadiyat Island, which is linked to the mainland by Sheikh Khalifa Bridge, you’ll find hotels aplenty – 145 in total, to be exact, 70 of which have five stars. It’s an extremely competitive industry and popular, too, as life outside work and home for both locals and expatriates is often spent at the hotels’ restaurants, night clubs, beaches and spas. THE ST REGIS ABU DHABI ‘Opulence’ is the first word that springs to mind when walking into this resplendent 5-star hotel located in the heart of the city. With its marble floors, winding staircases and high ceilings adorned with chandeliers featuring geometric Arabic patterns, the entrance hall alone is a feast for the senses. The plush suites feature breathtaking views of Emirates Palace, Etihad Towers, the surrounding islands and the clear blue water of the Arabian Gulf. stregisabudhabi.com EMIRATES PALACE Situated across the road from The St Regis Abu Dhabi is the decadent 7-star Emirates Palace, the world’s most expensive hotel, which has a floor on permanent reserve for Gulf Arab royalty. As well

as its 114 domes, gem-encrusted elevator walls and Swarovski crystal chandeliers, Emirates Palace offers luxuries such as gold-bullion vending machines and camel-milk cappuccinos garnished with gold leaf – the hotel goes through 3kg of gold leaf a month. emiratespalaceabudhabi.com PARK HYATT Just off the coast of Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island you’ll find the 5-star Park Hyatt, a three-year-old hotel that lies adjacent to an 18-hole golf course, designed by Gary Player, at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club. It’s a striking example of East meets West as Arabic design elements fuse with contemporary features and furniture. The hotel consists of 306 guest rooms, suites and villas, and boasts 9km of immaculate white beach as well as a spa, business centre, children’s club, tea lounge, café, pub and grill and the Beach House restaurant led by Michelin-star chef Ivan Musoni. abudhabi.park.hyatt.com

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EAT Abu Dhabi offers a diverse range of cuisines, ranging from Arabian, Indian and Thai to Mediterranean, Spanish and Italian. Street food is both readily available and affordable, and a growing café culture exists throughout the UAE, but most restaurants are based in hotels as they are cooler in the summer months and permitted to hold a liquor licence. BORD EAU For a French fine-dining experience, head to Bord Eau at Shangri-La Hotel in the Qaryat Al Beri district. At its helm is Jimmy De Almeida, a young chef who has worked in numerous Michelin-rated restaurants and is known for his beautiful presentation and passion for vegetables. With his focus on using the freshest ingredients and producing French food in a healthier way, diners are in for treats such as bonito (a type of tuna) paired with balsamic vinegar and smoked brinjal, as well as traditional dishes, such as blue lobster from the French coast and foie gras done in numerous ways. shangri-la.com BRUNCH IN THE CLOUDS Friday brunch is a weekly tradition in the UAE, and on the last Friday of every month, The St Regis Abu Dhabi invites 50 people to journey to the Abu Dhabi Suite on their 48th and 49th floor and experience a decadent brunch like no other in the world’s highest suspended suite. On offer is a sweets-stocked cinema, cheese and dessert room, caviar ice bar, oyster room, mobile chef stations and a private bar staffed with the hotel’s best mixologists, and guests are treated to massages and manicures between courses. stregisabudhabi.com CHAGH KABAB Great street-side restaurants in Abu Dhabi are difficult to find, but MasterChef Australia judge Matt Preston stumbled across this Turkish gem when he attended the Abu Dhabi Food Festival last year. Known for their twice-cooked lamb kebabs and trademark lavash or ‘balloon bread’, a thin and crunchy appetiser that puffs up as it cooks, Chagh Kabab is a relaxed eatery with Moroccan mosaics and traditional doner-kebab cookers. facebook.com/chaghkabab/

T H I S PAG E , F RO M T O P The premier Abu Dhabi suite at The St Regis Abu Dhabi is the site of the hotel’s monthly Brunch in the Clouds; Park Hyatt’s Beach House restaurant features dishes by Michelin-star chef Ivan Musoni. O PP O S I T E PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M T O P A view of the city at night; the neutral and warm reception at Park Hyatt; Corniche beachfront is one of the best places in Abu Dhabi to watch the sun set; Park Hyatt’s minimalist pool deck.

VISIT Natural, cultural and structural marvels abound in this diverse city, and ongoing developments promise even more attractions in the coming years. Plans for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi museum and a large performing arts centre are under way in Saadiyat Island’s expanding Cultural District, but there is plenty to see and do in the interim. CORNICHE BEACHFRONT Thanks to incredibly high temperatures and relatively inexpensive taxi fares, Abu Dhabi isn’t a walking city, meaning that most people miss out on the 8km stretch of promenade along the shore of the Arabian Gulf that makes up the picturesque Corniche beachfront. Dotted with food and drink stalls, hookah cafés and parks, it’s a wonderful destination for the whole family and is considered to have one of the best views of the iconic highrise buildings that the city is known for. MANARAT AL SAADIYAT The striking glass-and-steel exterior of this 15 400m2 art and cultural centre is located in Saadiyat Island’s Cultural District and was created to tell the story of the area’s cultural development. Manarat Al Saadiyat means ‘the place of enlightenment’ and is home to four gallery spaces that showcase both local and international work, as well as a 250-seat theatre, restaurant and outdoor exhibition space. The best time to visit is in early November during Abu Dhabi Art, an art fair that brings together renowned curators from across the world. saadiyatculturaldistrict.ae/en/manaratal-saadiyat T H I S PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M B O T T O M R I G H T A merchant at Al Mina Fruit and Vegetable Market; the sail-like exterior of Manarat Al Saadiyat; Louvre Abu Dhabi’s faceted dome; fresh crab at Al Mina Fish Market; Abu Dhabi locals enjoying the sunset at Corniche beachfront.

AL MINA FISH MARKET Based in the Dhow Harbour near Zayed Port, Al Mina Fish Market is the best way to sample fresh seafood straight from the ocean. Choose from an array of options (think octopus, crab, prawns, red snapper and bonito), then visit the gutting and filleting station before getting your fish spiced and cooked right in the harbour. AL MINA FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKET Across the road from the fish market is the Al Mina Fruit and Vegetable Market, where produce ranging from figs to chillies can be bought by the kilo or box. The market’s ‘date alley’ has myriad varieties, but the local dates are much cheaper than their imported cousins. This is where you can buy the spicy date, an Abu Dhabi delicacy that is glazed with honey and seasoned with sesame, saffron, cumin, ginger and cardamom. LOUVRE ABU DHABI Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, Louvre Abu Dhabi’s striking white domed structure is inspired by the natural world, featuring faceted openings that replicate the interwoven palm leaves traditionally used as roofing material in this part of the world. This allows rays of sunlight to enter the building, creating an effect described as a ‘rain of light’. A cultural collaboration between Abu Dhabi and a variety of French cultural institutions (including the Musée du Louvre, Musée d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie and Centre Pompidou), the Louvre Abu Dhabi will borrow works for its permanent galleries and exhibitions from France during the first 10 years of its existence. louvreabudhabi.ae

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SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS SHEIKH ZAYED GRAND MOSQUE The construction of this spiritual masterpiece (above and left) was said to ‘unite the world’, as over 3 000 artisans from different countries joined forces to create it using natural materials such as marble, gold, semi-precious stones, crystals and ceramics. It’s the third-largest mosque in the world, featuring 82 domes and gold-plated walls, as well as being home to the world’s largest chandelier – a 9.5-ton creation comprising Murano glass and red-and-green Swarovski crystals – and the world’s largest single-piece hand-knotted carpet, which covers 5 200m2. Surrounded by lush gardens and calm water pools, Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque feels like an oasis and is the main place of worship in Abu Dhabi. szgmc.ae/en/ ZAYA NURAI ISLAND Partly natural but mostly artificial, Zaya Nurai Island (left) is a private island that epitomises bespoke luxury and boasts prime real estate. All of the buildings have a uniform style and feature contemporary architecture and elegant interiors. Even if you aren’t staying on the island, entrance is free and the pool deck and beach bar are open to the public. Simply hop on a ferry – which is also free – and in just 13 minutes you’ll be reclining on a sun lounger as a waiter serves you ice-cold Voss water and delicious toasted nuts. With impeccable service, views of the ocean in front and jungle-like greenery behind, it’s a tranquil and relaxing retreat from the busy mainland. zayanuraiisland.com A P R I L 2 0 1 7 | HOUSE AND LEISURE

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T H I S PAG E , C L O C K W I S E F RO M FA R R IGH T Signature oval casserole in Cotton R3 950 (31cm), Le Creuset; Lunar waste bin by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for Authentics R750, Still Bathrooms; Vulindlela stemware from R70 each and NH B jug (1L) R305, all Ngwenya Glass; Bamix Mono blenderr in Mono White R2 999, Yuppiechef.com; 64 High stools by Alvar Aalto for Artek from R2 775 each, Cube Gallery; CH88 chair in Beech White/grey fabric seat/chrome frame by Hans J Wegner from R11 057, bulthaup; Ariane Out portable pendant lamp in White by Edouard Larmaraud R3 515, Ligne Roset; G 6410 SC freestanding dishwasherr in Brilliant White R17 999, Miele. 116

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In a small room such as this one, the less clutter the better. Opt for minimal add-ons, sleek cabinetry and light, neutral hues to help create the illusion of space.

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FACE VALUE Infused with aloe vera, which is known for its healing, moisturising and softening qualities, Meraki Cleansing or Makeup Wipes (R85 each) are suitable for all skin types. pezulainteriors.co.za

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For flooring that lends warmth to a room, ages gracefully and lasts a lifetime, try this prefinished tongue-and-groove hardwood in Dune from the Cerato range (R1 755/m2). oggieflooring.com

Pastel pinks and greys contrast beautifully with rich navy and black, and the addition of velvet results in a luxurious boudoir feel.

WITH ITS COCOON LIKE HEADBOAR THE DESDÉMON UPHOLSTERED B BY NASRALLAH & HORNER (R69 64 IS THE ANSWER O A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP. LIGNEROSET.COM/ZA

DRY OFF You’ll get automated heating technology and efficient electricity consumption in this stainless-steel Spartan Boxx heated towel rail (R4 900). jeeves.co.za

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African Extracts Rooibos Ultra Moisturising Shea Butter (R63,99) is a hydrating treat. africanextracts.com

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Among the covetables in Hertex’s new Haus homeware range is this texture-rich Berber throw in Acid (R950). hertex.co.za

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Inspired by the geometric patterns and weftfaced weave of West African strip cloths, these Mali cushion covers (from R495 each) will make an attractive addition to your sofa. mungo.co.za

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Thanks to its composition of 100% recycled yarn, this rug (from R10 219) has a velvety texture which, paired with its moody, vintage feel, will add depth to your space. papilio.co.za

lounge GIVE YOUR LIVING ROOM AN EYE-CATCHING UPGRADE WITH BRASS TOUCHES, CHARACTERFUL LIGHTING AND TACTILE MATERIALS

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Eschew boring light fittings for bold fixtures that double up as works of art. These brass wall lights (POR) from House Doctor boast a unique design and rotate, so you can direct their glow. pezulainteriors.co.za

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LIGHT TOUCH Create a warm and inviting atmosphere in your living area with the polished Bhatti table lamp (R1 995). blockandchisel.co.za

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Inject your surfaces with a touch of old-world charm – and protect them from dripping wax – with an elegant brass candleholder (R399). pezulainteriors.co.za

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Introduce unusual finishes into your space with a sleek brass vessel (R1 300; 155×220mm), anatomydesign.co.za or a sturdy marble container (R375) from House Doctor. pezulainteriors.co.za

outdoor THE BEAUTY OF AN OUTDOOR AREA IS ITS GORGEOUS NATURAL APPEAL, SO HIGHLIGHT THIS WITH SIMPLE SHAPES, RAW WOOD AND UNOBTRUSIVE FURNITURE

Reclaimed timber finds a new lease of life in this stylish planter (R2 495), ideal for patio gardening. weylandts.co.za

FOR EXCELLENT QUALITY AND DURABILITY IN OUTDOOR UMBRELLAS (R55 000 EACH), LOOK TO BELGIAN LUXURY OUTDOOR BRAND ROYAL BOTANIA. CANETIME.CO.ZA

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CENTRE PEACE Set the ambience for balmy alfresco dinners with a minimalist firwood-andglass display box (from R595). Just add a group of friends and a candle. shf.co.za

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Get ideas from Danish company House Doctor’s intimate outside area, which features raw-wood cladding, flooring and benches. Oversized scatter cushions, hanging lights and different candle heights complete the scene. housedoctor.dk

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The little Marion Pouf tub chair from the Kubu cane range (R1 900 including cushion) is big on personality and bang on trend. lagrange interiors.co.za

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THE PERFECT COMPLEMENT TO THE MODERN COCO STATION (FROM R13 500), THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL COCO COT (FROM R13 000 EXCL MATTRESS) CAN CONVERT INTO A TODDLER BED OR DAY BED. BUNNYANDCLYDE.CO.ZA

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SHOE IN If you want to quieten the pitter patter of little feet, these brown suede moccasins (R420) by Lisa K are easy to put on and take off, and great for boys and girls. runningbear.co.za

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Make eating fun with porcelain Landscape bowls and cups from ferm Living (POR). Available in Rose and Grey with fox and rabbit designs. mezzanineinteriors.co.za

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Easy to assemble with no tools required, the Peter’s chair (from R4 976) and table (from R5 792) by Hans J Wegner for Carl Hansen & Søn is small enough for a compact space yet stylish enough to make a statement. livingkitchens. bulthaup.com

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Made from 100% cotton yarn, this Mr Foxley toy (R450) is sure to become your child’s new best friend. bunnyandclyde.co.za

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SUPERFOOD ME This autumn, rejuvenate your body and satisfy your sweet tooth with Wellness Warehouse’s delicious and nutritious glutenfree Superfood Slabs SUPERFOOD SLABS ½ cup honey 2T solid coconut oil pinch of Himalayan salt pinch of cinnamon 1 cup uncooked quinoa 3T maca powder ½ cup chopped almonds ½ cup mixed seeds (hemp, chia, sesame) 300g dark chocolate OPTIONAL GARNISHING Cacao nibs Sea-salt flakes Preheat the oven to 170˚C. Oil a baking tray and 1 sheet of baking paper with liquid coconut oil to prevent sticking, then line the tray with the paper. Melt the honey and solid coconut oil until smooth. Add a pinch of salt and cinnamon and stir until combined. Remove from heat and add the quinoa, maca, almonds and seeds. Stir until well combined.

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Spread the quinoa mixture into a thin layer on the lined baking tray. Bake for 20 minutes, checking often. Lower the temperature if the sides start burning. The quinoa should be golden brown. Remove from the oven. Once the slabs are cool, prepare the chocolate. Place a glass bowl over a pot of boiling water and melt the chocolate. Keep stirring until smooth. Remove from the heat and spread evenly over the quinoa slab. Sprinkle with cacao nibs and seasalt flakes if you wish, or skip the garnish. Leave to stand until the chocolate is fully set, which usually takes about 2-3 hours. Once set, use a sharp knife and cut the slab into pieces. Eat immediately or refrigerate in a sealed container. MAKES 10 SLABS

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GARETH PEARSON URBANIST. ENTREPRENEUR. Co-organiser of FIRST Thursdays in SOUTH AFRICA TEXT JESSICA ROSS STYLING CHRIZANDA BOTHA PHOTOGRAPH CAMERON MCDONALD

I was born in Port Elizabeth and raised in Cape Town. My earliest memory of Cape Town is the view from Sir Lowry’s Pass when driving from PE. I found out about First Thursdays in London on

the internet. Here, it’s a free cultural experience in Cape Town and Joburg in which art galleries and other cultural attractions stay open late on the first Thursday of every month. The biggest difference between the UK’s one and ours is that it stands out more here. Exploring the city’s streets by night is a far more novel experience in SA, whereas in London, First Thursdays is just another thing happening in the city. A successful First Thursdays, for my partner Michael Tymbios and me, has always been when people use it as a platform for new projects. We like to see pop-up exhibitions, discussions and performances in unconventional spaces. My best lunch spot in Cape Town is New York Bagels, and for drinks, I’ll always default to Clarke’s Bar & Dining Room. My go-to restaurants in Cape Town are Pesce Azzurro and Hallelujah, and Olympia Café in Kalk Bay. An ideal Saturday would include

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a surf, brunch, reading, a nap and then something with friends in the evening. My favourite city is New York – there’s something about its ‘cityness’ that I’m obsessed with. With such a lot of people from so many cultures in one place, it feels like you’re in the centre of the world. The best spots for inspiration are Joburg, for its creative energy, and the Karoo, for creative reflection. I always travel with good walking shoes. If money were no object I’d treat myself and my girlfriend to a trip to Japan. I like to wear plain T-shirts, but when I dress to impress, I don an old blazer that I’ve started wearing again. When it comes to local designers, the guys at Simon Deporres make incredible stuff. The last item I bought was a R10 copy of Ayn Rand’s Anthem (Createspace

R224) in Prince Albert. I have a growing obsession with dystopian sci-fi novels. I’m currently listening to Mndsgn, Bokani Dyer and BadBadNotGood. Local artists I love at the moment are Jared Ginsburg, David Koloane and David Goldblatt. My most cherished items at home are two Mid-Century chairs that belonged to my grandfather. I hate it when people write ‘your’ instead of ‘you’re’. I’m at my most creative when I least expect it. In my next life I’d come back as a jazz musician, just to know what it feels like. I am definitely not moving to Australia. If I could change one thing about SA , it would be the form of our cities. The spatial inequality that apartheid created is the cause of many of SA’s problems. All I need to make me happy is a bicycle. first-thursdays.co.za

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