An interesting thing about last week’s Good Food and Wine show was that it was actually labelled The GOOD Food and Wine Show. Clearly their idea of good and my idea of good are two completely opposite things. For one they had a pie stand. This is great because I was hammered beyond all means and pies did look good, and they were free. But it’s not really what you would expect at a food show. There was also the stand giving away samples of crumbed chicken. Again, when completely debauched this looks like a good option and it is. But it does not really fall under the theme of “good”
I won’t lie the only reason I went was because there was loads of wine on offer. I don’t really drink wine but for R45 I could not resist tasting every single available wine three or four times over.
Things at the CTICC are not always planned too well, and sometimes we go to things there that are not ideal. I heard Winex was a bit of a mess. Look, if I had not drunk as much as I did as the Good Food and Wine Show, it might not have been that good. But I did and it was.
Another interesting thing was the bag you received upon entry. You are more likely to get better food at a night shelter…and I’m not joking. I didn’t expect to receive any food in the bad but I did get a packet of ACE instant porridge(Maize) Classy. Then there was the Royco Cottage Pie Cook in Sauce. Again, classy. Packed with MSG and with nothing “good” about it, you would think we were sitting in at amateur hour.
Maize. A delicacy. In Zimbabwe.
I don’t really have much more to say because it bores me, but the game could be stepped up for next year.
Alternatively I will have to drink a vat of wine again and see what happens…
Apologies to the sober people at the food show. You were probably bored. I wasn’t, I had the time of my life.
By the display I put on I think the whole of Cape Town knows I had an awesome time!
Sean Lloyd
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