Showing posts with label Well Priced. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Well Priced. Show all posts

Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Drinks and More!

These are some drink recipes that are perfect for any party or get-together: Cheap, and tasty.

Home-made Sangria:

What you'll need is a bottle, or two, of white whine. I tend to lean towards the Drostyhof white, it's cheap and not dry like most white wines. But you can also use red wine, that's the more accepted version.
Some cut up fruit, I usually do 2-3 granny smith apples, 2 nectarines, a pear and some pineapple. Chuck some cherries in also!
Leave the fruit to soak in the wine for about an hour or two, and then add half a bottle of lemonade or Sprite.

Ta dah! Home-made Sangria.


Mojito:

You'll need some clear rum, mint, sugar, lime, soda water.

  • 2-3 oz Light Rum
  • Juice of 1 Lime (1 oz)                  <-- Approximately what you'll need for one drink, so do the math.
  • 2 tsp Sugar
  • 2-4 Mint Sprigs
  • Soda Water 
 Lightly muddle the mint and sugar with a splash of soda water in a mixing glass until the sugar dissolve and you smell the mint
Squeeze the lime into the glass, add rum and shake with ice.
Strain over cracked ice in a highball glass.
Top with soda water, garnish with mint sprig and serve!



 Mai Tai: 


You'll need: light rum, lime juice, orange curacao, orgeat syrup, dark rum and a glazed cherry for garnish.
This one'll be a bit more costly than the others to buy the ingredients but worth it. Oh yes it is!

Pour all the ingredients except the dark rum into a shaker with ice cubes.
Shake well.
Strain into anold fashioned glass half filled with ice.
Top with the dark rum.
Garnish with the cherry.



 
So I hope that some of these will be at the next braai or night out with the ladies/lads.
A tip:

Vodka and whiskey have the least calories in a drink but reduce fitness.
Beer will add carbs but not make you loose fitnesss. Good for the boys!


Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Dizzy's in Camps Bay!



Found in a corner in Camps Bay, Dizzy's is a gem in the rough. A haven for students, consisting of a Tuesday Night Karaoke special where a R20 entrance fee can help you (with the aid of reasonably priced drinks) remove all inhibitions and you can sing that old Madonna song you buried away with the old microphone/hairbrush.

The atmosphere is relaxed and inviting, with a cosy pizza oven in plain view and some naturalistic décor design that creates a great vibe, you’ll find yourself in the watering hole of the student, and Camps Bay resident with new friends made after the first beer.

Owing to Camps Bays nightlife going more up market, and thus more expensive, Dizzy's is a perfect night out for those on a budget that want a good meal and a drink with mates.  You can expect to find an average Draught costing R20 and their famous thin-base pizzas from an upwards of R60 per. 

All and all, located just behind the Pick ‘N Pay on Victoria Road in Camps Bay, I’m going to give it a 7/10  rating for a great atmosphere, well priced and delicious food and position. On a Student Budget, an 8+/10  for well priced entertainment in relation to location and the night you’ll have. Even if just seen as that delightful sundowner spot…