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Five things you must do in Clarens

Clarens is that one little town that everyone has been to and everyone talks about. [...]

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Hello and welcome to Minkys - a South African food, travel and lifestyle blog by Loren.

Loren loves to tell stories and take photos of nice things, delicious food, good wine and beautiful South Africa.

If you’re missing the bush, like I am, then I ca

If you’re missing the bush, like I am, then I can definitely recommend following @wildearthofficial and tuning in everyday for their live game drives 🐾 It is mine and @claudeeeeeeeee_ ‘s favourite thing to watch everyday 👀 There are two game drives a day - at 5:30am and at 3:30pm - we replay the morning game drive once we wake up because 5:30am is too early to wake up for now 😂 And for the 3:30pm one we watch live as it happens and it’s just the best and so exciting 💫 We get ready with a G&T and some snacks and we act like we on the vehicle looking for the animals ... In these times, it’s really so exciting and it’s the closest to being in the real bush and you know how much we love the bush 🦁 So give @wildearthofficial a follow, especially on YouTube - it’s something fun and exciting, especially for the kiddies 🐘🦒🦓🦛🐆🦏

Lunch in lockdown🍴 Rye crackerbread with smoked

Lunch in lockdown🍴 Rye crackerbread with smoked trout, avo and a crème fraîche and dill dressing 😋
What did you have?

Yesterday morning I took a little walk around and

Yesterday morning I took a little walk around and I couldn’t stop myself from taking a photo of this beautiful pink flower just after the rain. In all this uncertainty, nature is still the most beautiful thing and we definitely need to stop for a second and appreciate this the most 💗🌸

With all this uncertainty, unsettling and all roun

With all this uncertainty, unsettling and all round negative feeling in the air, I thought it’s time to share some positivity 💫

Comment below and share something positive even if you have to dig a little deeper to find it 🌻
I’m going to tag fellow bloggers to get the ball rolling, but feel free to comment below about something that made you smile and that’s worth sharing 😀😁😆

GIVEAWAY 🎁 In light of everything going on and

GIVEAWAY 🎁
In light of everything going on and with all of us now being homebound, one of the things I’m going to do more of is bake 🍰 I received a copy of this absolutely beautiful recipe book by @thesweetrebellion titled High Tea at Home - it is filled with decadent recipes, beautiful photos and menu ideas and I actually cannot wait to get baking 😍

If you’d like to win yourself a copy so you can get excited to bake more now that you’re home, here is how:
1. Follow @minkys.co.za and @thesweetrebellion on Instagram
2. Like this post and tag a friend who loves a delicious High Tea and would love this recipe book
3. Share this post to your Instastories
The giveaway will end this Friday and I’ll announce a winner soon after. Good luck 🍩🎂🥮🥞🧁🍪

It’s the simple things like a caprese salad with

It’s the simple things like a caprese salad with wood-fired tomato, a ball of burratta and aged balsamic vinegar and olive oil 😍 @modenaitalian - you impressed, again 👌🏼

Throwing it back to that time I woke up on board t

Throwing it back to that time I woke up on board the @rovosrail in the middle of the Karoo and had a fruit platter bigger than my head for breakfast 🍍🍓🍉🥝🍒🍎🍋🍈🍏 @rovosrail sure know how to put a mean fruit platter together, don’t they? 😋

What do I have to do to magically transport myself

What do I have to do to magically transport myself from my desk to @esonawine in @robertsonwinev and do a wine tasting with this view? 💫

All ideas are welcome 💡

Hands down, the BEST Chinese restaurant in Joburg

Hands down, the BEST Chinese restaurant in Joburg is Red Chamber in @hpchydeparkcorner 🙌🏻 Hands down 🙌🏻 We’ve been eating here since I was in high school so that’s a very long 😂 Some of the dishes I can highly recommend are: • Peking duck (the best ever) • cashew nut chicken (obviously) • cucumber salad (superb) • prawn dumplings (the best ever)
And everything else on the menu 😋

Pictured here is two portions of 3 Flavour Chicken, steamed rice and garlic bok choi 👌🏼 It’s our favourite and the b e s t 🤤

For the life of me, I still cannot do my own curls

For the life of me, I still cannot do my own curls, but it’s okay because my hairdresser can 🤣

Hey @ghd_southafrica - can’t you teach some of us girls-who-can’t-curl-their-own-hair-with-a-straightener 👩🏼‍🦱 Can you curl your own hair?

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