Pairing cookies and hot chocolate at Revved Up Café
14 October 2024 REVVED UP CAFÉ 112 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town The café at this motorcycle centre used to be called something else about 7 or 8 years ago on my last visit to the premises but if memory serves, it looks pretty much the same as it did then. It’s much cheaper to change the name and menu than to completely refurnish. The style and get up is that of a simple, unassuming modern bistro with large windows towards Buitengracht Street and, if you want a seat further back, lovely views of an elegant sufficiency of all manner of motorcycles and related clothing. We were here for the R99,00 a person cookie and hot chocolate pairing, a novel concept to me and slightly mystifying, akin to the relative oddness of a chocolate and sparkling wine pairing we did in Constantia many years ago. Hey, novelty is novelty. The wife and I met a colleague of hers over lunchtime and as the two of us hadn’t eaten breakfast yet,...
