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April 8th, 2020
This is a vegetable you either love or loathe. If the latter, it could be that your distaste originated in poor preparation. The aubergine ...
January 29th, 2020
Franschhoek
has been offering good wine, scrumptious food and breathtaking vineyard views
for over 300 years – it’s no wonder the region is considered ...
January 2nd, 2020
Food sleuths and clued-up plantophiles will have noticed the presence of certain little rhizome that we are especially fond of here at Babylonstoren and that, despite its unassuming appearance when harvested, is one of the world’s most celebrated culinary ingredients.
December 13th, 2019
Horticulturalist, pruning maestro and, in our view, a botanical alchemist, our beloved Anton Roux recently celebrated a milestone birthday. At 80 years young, his ...
December 9th, 2019
The Mother City is the place if you’re looking for family-friendly things to do over the festive season. While there’s no shortage of guides and ...
October 23rd, 2019
Our mulberry block boasts a row of trees with black and a row with white fruits, both known as the white mulberry Morus alba. The white mulberry – with large, soft, glossy, hairless, heart-shaped leaves – originated in China and is best known as the sole diet of the industrious silkworm.
August 1st, 2019
The alluring smell of freshly roasted almonds and macadamia nuts have lured many farm visitors to our newly established Lekker Room. Here, our love for all things fresh, raw and organic is celebrated daily with a tasteful variety of nuts, brittles, rusks and granolas.
July 26th, 2019
September is the month of the Clivias at Babylonstoren. We have an exceptional collection of these beautiful indigenous lilies, and celebrate their peak flowering time ...
June 14th, 2019
If you’re a regular visitor to Babylonstoren you might have noticed that we are greatly influenced by the Italians when it comes to our food and wine. When the time came to make our very own balsamic vinegar, we again turned to the masters of la dolce vita for inspiration.
April 29th, 2019
Our chefs have concocted freshly pressed raw juices for guests in Babel and the Greenhouse for many years. In our newly established Juicery, we bottle up cold-pressed seasonal fruits and veggies using state-of-the-art machinery and high-pressure processing (HPP) technology.