From artisanal bakeries to old-fashioned fare with a contemporary twist, Cape Town offers some of the best eating experiences in South Africa.

Gauteng, which came in second with six top restaurants, is on the up and up and offers a much more African experience.

When Raz, who is of Israeli origin, said he was going to quit teaching art to open an Indian restaurant, I told him that he was mad.

Finding restaurants that are still open after the shows have ended can be a problem in the busiest of theatre districts.

"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast," says Mrs Cheveley in Oscar Wilde’s <em>An Ideal Husband</em>.

How to dine like a millionaire, even if lunch at Parliament is more like old railways fare.