Sunshine and cupcakes

Last week, Stellenbosch decided to give the flooding and miserable weather a break and instead broke out its reserve vintage of limited edition Sunshine.  And what a glorious few days it was. In the spirit of not wanting to waste such fantastic weather, Adrian and I decided to venture off campus and take a walk. We ended up at Hazz coffee shop on Ryneveld street, a regular haunt of students (we're everywhere), tourists and business folk looking for an informal meeting spot, and wow are we glad that we did. Just walking into the shop provides a hit of the most delicious roasting beans and made us want more- always a good start when I've enjoyed the coffee before I've drunk it yet!

We decided to splurge and each try one of the delicious looking confectionery items on display. About R40 each later we were seated outside under the trees happily discussing studies and test results (there's probably no better place to discuss such heavy topics, with the promise of chocolate cake on its way to soothe the soul).

The waitress was lovely, besides a mistimed joke about us having ordered hot chocolate instead of cappuccinos that left both of us hastily correcting her before realizing she was having a laugh at our expense o_O Not so sure it was the right tack, but different strokes for different folks. Thoughts on strangers making cracks like that? Funny or not?

Besides that, the coffee was absolutely divine and the red velvet cupcake with white chocolate that I had to accompany it was the best I've ever had. The chocolate cake didn't quite make "soul soothing" status, but it was (apparently) still rather delicious. All in all it was well worth the R36 spent, and I would definitely go back ASAP if I wasn't determined to have tried every cup of coffee in Stellenbosch within the next year or two. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!