A simple supper at Sunfish, St Helena Bay

John wanted to watch the Stormers vs Lions rugby match on Saturday evening and, sadly, our B&B didn’t have television - so we had to seek out a place where he could watch and then, later, we could have supper together. Sunfish turned out to be the place, just about 5 minutes drive from our B&B.

It’s very homey and simple, but has great prices. All the crayfish we saw in other restaurants was in the region of R245 each. The pub lunch price is unreal and takes us back to the 1980’s.  As it says on the menu, the choice is up to the publican

We drank a bottle of Oak Valley Sauvignon Blanc in tribute to their winemaker Peter Visser who died of cancer this week.  A toast to you Vissie; you made great wine

A page from the menu. We didn’t try the chocolate “mouse” but it sounds good

The mostly local crowd was extremely friendly and welcoming. They were having a snoek braai as the snoek are running well. This fish needs to be cooked super fresh and the tradition on the West Coast is to coat it with apricot jam and then put it on the braai.

We opened this bottle of Welbedacht Syrah from our cellar to go with the food. It was stunningly good. Soft and sweet with fresh and cooked berries and lots and lots of spice

It went perfectly with supper. No chips because we are on the Noakes diet. Lynne had a small steak with salad

John had a boerewors burger - yes, without the bun and also served with a salad. The bill for the meal was R208???

Try it when you are in the area, you might just like it a lot. The owner has been a policeman, a steel worker and is now living his dream by the sea, doing what he loves best, cooking
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