We took our visiting Dutch friends through to Somerset
West to have morning tea with a favourite aunt and decided to go and have some
lunch afterwards. We had recommendations
from friends in the area for good places to go and we ended up in the harbour
at Gordon’s Bay, as it was a really beautifully sunny day and we like good
views with our lunch. The original destination was called The Tavern, but it has
been renamed and was full of smokers. It was a bit dark, grimy and pub-like,
with not many people eating, so we fled the smoke for a very clean and quite
clinical looking place, also in the harbour called, appropriately, Harbour
Lights. It was purchased a couple of years ago by a South African Italian who
runs it. They have a very casual fish and chip take away/cafe downstairs, but
we wanted a table and some wine so headed upstairs. The menu is a little limited and even a little bit
scary, as the prices are rather high, even for seafood, but it turned out that they
had a seafood stew special for R165. Each dish was topped with 2 crayfish tails
and we all plumped for this. Redolent of garlic and a little chilli and cooked
by their two Angolan chefs, we enjoyed it very much. We had a good view of the
harbour and a bottle of Sophie Te’blanche and might just
return there one day. The restaurant is bright and airy, clean and
neat
With lovely views of the yacht harbour
and the coast beyond. The sun shaded
doors slide open for more fresh air
Our seafood ‘stew” consisted of
mussels, fish, prawns, calamari and two crayfish tails each. Lots of garlic, a
little chilli and fresh herbs
A view from the harbour
The owner treated us to a dessert of
torta, a light Italian sponge cake topped with chocolate and sandwiched with
crème patisserie and fresh fruit.
© John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2014
No comments:
Post a Comment