Have you ever fantasised about having a starter in one restaurant, mains
in another and dessert in a third? Well,
it is not usually available but on Tuesday, Annette Ashley, who handles the
marketing for these three restaurants in the V&A Waterfront, owned by Peter Protoulis, wanted to show us
their scope and what better way than to do exactly this. We began at the Greek
Fisherman and, even though the day was becoming dank and chill, sat in the open
air section with a lovely view of the waterfront and the mountain, an enormous
plate of Mezze to share and a good glass of
Simonsig Chenin MORE
The Greek Fisherman’s comprehensive menu on display
The comfortable
interior
The amazing
mezze platter included three dips: taramasalata, humus,and tzatziki, very good
hot haloumi, spanakopita (cheese pies), quince jelly, lamb koftes, tomato &
mozzarella bruscetta, huge chips and some pita bread. We also had a lovely
Greek salad topped with Feta cheese, and some great mussels in a tomato
sauce. It was enough for a meal on
itself!
The properly
dressed classic Greek salad
A sunny
interlude, mezze and a dock full of boats brought back memories of dockside
eating in Greece, if a little warmer.
On to the
second restaurant, conveniently next door, The City Grill
Warm African
animal skin polar fleece blankets became necessary as the afternoon wore on
Lamb chops for
a Banting Lynne
A mustard
sauce topped a large piece of medium rare sirloin for John with a glass of Simonsig
Pinotage
and a plate of
veal with rice and vegetables for Annette
The inside of
The City Grill also has touches of Africa
Here we sat
inside, in comfort
The cocktail
bar
The view from
our table of a damp, wintry Cape Town. In summer, we bring our friends from
overseas here for the excellent Italian food and the view
Lynne and Annette
enjoying the day
A chocolate ice
A perfect
Pannacotta with a strawberry coulis, light and creamy
