Our Mother City, truly does have some of the most AWESOME restaurants (and venues in general) to discover! And although I have been to this particular restaurant before, one of the things I love about the creative spirits of Cape Town is that they are always reinventing their spaces - so it essentially like a first time visit because everything had changed! - Except maybe for the location lol...
Much like the name, the restaurant and bar have a one of a kind Cuban style theme... This is the bar side of the restaurant which is a lot more informal and has a "beach bar" feel about it.
We had made a booking on the restaurant side for some delicious Cuban flavours! Like I usually do, I got completely LOST in the restaurant itself for about 30 minutes, just snapping up all the gorgeousness of the decor!
When I eventually did make it to the table, it was time for some... VINO!! We took our seats right on perimeter balcony, which is RIGHT next the the railway line and overlooks the harbour! It is SUCH an awesome space to chill in! And the VIEW!!! - It's also pretty darnn cool when the train goes passed and it feels like the entire restaurant is going to collapse from all the vibrations lol
The menu was also something pretty unusual - It was a newspaper! So you open it up and get to read the entire history of the venue, see which "Hollywood" stars have visited, and then decide what it is that you would like to munch! I was pretty impressed - I cannot say I have seen something like that before.
Usually, I will sit staring at the menu for an eternity - unable to decide what to eat! But this time it took me all of 20 second to decide! It really is a complete no-brainer to me when there are prawns involved! I spotted what I wanted IMMEDIATELY! and that was the Paella in a Pan which consists of - fish, calamari, mussels, prawns, chorizo sausage, chicken and peas tossed in spiced rice.
IT WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD TASTY!!!!!
Dave, much like most men no doubt, opted for a burger..... YAWN - however, admittedly it really did look like a SUPER tasty one!!! It was the Diablo Rum Burger which consists of - A deep fried Cuban roll, two pure sirloin patties, jalapeno, bacon, dill cucumber, mozzarella, tomato, lettuce, sriracha and a rum sauce on the side...
Our wonderful waiter ensured that our wine glasses didn't run low whilst we ate... he was FAB!
After our mains, I decided to take a quick little walk about and capture some more of the stunningly colourful decor!
Dessert had arrived and it was EXCEPTIONALLY DECADENT - and also completely "non traditional" haha! It was the Lindt Cohiba for two which was a chocolate cigar ashtray, with chocolate coated cigars, ice cream, and two shots of Jagermeister, Amarula or 7 year rum.
After getting stuck into that, I really did have doubts that I was ever going to be able to get up from the table and leave
So I thought I would sit back a little longer, enjoy the views, the atmosphere, my full tummy - oh and blow a kiss to all of you!
Until next time...
Much Love from Cape Town, South Africa xxx
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Wow that look like such a cool place i thinking to visit there this summer and you post make me think i should order the tickets now ....
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Damn. That’s one of the coolest restaurants I’ve seen. I would kill for someone to open a place like that over here 😜
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ice cream scoop loved the click
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Great article. You should consider the tags #travelfeed and #archisteem for this great post, @jaynie. 😉
Thanks for your report and amazing photos.
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Catching that kiss ;)
Another gorgeous place
That burger looks so good even if you thought it was boring... hahaha
Thank you for sharing your little day out <3
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Note to self - do not read food posts while hungry. Should be an obvious one, right? :))
That looks amazing - both the place and the food (not to mention the wine!). Lucky you ;)
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Que maravilla de colores, y el Merlot Rose se ve espectacular! Me gusto mucho tu post.
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Amazing post @jaynie! Look at that prawn!!!
I love how vintage and colourful the place is!
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My eyes roll out to the delight of seeing your food there at Cuba WOW.
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Looks like a fantabulous place! It reminds me of when I lived in North London there was a pub that had been changed into a Thai place and that had loads of things all over the place, decoration-wise. And you could buy it too!
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And a lot of awesome! Looks like a great place to find some nosh! Great service as well for keeping you topped up with the wine 🍷 Haha
Thanks for the mention in the post too 😀
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Yum!!
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Is it safe to be there?
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Kiss right back at you 😊 Lovely place and fab food, I am happy you had such a great time.
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I can't wait to visit Cuba... i love places like this and the food looks amazing
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I really first thought that you are in Cuba.hehe. Amazing prawns.
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You do make it look amazing @jaynie but I'm still more drawn to the things I've seen you do with lamb.
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Очень красивое место и прекрасный отдых!)
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Wow @jaynie that place looks absolutely awesome. The food and decor look amazing. No womder you spent so much time wondering around hahaha.
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Oh wow! Thank you for sharing your day! This is a really super cool restaurant. The decor is beautiful with a heap load of character! I thought the Seafood Paella was a great choice. Ooo!! Rose wine...yum! Something that I must remember to have bottle of next time!
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Wow what a great spot!!😍
It certainly looks like a great restuarant, I love the decor! The desert sounds right up my street, chocolate and the drink 👌 haha! Lovely photos :)
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Hello @jaynie, thank you for sharing this creative work! We just stopped by to say that you've been upvoted by the @creativecrypto magazine. The Creative Crypto is all about art on the blockchain and learning from creatives like you. Looking forward to crossing paths again soon. Steem on!
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@jaynie,
Holy Smokes! Wonderful looking restaurant. Wonderful looking food ... and yes, Jaynie ... wonderful looking burger.
Now very, very hungry. :-)
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