Today while exploring the scenic waterfront of Capetown, a small group of us enjoyed lunch at City Grille. We feasted on a nice array of snoek, crocodile, ostrich steaks, calamari, and springbok. We all enjoyed the rich veal-like flavor of the ostrich and many favored the tender and juicy springbok. However, most felt the crocodile was a bit chewy, and Meghan said she had a nice jaw workout. Since we enjoyed our South African dishes so much we decided to head to Ferryman’s Tavern, which also featured local cuisine, for dinner. Here, a larger group of us indulged in a longer, two hour, four course meal. The tasty shrimp spring rolls and spanakopida appetizers left us anxiously awaiting a main course of our earlier lunch favorites. This time instead of tasting like filet, the springbok was served differently and displayed more of a roast beef flavor, and the ostrich revealed more of a steak flavor rather than a veal one. Along with our courses we had butternut, a fruit which tasted like butternut squash but looked more like a smooth avocado. At the end of the meal we enjoyed a local favorite for dessert, Traditional Cape Malva Pudding. It was absolutely succulent and left us craving more.
Matthew P, Tyler S., Meghan, Sarah and Amanda