Tuesday, July 17, 2007

More Southern cannot be!


(Elke) So, this is another message from Cape Town. So far, we like this city a lot. It feels also much more cosmopolitan and European compared to Johannesburg. Today we went for the touristic attraction that is not to be missed in the City. We went to the Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. Beautiful scenery road that leads there along the coastline. The Cape itself is part of a natural park with its own particular and very green vegetation. The point itself is very windy but not to be missed because after all this is the unique spot where the Atlantic and the Indian ocean meet.
After a good walk on the Cape, it was time for a delicious lunch. Compared to the rest of South Africa where we were before, we are in a fish area. Time for Francesco to go for one of his favorite food: seafood!

On the way back to the city center, time to stop for two nature miracles: the beaches with the African penguins and the green Botanical Gardens of Kirstenbosch. The last one were surprisingly colorful to be in the South African winter. The first ones are just so cute but also soo noisy...

(Francesco) And what about the restaurant we just visited. Gorgeous! We were at the Beluga. The place is really nice, a bit New York style and the food something of a asian-european fusion. I had mussels and coconut milk soup followed by seared Ahi Tuna in a sasame crust. Elke butternut soup and chicken with pumpkin tart. We really enjoyed the food. Nice wines too. Highly recommended ....btw, we payed 40 euros in two and portions were quite large!

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2 Comments:

Blogger Marc said...

at first I thought that was a prepared pinguin on your plate! Maybe you should have put some text inbetween the two photo's. First impressions, you know!

But your meal looks great! I can imagine you havent missed "The Strip" yet.

3:26 PM  
Blogger The Food Traveller said...

Well ... than I gonna change the post :-)
Here at the Cape the food is really good. Much better than in the rest of the country. Tonite we will go to a steakhouse with 100+ wine by the glass .... nice!!!

6:24 PM  

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