Breakfast this morning was a bowl of rice crispies.
Lunch was a cheese toasted sandwiches with BBQ sauce inside. YUMMY and OOZY cheese!
For dinner we went to a great restaurant in Umhlanga called Verde. They’ve been featured in our “Damn Fine Food” section before, and they’re still going strong. For starter Caroline and I both had the calamari. It was very tasty and tender and it is served with two pieces of lightly toasted bread so that you can mop up all the tasty juices that are left behind once you’ve gobbled up all the calamari!
For main course Caroline had the half chicken peri peri, which was quite firey. I tasted some of the chicken (and the chips) and it was indeed quite hot and it tasted wonderful. It was a “special” which usually should not be assumed to mean cheaper, but we were surprised when we looked at the bill and it was only R50.
My meal was not so cheap! I had the six king prawns, which were magnificent. I’m not really a big garlic eater, mainly because I’m always afriad of garlic breath the next day, but these were wonderfully garlicky and sweet. These prawns were big. Much bigger than what is normally termed as LM or Mozambique prawns, which is what contributed to the cost. At R180 they were quite expensive, but I have no idea what prawns of this size normally go for.
We both wanted to have the upside down apple crumble for dessert, but were informed that it wasn’t at it’s best today due to a change in supplier. It was still available, but they were not happy with it and recommended that we rather try something else. We were disappointed for sure, but sometimes that’s the push you need to try something else from the menu! We both decided to have the rice pudding. The photo really doesn’t do it any justice (again it’s too dark for good photos), but it really was nice with chunks of fruit throughout and a sweet, velvety creamy sauce.
Verde
Granada Centre
Chartwell Drive
Umhlanga Rocks
Tel: 031-561-7849
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