Still full from breakfast we ambled around Plettenberg Bay going to some of the craft and factory shops that we wanted to visit. On the way back we had intended to stop at a pie shop that is supposedly very good. I have to thank The Food Pornographer for that craving since she visited Harry’s Café de Wheels recently – thanks TFP! Unfortunately when we got there we found them closed. It’s a public holiday in South Africa today (in lieu of yesterday) but we didn’t expect to find an eatery closed. We were forced to look elsewhere for noms. Our first choice was Moby Dick’s, also in Plett. We had eaten there many years ago and were quite happy with their selection and quality, but today they looked quite busy (maybe because the pie shop was closed? <g>), so we decided against that. The next choice was East Heads Café in Knysna, but when we got there the parking area was so full that we couldn’t find anywhere to park the car. Where else could we go? Eventually we went to the Knysna Waterfront where we knew that there would be somewhere to eat. We settled on a place called The Drydock.
The Drydock had a lunch menu and one of the items on the menu was a burger for R44. On the regular menu they had what they call a “Gourmet Burger” for R69. The difference between the two was that the gourmet burger came with bacon, avocado and emmentaler cheese, but to be honest I thought that there would be more of a difference, like perhaps a bigger patty, but in reality all I got was some fatty bacon, a few mingy pieces of avo, and a single small slice of cheese. I’m pretty sure my patty was actually smaller than Caroline’s. It’s not that that is a big deal, but at a price difference of R25 I thought there would be more to it than that. On the plus side the burger was made with quality ingredients and was very tasty. The chips were very tasty and moreish as well, but there were far too many of them, at least for someone who has been pigging out for the last few days. The food was served with a BBQ sauce on the side that was also very nice.
This (above) is Caroline’s R44 burger.
And my R69 burger. Spot the difference.
Tonight we need a break from über-nomming and will be eating at our “house”. I think it’s going to be very basic like toast. This is despite the fact that we have more restaurants we want to try, including Wu’s Chinese & Sushi. I’m hoping that they have Char Siu (again, thanks to TFP).
LOCATION
The Drydock
Waterfront Shop 1
Knysna
Tel: 044-382-7310
Email: info@drydock.co.za
Website: www.drydock.co.za
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