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Sloppy Sam

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Choice, Jo's choice, Outings, Reviews, Seapoint | No Comments

I wanted a comfy, homey, snuggly vibe, with no sign of pretentiousness and giant portions. Check. Sloppy Sam’s is all those things, delivered with a mediterranean flair and plenty of lamb. Lamb, lamb, wonderful lamb, rolled with garlic on kebab sticks (Jess and Stv), slowly braised into melting goodness (EL), its ribs crisped with garlic and lemon (next time, next time) or in an iraqui abgusht stew with dried limes (yet another visit needed).  Defiantly, I had calamari, which were lemony-sour, garlicky and awesome.

Food is simple, large and tasty, with beautiful flavours and the minimum of fuss. For starters, it was various culturally-appropriate things, which were very good: tsatsiki (nice but not outstanding), pickled calamari (not nearly as rubbery as all that but still kind of rubbery), deep fried crispy sardines (I have a deep fried fondness for deep fried sardines, they are wonderful), and a tomato, red onion and anchovy salad that was tasty but a little too simple for the price.

Service was friendly, casual but attentive, very good.

The venue is lovely and belies the name - nothing sloppy about this creatively decorated space. Lots of food paraphernalia (tins, bottles, vegetables, things) strung out all over the place, backed by warm paint tones and an open kitchen. Only complaint: we were seated in the window and the curtain of fairy lights made it hot hot hot. Bonus on window seating: the building across the road has really awesome coloured lights which we spent most of the night figuring out.

Overall: great place, great experience. Yay! Also, chalk up 1 to me for restraint, of alcoholic* kind, and actually driving to salty cracker for a change. Jo: 1, Stv: 37. She edges in. She’s getting there.

Atmosphere: 8 / 10 (target: mediterranean relaxation. Mission: accomplished.)
Staff: 8 / 10 (friendly, relaxed, attentive)
Service: 8 / 10 (see: atmosphere)
Food: 7 / 10 (simple but hits the spot)
Value for money: 9 / 10. (that means good, i.e. cheap :))

*Full disclosure: Drinking copiously at lunch and being unable to face much more alcohol may have had something to do with it.

Sloppy Sam

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Jo's choice, Seapoint | No Comments


Fujiyama

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

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Buzbey Grill

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Eckhard's choice, Seapoint | No Comments

It seem highly unlikely the Eckhard will write his own review, so the other Crackers will do mini review jobbies of our own, sort of on his behalf.
It has been suggested that we write a review where he can fill in the blanks. We shall see.

Starters:

  • Crumbed Mushrooms (Jess)
  • Angels on Horseback (Jo)
  • Fried Camembert (Eck)
  • Char-Grilled Sardines (Steve)

Mains:

  • Pepper Steak (Jess)
  • Hollandse Biefstuk (Jo)
  • Spare Ribs (Eck)
  • Rump Steak w/ Pepper Sauce (Steve)

Cedar Cafe

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Jessica's choice, Outings, Seapoint | 2 Comments


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At the end of the month, when you're broke, you eat salty crackers. At the end of the month, when we get paid, we go forth into Cape Town and demand that it give us of its best in celebratory food, drink and good conversation with friends. So far this appears to be working.

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