HOMETOWNFLAVOURS We like to eat. Everyone likes to eat. Unless you’re one of those models who has a glass of air for breakfast, a sprig of broccoli for lunch, and carbonated water and cigarettes for dinner. We’re not. We like good, wholesome food, love a bit of fat on our meat and skin on our chicken, and it’s always great to get some decent service along with it. Welcome to our first edition of our new restaurant reviews, Hometown Flavours. For our first episode, we would just like to take a look at three restaurants that we have been eating at lately, and will do an in-depth review on them later.
Chokka Block
Situated at The Port, Clive’s Chokka Block can do no wrong. Renowned for the seafood, and in particular the calamari, the Chokka Block also has a wonderful vibe to it, and is usually quite busy. We sampled the calamari and our daughter enjoyed a kiddies burger. The calamari was everything we expected, fresh and delicious with a tangy tartare sauce. The portions were great and my daughter never actually spoke while she ate, which was an amazing testament to her enjoyment of the food. Chokka Block: Find – Top Floor, Squid Square, Port St Francis Mail – info@chokkablock.co.za Phone – 042 294 1615
Off The Menu Food Emporium
Currently our favourite breakfast place, Off The Menu offers an intimate venue and an unfettered ambiance with their breakfasts. It is the best place for a breakfast menu, with the staff attentive but discreet, leaving customers to drink coffee, raise voices at each other over spreadsheets that aren’t working, and brainstorm exciting new marketing ideas while wired on the best coffee in town. We had the Scrambled Eggs with Salmon and the French Toast. Creamy scrambled eggs offset with the slightly piquant salmon taste was the perfect combination for our thoughtful marketing meeting, while the French toast clients ate their breakfasts like they were really, really hungry; like they would fight you if you tried to grab a taste of their toast. As mentioned, coffee is wonderful. Off The Menu: Find – Lyme and St Francis Drive, St Francis Bay Mail - info@offthemenufoodemporium.com Phone - 041 010 5451
St Francis Brewery
The St Francis Brewery offers great food, and obviously their own beer which is mighty fine and a perfect accompaniment to their meals. Our favourites are the classic cheese burger and the ribs, but there are times when it is amazing to smash into a huge selection Mexican plates as well. When we go Mexican, we often order a few dishes and share amongst our table. Some nachos, and some chicken and fish tacos are great to share with a pint of draught. The St Francis Brewery however, has such a great vibe because they focus on consistently getting the best live music, and so many people enjoy a night out with the good vibes of chilled background music, banging rock music, reggae tunes or the fun times with legendary artists like Robin Auld and Wendy Oldfield. St Francis Brewery: Find – 167 St Francis Drive Mail – lancekabot77@gmail.com Phone – 063 274 3743
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