Restaurant: V&A Waterfront Food Market

It was surprisingly quiet for an end of month at lunch time at the V&A Waterfront. Our initial plans of going to the movies went a bit haywire when we got side tracked by the Coca-Cola Contour Art Walk (very recommendable!). I didn’t feel like Spur for lunch – just feels wrong, when it is a gorgeous day in Cape Town at the Waterfront, and there are SO many other places to choose from. We ended up at the V&A Waterfront Food Market (where the old Musica store used to be). This is not Mark’s scene at all, but he did say that it looked quite clean and contained and not too busy and was willing to try it.

FOOD: There is something for everyone. I had Thai; cashew nuts, veggies and prawn stir fry with rice. Quite a big portion, and fairly tasty (R75). Mark had the pulled pork Ciabatta and coleslaw, all covered with a spicy sauce and shoved into the same bun. He says that it was quite tasty, but not very big. (R50).

DRINKS: We didn’t get anything

SERVICE: You order your food and then you can sit inside or outside, no waiters. We sat outside because it was such a gorgeous day.

VALUE FOR MONEY: It’s fair. Mine seemed to be more value than Mark’s – I’m sure he was still hungry.

PARKING: It’s at the V&A Waterfront, so there is a lot of parking, but it can get hectic when it is tourist season.

RECOMMENDABLE: Nice if it is not too busy. Nice for something quick.