Our department at
work was looking for a team-build activity to do and it was up to me and another
guy to come up with different team-building ideas. While I looked into
more typical team building activities (e.g the Amazing Race etc.), my colleague
came across a sailing idea. After pitching all our different ideas to our boss
he decided that he didn’t feel like doing anything strenuous so we agreed on
the sailing trip. Not that this would require any actual working together as a
team but I suppose being “forced” to socialize with one another would also
count as team building! Drinking and eating is more like our departments idea
of team-building in anyway! J
This deal
included an hour trip on a sail boat and then a two course lunch at one of two restaurants
in the Waterfront for R130 per person. Not a bad deal if you ask me! So we booked
it.
We chose a Friday
naturally as one never goes back to work after these type of things! We could
not have chosen a more perfect day, even if we were Mother Nature herself! Usually
I don’t react too well to not having my feet planted firmly on land! I never
really get extremely sick but I always feel woozy! Luckily this time I was fine
and I even managed to slog down an ice cold cider on that awesome Cape Town day
(while all the other plebs had to spend the day at work)! J Before the trip I thought an hour would be too long
but when it was over I was quite surprised at how quickly it had gone.
We chose Greek Fisherman
for our lunch and we had the following options for starters and mains:
Starters:
Greek Salad – A selection of crisp lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber,
topped with feta cheese and olives.
Mixed Greek Dip Platter – Taramara, tzatziki and hummus served with
home-made pita bread.
I opted for the
Greek Salad which was nothing to write home about, but then again what can one
expect from a Greek Salad. It was served with a vinaigrette dressing which
spiced it up a bit.
Some of my work colleagues
went for the Mixed Greek Dip Platter. I wasn’t too impressed with this platter
and was quite thankful that I hadn’t ordered it. The people who actually had it
also didn’t really enjoy the Taramara and it didn’t even come with olives. To
me that would be one of the first things I would expect on a Greek Mixed Platter.
I suppose the name did say dip platter.
For mains the
options were:
Sirloin Steak with mushroom sauce – Well aged sirloin steak topped with
a mushroom sauce.
Calamari and Fish combo – Calamari grilled in a herbal garlicky butter
sauce, grilled fish in lemon butter.
I am not sure
what the linefish was but it looked like hake. I also can’t imagine that they
would use anything else but hake as it is usually used as the “house” fish. I didn’t
taste it myself but from what I saw the calamari didn’t look too great, which
was confirmed by my friend not eating hers.
I had the sirloin
steak, which (as you can see from the photo) was a monstrous piece. It was
quite crispy on the outside and nice and tender on the inside. I really enjoyed
the steak. The mushroom sauce was also quite tasty, but even without the sauce
the steak has a very nice flavour to it. When it arrived I did notice (also visible
from the photo) that there was quite a bit of oil lying in the plate. This is
not really something anyone wants to see as they are about to dig into a chunk
of cow.
I found the meals
to be quite simple and it only came with one portion of starch, no greens. To
be honest I didn’t really expect too much, as one never really does with these types
of specials. It is obvious that they have to cut somewhere in order to make the
special worthwhile for them, but overall it wasn’t a bad experience. I couldn’t finish my steak event though I really
wanted to. I am also sure that the food
from their A la Carte menu is fancier.
Yours in fun
& lazy team-builds,
Elly D
Shop 157
Victoria Wharf
Shopping Centre
V & A
Waterfront
Cape Town
021-4185411
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