So our 9 year
anniversary was coming up and I saw this as the perfect opportunity go visit
Woodlands. J Before the time
we went for drinks at the roof top bar Tjing Tjing. Although we didn’t get to
sit outside on the rooftop I really liked this place! The rawness of the
“unfinished” look of the rafters contrasted against the bright red bar really
did it for me. I loved it, but that is a story for another day.
Only after settling
down at Woodlands and having had a look at their menu, did I realize that it
was mainly a pizzeria. They don’t have a sample menu uploaded on their website
as yet, so I suppose I didn’t really know what I was in for. Anyway, the fiancé
wasn’t complaining as he loves pizza. So we ordered a bottle of celebratory
bubbly and seeing as he was starving we thought about ordering a starter. They
had some nice starters on their specials menu, but when we wanted to order one
of them we were told that they were sold out of that starter. Turned out that
they were pretty much sold out of everything on that day’s specials menu.
Really? So why bother giving it to me in the first place or not telling me
about it as you hand it to me. Anyway, there wasn’t really a great selection of
starters on their normal menu so we left the starters and only ordered mains.
By my friend’s recommendation I ordered the Lamb pizza.
Lamb pizza with Tuscan-style slow roasted lamb, fresh rosemary & a
dash of crème fraiche.
After ordering it
the waiter told me it was a really good choice so that assured me in my
selection! J However I asked
the waiter if it was possible to have some fresh coriander on the pizza. He
said sure but that they would have to charge me extra. Usually I would
have said it is fine, but I was already peeved off because of the lack of
available items on their specials menu so I just left it.
When the pizza
arrived it was really good. I can see why it comes recommended. I thoroughly
enjoyed it. The fresh coriander would have made a delightful difference though.
The fiancé had
the Parma ham pizza bread with fresh
rocket, fresh tomato, goats cheese & balsamic reduction. Parma ham and
goats cheese are two of his favourite things so I figured it would be the
perfect pizza for him. He didn’t enjoy it. He felt the base of the pizza was
lacking flavour. And the little bit of flavour it had wasn’t very consistent
throughout the pizza. I had a taste of his pizza and I’m afraid I would have to
agree. I felt really bad that I had such a nice pizza and he really didn’t
enjoy his! Usually when we go for pizza he takes the left overs home and ends
up eating it as we get home. This time we actually gave the left overs to the
car guard. :-/
So yeah, I highly
doubt that I will be able to convince him to go there again anytime soon.
Yours in fun
& lamb pizza,
Elly D
2 Deerpark Drive
West
Vredehoek
Cape Town
021-801 5799
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