On Friday, we drove back from Gansbaii, went to khane (mosque) in cape town where there were about 12 people in total! Nadia has met the kamadiani maa (mosque leaders) in joburg so she had encouraged us to come. After khane, we drive up to signal hill which gives you the most amazing views of the city with the water on one side and table mountain on the other. We went back to Camps bay that night to one of my favorite restaurants in cape town - cod father sushi and seafood! There is no menu and you just order the seafood you'd like to eat from a cooler. Hussein and I were the adventurous ones who went for it while adam and nadia stuck with sushi. I have never had such good seafood! We tried a bunch of local fish and big mother prawns from Mozambique called langostines that are even tastier than the freshest lobster!
The following day we finally got a chance to go to table mountain which is a national park with a mountain that is flat at the top. You can either take a cablecar up to the top or hike up. We wanted to hike but it was 30 degrees and too hot to hike! At the top, again there were outstanding views of the city and various hiking pathways. The day was a perfect beach day so we also spent a few hours at Clifton beach! The houses and condos you see along Clifton and camps bay are just insanely beautiful and are insanely expensive! This is the area where you will see more ferraris, aston martins and other nice cars driving around! Some properites are rented for $10 000/night!
Our second last day in cape town we did the cape peninsula tour with a driver. We stopped at Boulders beach to view some cute penguins, then to cape point and peninsula which is where the Indian ocean meets the Atlantic ocean and also the most south westerly point of Africa! On our drive back to cape town, we stopped in Hout bay for the most outstanding fried fish, prawns, calamari and chips at a hotspot with locals called Snoerkies! We waited in line for over an hour in a fast food type place but well worth it!
The food in cape town has been fantastic! Other noteworthy restaurants are La columbe in the Constantia area. You cannot get dinner reservations here for months so we opted for a Monday lunch to try it after recommendations from the Benguala owner/chef in Gansbaii. It was fantastic food and impeccable service! It's number one on trip advisor and rated one of the top restaurants in the world!
Another interesting restaurant was Carne which is known for game meat and steaks. It was good but the boys still thought Alberta beef was better in some ways. So far on this trip, I've had wildebeest, ostrich, kudu, springbok, and other venison meat which were all enjoyable and fun to try! Riyaz virani, who we call Victor, and two of the friends he made at his hostel, also joined us for dinner at carne which was good times!
We also went to savoy cabbage on our first few days in cape town which is also highly rated - it was very good fine dining but not as memorable as La columbe, codfather and snoekies!
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