Mid Week Fishy Treat

Yesterday saw the mercury rise to well above 31 degrees in Cape Town. Sticking pins in my eyes sounded more thrilling then the thought of cooking an evening  meal. The decision was mutual, and by 6.30pm we were on our way to our local Ocean Basket in Edgemead. Why Ocean Basket? you may ask, well two reasons. One the low fat diet "least we forget" and secondly they have an air conditioned smoking section which every time we have been has been set to Eskimo cold.

On arrival we ask for seats in the smoking area, and waited with anticipation as the door was opened, expecting that welcoming ice blast - the door opened, and a wall of heat and the faint smell of smoke greeted us. Noooooooooo !!!! We were told by our waitress that the air conditioner had packed up and would cost over R30k to fix ( way to much information  - I just wanted a cold room and seafood )

Not to be defeated, we sat right next to the one and only fan and the air cleanser, at least we would still have our sushi and seafood fix. We had a voucher from Cape Coupons which gave us a free mussel starter, we topped this up with a Zen Sushi Platter, and a seafood platter for one. There was no fuss made about having a "voucher" it was excepted politely and even cut out by our waitress. We were both too hot for wine so had  soft drinks.

Our waitress was very friendly and efficient, our table was set with two types of soy sauce "including Kikoman low salt - thank you, thank you" and hygienically wrapped disposable chop sticks. We always love the bread basket and the three sauces - in particular the chilli, that Ocean Basket serves with every meal, small things make such a difference.  We asked for all our dishes to be served at once so we could pick and choose.

The mussels were delicious, maybe a little to much of the sauce, but very tasty. The Platter for one was perfect, great line fish, succulent prawns, and my all time favorite deep fried squid heads. As for the sushi, it was very well presented, generous portions, and extremely tasty. To our joy we were also given 4 addition pieces of sushi, as the platter was over R100. The extra sushi was an interesting  prawn, feta and pepperdrew combination - delightful! For a brief time even the heat wasn't so bad!

The restaurant filled up very quickly, "just us in the smoking area" we were told by our waitress that Wednesday night was "children under 12 eat free night" We will definitely make use of this special when my son is here for his school holidays.

Would I recommend Ocean Basket Edgemead. A Big Yes, Would I go there again, Yes. This branch of Ocean Basket displays the right attitude towards its clients and the standard of food served revels that of some much more pricey seafood restaurants. Our total bill was a mere R233. We really did "feel da love" Only one negative ... PLEASE get your air conditioner fixed guys!!!

Shop 32 Edgemead Village Centre,
Letchworth Drive, Edgemead

Telephone : 021 558 0266