22 Oct - On The Terrace / KoKo Black, Claremont

My birthday this year was in Claremont, at a cafe called On The Terrace. Upon arrival, we were shown the menus which turns out to be quite a bit smaller than the one posted online. A little disappointed about that cos the options I wanted were no longer available.


To start off with, I went for the beef cheek. This was braised and shredded, and served with some garlic puree stuff and fresh bread. The cheek was tender and had a real strong beefy taste to it, despite being braised in red wine, which tends to overpower everything.


For a main I wanted the mushroom risotto which was no longer on the menu. I opted instead for the beef fillet, which was requested rare. This bit of meat was cooked just the way I wanted it and went down a treat. The others got ripped off with their gnocchi choice as they had run out and convinced some to mix in some angel hair pasta.





After dinner was a short walk to KoKo Black where I had a drink and some sweets (I forget the name of the set). The hot chocolate affagoto was nice (although I was expecting big things from the way CB raved about it), and after finishing the drink and sweets, I felt like something savoury haha.

8 Oct - Zing Cafe / San Churro, Hillaries

Ants' birthday this year was at Zing Cafe, right at the end of Hillaries Boat Harbour. Upon arrival, our booking was missing however we were given a table.

CB and I started off with the taster plate, consisting of potato skins, BBQ chicken wings, grilled houlumi, celery and chicken dippers. It wasn't bad, although not great either. It was very heavy and I probably could've stopped right there, but had another course to go.

Recommended on their menu were the bourbon ribs. Whilst tender, the sweet chutney wasn't to my liking, so I ended up scraping it off. The remnants of the chutney were still there though, so it somewhat tarnished my experience.

After dinner, we walked to San Churros where I had a 'Hot and Cold' drink, which is a classic Spanish hot chocolate with a scoop of icecream. Rich, creamy, heavy and deadly.