Leaving the park I headed to the Animal Kingdom for a dinner ressie at Boma. I was looking forward to this, as the buffet offered alot of foods that were enticing and band friendly. My server was very slow and I felt like I was just shoved in a corner, but that is ok...I made the most of it.
I sipped on a lovely South Africa red wine during dinner. It was a Fairview Pinotage and it was a good medium bodied wine. I also had the Pomegranate Lemonade.
Chicken Curry SoupThis was quite tasty.
Plate 1 - top clockwise - fufu; ancho chilli spare ribs; durban spiced chicken; salmon with olive chermoula; med rare strip loin with Masai Mara sauce; pap with chakalaka
The fufu was pleasant, the ribs were excellent (my favourite bit), chicken was ok a bit dry, the salmon was tasty, the strip loin was melt in your mouth and the sauce which had pecans in it was nice; the pap...ehh but the chakalaka sauce was a good flavourful hit of spicy tomato!
Plate 2 - top clockwise - 3 dips (black olive, sundried tomato and white been hummous with lavosh); watermelon rind salad, chicken nugget, more ancho rib, salad with apple vinegarette, mac n cheese, peanut rice, lentil and palm of heart salad, felafel with yoghurt, with a side of ginger and carrot soup
Now remember I live in the Middle east so the dips and felafel were average tasting, nice, but I have had much better in the desert. I was intrigued by the watermelon rind salad...it was different. The peanut rice was good and the ginger and carrot soup was very good. The other stuff is your average buffet food.
Plate 3 - top clockwise - more rib (told you they were excellent!), peanut rice, vegetable couscous with fruit and nuts, tunisan couscous salad, strip loin with brown mustard sauce, salad with mango vinegarette, peanut couscous and seafood soup.
Apart from the ribs and strip loan everything was tasty enough...and I was loving that I could eat some salad!
I certainly didn't eat 3 plates worth of food (it's impossible for me) and just tasted each thing. I know it's a waste but I wanted to sample as much as my tummy would allow. Since my surgery I have definitely become a cheap date! When I dine out at home, I ALWAYS take a doggy bag home which lasts 1-3 meals or I order an appetiser (and sometimes that comes home with me too!)
Dessert Plate - top clockwise - Peanut brittle mousse with peanut brittle, zebra dome, fruit cobbler, Kenyan coffee tart, cookies
I am not a big dessert person (I know shock, horror), I am definitely a savoury person but I had to give the Zebra Domes a try...my thoughts...ehhh? The peanut brittle mousse was lovely, the coffee tart and cookies i could have missed.
The atmosphere of the restaurant definitely has an African feel, I was a little disappointed on the lack of service, but overall I enjoyed it...sometimes the food really does override the service! It is a very crowded restaurant.
DDP: 1 TS Credit
Will I be taken back to my Nan's kitchen tomorrow? I think so!
hahaha..I have read all your reviews and loved them.....Thanks for joining in....looking forward to reading all about your upcoming trip!
) and very tasty! The mash was good and the gravy was delish...I had not tried Southern Greens before and they were OK (not what I was expecting).
