Jeremy and I were invited to a ``Pirates of the Carribean'' party at Cape To Cuba in Kalk Bay. Our party had booked the tables closest to the entranceway, and restaurant guests were assailed by various captains, mates, cabin boys, and wenches as they arrived.
Cape To Cuba is situated alongside the rails in what used to be the goods shed for the Kalk Bay train station. A small harbour is opposite, and the patio seats offer a wonderful view of the ocean - especially at sundown.
While the service was degraded relative to my previous experience by our large party (roughly half of the diners at the restaurant), the staff coped admirably, and some even seemed to enjoy the spectable.
(Warning: Wearing pirate dress is likely to confuse diners into believing you're a waiter.)
Cape To Cuba's brand-named cocktail mixes the ever-present dark rum with gin, schnapps, pineapple juice and blue curacao into a bright-blue light concoction that one has to avoid thinking of as cooldrink. Mojitos were the other favoured cocktail in our party.
I was a little disappointed by the size and presentation of my two favourite dishes there; I can only hope it was only temporary and due to our party size's affect on the kitchens. The ``Aves de Cubano'' is chicken strips served in a slightly spicy mango and orange sauce. While the presentation was sub-par for their own standards, the taste was on-target. The Hemingway Salad was a bit lacking on the salad side - usually the flash-fried tuna steak floats on a Royal Garden of salad.
Overall, I felt it sub-par for Cape To Cuba, but only because of the high expectations from my previous visits. With the exception of Wasabi, I don't look forward to visiting a restaurant as much as I do to Cape To Cuba, and that remains.