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I like the Contempo Cafe, though I would probably have preferred the french toast or a breakfast croissant. I have been very pleased with the food there.
And Woohoo! Wendy and Ben have arrived!
I loved my visit to Sanaa. The chef there (he came out to discuss food sensitivities with one of our group) was a real gem. We enjoyed talking to him, and he was very helpful.
Love the bathroom pics, Mark! Yep, that's one fancy Loo, isn't it?
The Hilton looks very, very nice! Glad you were finally able to get the rental. It was so nice to see photos of again. I love Kidani Village, even if it looks like a prison!
Saturday 12 December – part two: that is one strong cocktail!
We then met up with Wendy and Ben and headed back to the lobby.
We then explored the resort a bit more, finding a neat overlook to watch the giraffes grazing. I got a couple of fun presents from Wendy and Ben, including a cuddly little cow from Indiana, which of course I loved and Mark hated.
It was soon time for our Sanaa ADR, so we headed that way and checked in and waited a couple of minutes before our buzzer went off. We were led to a window seat, which I was secretly hoping that we would get. We had Drew as our server and he was very knowledgeable about everything at Sanaa and very helpful. I couldn’t fault him at all. :
It took us a while to order our food, as we were sitting there, laughing and joking. In fact, we had been doing that ever since we got in the car together. Good times. As a result, it took us a while to sort out what we wanted, but Drew reassured us that if we weren’t in any rush, which we weren’t, then he wasn’t either, which was good.
Eventually we picked and all got cocktails. Ben, Wendy and I went for the Kande Coconut Clear, made up of Starr Africa rum, coconut, ice cream and orange juice and it was heavenly. Mark went for the African Starr Mojito and we all had a taste of it. Good grief, you knew about that thing, I can tell you. It’s perhaps not surprising that he said later that he lost all sense of taste after drinking it. I’m not surprised. : It was pretty mean stuff.
As we waited for our food to arrive, a group of Cast Members came through, singing carols, which was really neat.
For appetiser, Wendy and Ben had the tomato soup with Paneer cheese, while I had the salad sampler with watermelon, lime and radish, roasted beets and roasted potato, corn and spinach and all were beautiful, but unusually flavoured. Mark went for the lamb keftas with Tamarind and dried papaya sauce.
”Don’t you even think of pinching mine!” :
Wendy and I knew what we were going to have, once Drew said that he could do a dinner portion of the sustainable fish, the Atlantic char, for it’s served with seasonal vegetables in a light curry broth, but dinner comes with shrimp and scallops. Ben went for the club sandwich and Mark had the grilled pork chop with ginger and pickled lime sauce, served with warm potato and spinach salad. All of us agreed that the food was superb and Mark, whose first time it was could see why I had raved so much about this place after our visit here in May and why I wanted to bring him here.
We eventually went for the dessert, with Ben and Mark getting the rice pudding and me opting for the dessert sampler, which consisted of chocolate cake, passion fruit kulfi and chai cream. All were very good and I’m glad I got the chance to try this out. I also had a painted Lemar drink, made to resemble the striped tail of the Madagascar lemar. It had Amarula fruit cream liquer and van der Hum tangerine liquer in a chocolate striped glass. It was very nice and well worth getting.
Eventually, about two hours after we started, we literally rolled out of there after all the good and drink we had taken. What an excellent meal we had had there. I’m still just as impressed by Sanaa as I was on their first night open.
Sanaa:
Appetiser 8½ 9
Main course 10 9
Dessert 9 9
Service 10 9½
Atmosphere 9½ 9½
Value for money 9½ 9½
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As a result, it took us a while to sort out what we wanted, but Drew reassured us that if we weren’t in any rush, which we weren’t, then he wasn’t either, which was good. 
Mark went for the African Starr Mojito and we all had a taste of it. Good grief, you knew about that thing, I can tell you. 
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