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Feasting at the waterside
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Itâs a truly fabulous setting, sitting out over the water â with sweeping views of the yacht mole and the city in the background.
And the food has always been top notch, with 9th Avenue Waterside winning a plethora of awards including Eat Outâs Best Bistro twice. It has a Dinersâ Club platinum award wine list. And service is always polished and impeccable. Although it has a price tag to match.
Prawn and calamari salad.
On a perfect autumn Sunday, our little supper club booked a table. Weâd heard much about the new chef and were keen to try it out.
Some have survived. A few are thriving. Many have gone for good. Others are limping along. There are the optimists, the risk-takers, the resourceful, the resilient, the innovative and chefs with Covid-19. New ideas. New directions. New restaurants springing up. All this when the closest anyone can get to a new normal is the hunger for it. The only certainty: uncertainty.
So, who would have imagined this scenario?
On Thursday 20 February 2020 I meet US friends from near Chicago at 9th Avenue Waterside. It is their first visit to Durban. I make the reservation when they say: “We want to take you for dinner somewhere really special. You choose.”