I don't know if any of you have a bucket list. But I do. And every so often, I find myself doing something and then thinking "Damn! That should have been on my bucket list. I'd be ticking it off now."
Ok, for those who don't know, a Bucket List is a list that one writes, where they list things that they would like to do before they leave this earth. Before they are recalled by the maker. My list has all sorts of things, from the really simple like scoring the winning goal in a soccer match, to taking a drive down the Garden Route with my daughter in a convertible. The list is quite long and at times, quite silly. But it is my list.
However, I have never imagined that I would have "Eat a cheese platter with loads of international and local cheeses" on my bucket list. But, I must tell you, I should have.
I saw the cheese platter the last time I was at Food Lover's and I made mention of it in my last review. I also promised to definitely come back here to sample it.
The last time I was there, I came for a business meeting with some friends and really had a great experience. But, this time around, I brought the lovely PeeKay with me. Tall and leggy, with a face that belongs on a billboard somewhere, we made quite an entrance.
For those who didn't see, I was very impressed by the service the first time around. This time, it was even better. I didn't think they could do better, but they did.
Divine showed us to our table, gave us our menus and went away. Came back promptly for our drinks orders and the drinks were on the table in a flash. We decided to eat something, to have a meal before the platter, so we opted for open sandwiches. She had Chicken strips and bacon on a health bread and I had the Norwegian salmon and avo on ciabatta. Both absolutely incredible. I couldn't taste hers because it had bacon and she wouldn't taste mine because she was enjoying hers too much.
By the time the cheese platter arrived, one of the managers, Deon, had popped over for a quick chat. Very nice fellow. We had a brief chat before he moved on to greet the other patrons. With a big smile and a friendly word on his lips.
Ok....NOTHING could have prepared us for the arrival of the cheese platter. First of all, the chef, Chef Marvelous, brought it to our table himself. And you could see the heads turning as he walked over to our table. Even the waiters were admiring the presentation, because it looked fantastic. I swear, this pic does not do it justice, but we had to take a pic.
And it tasted as good as it looked. With an assortment of local and international cheeses, some capers, olives, crackers and sweet preserves on the side. We had quite a time trying to name as many of the cheeses as possible. That purple cheese in the pic, that is a cheese infused with red wine or port, rather. There is a dark green cheese that is not clearly visible in the pic, a Wasabi infused cheese. And a Sage based cheese. Some Camembert and some Stilton. An amazing cream cheese. And a Brie. Oh, it was absolutely incredible! It was a LOT of fun, playing around with the flavours, mixing and matching the different tastes just to see what goes well with what.
It was really silly of us to do this on a full stomach, because, really, this would have been quite an experience all on its own.
Now, I am not going to say that you should add "Go have the cheese platter at Food Lover's Market" on your bucket list. But I AM going to say that I am truly glad that I managed to have this experience. And honestly, my bucket list would have been incomplete without it. I am going to write it on my list, then tick it off.
It truly is an experience! Go try it. Am REALLY tempted to actually go hold my Wakeup Woman Breakfast sessions there going forward.
