Table Mountain and pop up restaurant

TABLE MOUNTAIN AND THE SECRET SUPPER CLUB

Today we decided to try the hop on hop off bus and took the city tour that also went to Table Mountain.   Ryan had told us that the Table Mountain line ups can be quite long so we purchased our tickets at the bus station and started the day early to avoid the crowds and the heat.

We arrived at Table Mountain base and road the bus all the way up to the cable car. I tried to convince everyone to hike the mountain but I had no takers so we road the most spectacular cable car up 1000 meters to the summit. WOW.!  What an amazing 360 degree view of the city and the coast line. The sky was clear so you could see for miles.

 A portion of the mountain at lower levels was covered with a layer of clouds which they call "the table cloth" as it slides up one side of the mountain and covers the top before it dissipates. Luckily it was only a small portion of the mountain that was covered.

 The view from the top, over looking Cape Town, with Robben Island in the distance.  To the left is Lions Head and Signal Hill.

 We spent a couple hours walking around the flat top taking in the views from all sides. Stopped for a beer at the summit and then headed back down to the bus.

Our next stop was at a little coastal town called Camps Bay. We jumped off the bus and headed to the beach to check out the water. The waves were crashing in and the water was FREEZING. Apparently it is colder in their summer than in the winter due to the currents. Lots of people on the beach but no one was in the water.

Our lunch was a seafood salad that was a mixture of calamari, prawns and the catch of the day.  There was more seafood than vegetables so again we left very happy. We jumped back on the bus and continued the coastal road seeing some amazing properties over looking the ocean. By this time the temperature was about 30 and we were melting on the top level of the bus so we headed back to the apartment to cool off for a few hours. A pool is the only thing our apartment was missing.

When doing my research for the trip I had lucked out and found a secret supper club   Our reservations were for 7pm and it was within walking distance  Joyce searched the street view on google maps so we had an idea of where we were going. The direction told us to enter through a roll up garage door. As we arrived the only signage was the letter S for Spazie the name of the pop up restaurant   A young fellow greeted us and we walked into a warehouse type setting with a kitchen and bar.

We were served our welcome cocktail and Bill started chatting to the chef. We found out that the chef and his team as well as a winery had been matched together for the evening and invited to participate in a pop up restaurant   It consisted of a four course chef's table, paired with wine.

The food was exceptional, but it was so hot in the facility we had to take shifts going outside to get some air.  At the end of the night Joyce and I were standing on the street pouring water on our feet from the ice factory next door.