Something Fushy I mean Fishy

Fresh fried fush. Fresh fush fried. Fush fried fresh. Fush fresh fried. Fried fresh fush. Fried fush fresh.

Why am I typing fish like fush? Because you are reading a Natalian girl’s blog and I am forever being ripped off for my “Durban” accent,with Fush and Chops, Hull (hill) and Ahce (Ice) to name a few SO…

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On our school holidays my Dad, brother and I used to take our boat, ‘JayLaSco’ off the coast of Scottburgh and try our hand at catching fresh fush. I can honestly say that my love for fush and the ocean was developed during those deep-sea fushing trips; trying not to breathe as I cut up the off-putting  bait, my dad retching his lungs out over the side of the boat from seasickness and my brother munching on egg sandwhiches  simultaneously reeling in a YellowTail.  Along with being lucky enough to see whales and dolphins on our early morning trips, the 4am early risers spent with two of my favourite men were some of my fondest childhood memories.

So I love fush. Fush and Chups bru, like, it’s my favourite meal of all. (Sorry I’ll stop the Durban) Plus sushi (duh) calamari, game fish, tinned fish and all shellfish excluding oysters, (I just can’t deal with the apparent similarity to mucus).   Apart from enjoying the fresh fish caught twice a year on school holidays, living inland made fresh fish become a rare occasion. On one or two Easter holidays my family and I travelled to the Western Cape and this is where I can say that second to my boat trip, it was some of the best fish I have ever experienced. Fresh fish and chips at the good old Kalkies in Kalk Bay; deep fried, drowned in salt and vinegar and wrapped in newspaper, gourmet-like fancy fish at Mariner’s wharf and crispy, salty fresh fish in Sodwana Bay.

Fish is fabulous tasting, fresh and it has all them Omega 3s &6s. So what’s the problem? You might as well sell a kidney at some restaurants to enjoy a decent seafood meal, and like, who pays for Sushi full price anyway? So I have a few fish specials for those Cape Tonians that want something fishy this week. If you are ever visiting the Cape and you love fish, you will not be disappointed.

Mondays:

• Cape Town Fish Market: 50% off all hake and burgers
• Blowfish Restaurant, Tableview: R99 for a Seafood Platter For 2, 12pm -10pm
• Umi Restaurant, Camps Bay: R85 for Fish & Fries all day
• Roseberry, Mowbray: R109 Thai and Sushi Buffet 5.30pm- 10pm
• Brass Bell: R85 for 1kg mussels and chips/bread

Tuesdays:

• La Grotto, Plumstead: R45 for 200g Fresh Hake & Chips
• John Dorys: R29 Hake and Chips
• Seaforth : R155 all you can eat prawns
• Cape Town Fish Market: 50% off all sushi, 25% off all platters all day
• Surfside, Strand: 50% off all sushi 11am-10pm

Wednesday:

• CinCin, Century City: R119 seafood platter for two
• Blowfish: 50% off all sushi
• John Dorys: 50% off all sushi and Graca wine
• Beluga & Sevruga: 50% off sushi, dim sum and cocktails 2pm-7pm

Thursday:

• Umi Restaurant:R85 for Fish & Fries all day
• John Dorys’: R79 seafood platter
• Surfside:50% off all sushi
• The Lookout Deck: R120 for 24 Prawns all day
• Beluga & Sevruga: 50% off sushi, dim sum, cocktails 2-7pm

Friday:

• Golden Fish, Blouberg: R129 all you can eat sushi
• Brass Bell: R89 for a main meal and a 500ml Black Label, or House Wine or a Redd cider
• Seaforth Restaurant: R60 calamari eat as much as you like
• Active Sushi: R119 All you can eat sushi 11.30-10.30pm
• Beluga & Sevruga: 50% off sushi, dim sum, cocktails 2-7pm

Saturday:

• Umi Restaurant:R85 for Fish & Fries all day
• The Lookout Deck: R120 for a 24 Piece Sushi Platter all day
• The Lookout Deck: R46.50 fish and chips 12-3pm
• Fugu, Wembley square: 50% off all sushi 5- 9pm
• Beluga & Sevruga: 50% off sushi, dim sum, cocktails 2-7pm

Sunday:

• Beluga: 50% off sushi and cocktails all day
• Sevruga: 25% off sushi and cocktails from 12am-2pm, 50%  off 2pm-6pm
• Blowfish: 50% off sushi 5pm- 8pm
• Xian Yuang: R99 all you can eat sushi 10am-3am

These restaurants are just the few that I know of, so if you do know of others; I would be all to stoked to see them.