African Anniversary Celebration

Our Anniversary destination

Sometimes the day doesn't work for you and you choose another, which is what we did today.  Tomorrow is our 37th wedding anniversary but Wednesdays are busy days but not together. 
I adorn myself with my amazing South African beads and earrings.  Merv had an appointment with his specialist at Neurosciences this morning in Mt Claremont.  Afterwards we took the car for a spin along the West Coast Highway heading north with spectacular views of the calm, deep blue Indian Ocean.  We headed to Sorrento Quay for lunch at Hippo Creek, African Grill.   I wanted to share the joy of Africa with Merv and what better way to do it than to celebrate at home in Perth!  I had taken my young niece to Hippo Creek a few years ago.  She was a young baby when her parents lived in Ghana for almost two years.  I'm sure that gives her African heritage!


African Tasting Plate

Ready to enjoy our African Tasting Plate

Today the sun was warm and the restaurant opened its large folding doors letting in the warm air and making the best of the serene views of the small beach and moored boats.  We choose the African tasting plate for starters.  It consisted of: Buffalo, Ostrich, Crocodile and Venison skewers.  I slid half of each skewer onto Merv's plate.  Fortunately the meat was cut up in small pieces and I asked Merv to ensure he chewed it well.  It was amazing.  I tasted mine with the peri-peri and chutney style sauces.  Merv is a tomato sauce man and nothing else will do. The crocodile was the only white meat.   We toasted our anniversary with Merv's South African beer and a glass of in house wine for me before we
enjoyed our lunch time specials.  Merv had a medium done steak sandwich and I enjoyed the prawn salad.  A coffee afterwards finished our meal at Hippo Creek.  We strolled along the boardwalk and treated ourselves to a gelato dessert which we shared together.  A little romance.  Later this afternoon we finished planting all our seedlings.  Another item to cross off my list.