Give Me All Your Cheese

Two weeks ago, I had one of the most amazing weekends ever. It started on a very cold and wet Saturday when I met my friends Ruth, Thembi and Lungee for lunch. It was Lungee's belated birthday celebration (a month later!)... Truth is, we all forgot to do something for her, so Ruth had the idea of us having lunch together. Prior to lunch, we went for a show at the 5D Theatre at uShaka Marine World. It's a fairly new concept in Durban but A LOT of fun! The first and only time I had ever been to a 5D show was in Singapore with friends Ren, Fay and Anthea. The idea of 5D is basically 3D on steroids. Added to the idea of feeling like you're in the movie are real-life effects, such as wind, rain, snow and moving seats. I managed to find a Groupon special for that very weekend. The normal price of a ticket is R40 but with the Groupon special I got it for R18. AWESOME!! 

We settled for lunch at Piatto at uShaka Marine World (Number 5: 26 Things To Do While 26). It's a nice restaurant with a great atmosphere. My favourite part of the restaurant is the deck overlooking the beach. On this particular day it was really overcast so I couldn't get any good pictures. The restaurant is Italian but they have a nice selection of grilled food (steak, ribs, chicken etc) and they also serve sushi... score! 

As the birthday girl, Lungee scored some free dessert. I guess we also expected the staff to stand around and sing for her until fireworks went off, but alas, no singing and no fireworks. Which was fine because we sang for her. Singing in public has always been embarrassing for me, no matter what the circumstances, but this was for a good cause. And we owed it to her for forgetting her birthday. 

Our waiter was really nice and his name is also Lungi ^^  He was really nervous around us and said the most random things. Not sure if he was being cute or just weird. 

We very politely asked Lungi, our waiter, to take a pic of us before we leave. He agreed and just before taking the pic he says: "Give me all your cheese!" ...WHAT??  That was so random but it made for a very fun picture. Definite highlight of the day. Another  highlight for sure, was chatting, laughing and enjoying goooood food! 

That was my Saturday adventure, my Sunday adventure with Reva is coming soon...