We’ve been making reservations for four people over the past few months, at La Fera Restaurant at Ngwenya Resort, a short drive outside of Marloth Park, every Thursday for their weekly buffet. We started this routine when our friend Lisa arrived from the US in April, staying for one month.
After we returned from the US for granddaughter Maisie’s graduation, friends Kady and Rich arrived from the US, a few weeks later, at the end of June. Once again, we visited Ngwenya every Thursday evening for the buffet. After they left in mid-July, we continued this routine, inviting other friends to join us for the buffet, which filled our four-diner reservations.
The food is consistently fresh, hot, and delicious, and we all enjoy part of the evening on the veranda searching for wildlife on the Crocodile River and reveling in the beauty of the sunset. Once dark, we all head indoors to the restaurant, where a table is awaiting us with “Jessica” written on a reservation plaque.
The staff has come to know us, and we’re treated with good service throughout our evening. However, when we first arrive on the veranda, there’s always a wait for a server to take our drink orders. We don’t complain. We wait patiently.
No, it’s not Jabula, not like the ambiance and playful nature at the Cheers-like bar, exceptional food, and exemplary service. Nor do the owners of Ngwenya spend as much time with us as owners Dawn and Leon do, each time we walk in the door, throughout the evening, and when we finally walk out the door.
Last night, we had the fun opportunity to spend an evening at Ngwenya for drinks on the veranda, followed by the buffet with Dawn and Leon filling our two extra seats.. It was such fun to be with both of them, and their undivided attention meant we could laugh and talk without interruption – and laugh and talk we did. It was a lovely and fun evening.
Back at our holiday home before 9:00 pm, we hunkered down for the night, watching another episode of “The Chosen” on Amazon Prime, but I nodded off a few times and will re-watch the episode in the next few days.
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Photo from ten years ago today, August 8, 2015:
