Hello people, I am back after a long time to share my experiences in the eating world. I guess I have lost enough weight to allow me to eat out again...hehehe!! Onto the first restaurant I visited recently.
Secret Garden is a restaurant located in 14 Riverside Drive, Nairobi. I had heard a lot about this restaurant from friends, so when I got the opportunity to go...I decided why not!
I guess it is called Secret Garden because it seems tucked away in this office park. It has indoor and outdoor seating. We opted for outdoor. It was quite busy and only one table was available. Lots of people seemed to be having their lunch meetings.
We got down to business right away. I ordered the sweet pork chops, please note that the waiter confirmed my order before going to the kitchen. My friend ordered the chicken. Once again our very friendly waiter read the order back to us.
Food was on our tables in 15 minutes. I looked at my food, very aesthetically put on my plate. However, I wondered since when pork looked like this; but I was hungry so I kept my mouth shut.
Tasting my "pork", it tasted just like nyama choma. I thought perhaps my senses had gone kaput. So I forced my friend to taste it. After almost eating half my plate, he agreed with me that it was not pork at all, and there was nothing sweet about it. I called a different waiter who told me that I had been served lamb chops. He called the waiter who served us. Our dear waiter was baffled as to what I was complaining about as he was sure I had ordered the lamb chops. This mind you is the same waiter who read back my order to me to confirm he had written down the right thing. I asked him to check his notepad and hey presto!!!I had indeed ordered the pork.
So we had to wait 15 more minutes for the right order. Yes, I wanted what I wanted. If not that I was in good company, I am sure the diva in me would have come out!
So finally pork arrived. It was delicious. I really hadn't liked the lamb chops earlier, I felt they needed to be marinated more to give them flavor.The pork though was amazing. It was well cooked, tender, sweet but not too much.
We were too stuffed to have dessert though, so maybe next time.
Secret Garden is a restaurant located in 14 Riverside Drive, Nairobi. I had heard a lot about this restaurant from friends, so when I got the opportunity to go...I decided why not!
I guess it is called Secret Garden because it seems tucked away in this office park. It has indoor and outdoor seating. We opted for outdoor. It was quite busy and only one table was available. Lots of people seemed to be having their lunch meetings.
We got down to business right away. I ordered the sweet pork chops, please note that the waiter confirmed my order before going to the kitchen. My friend ordered the chicken. Once again our very friendly waiter read the order back to us.
Food was on our tables in 15 minutes. I looked at my food, very aesthetically put on my plate. However, I wondered since when pork looked like this; but I was hungry so I kept my mouth shut.
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| The lamb chops |
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| Chicken |
Tasting my "pork", it tasted just like nyama choma. I thought perhaps my senses had gone kaput. So I forced my friend to taste it. After almost eating half my plate, he agreed with me that it was not pork at all, and there was nothing sweet about it. I called a different waiter who told me that I had been served lamb chops. He called the waiter who served us. Our dear waiter was baffled as to what I was complaining about as he was sure I had ordered the lamb chops. This mind you is the same waiter who read back my order to me to confirm he had written down the right thing. I asked him to check his notepad and hey presto!!!I had indeed ordered the pork.
So we had to wait 15 more minutes for the right order. Yes, I wanted what I wanted. If not that I was in good company, I am sure the diva in me would have come out!
So finally pork arrived. It was delicious. I really hadn't liked the lamb chops earlier, I felt they needed to be marinated more to give them flavor.The pork though was amazing. It was well cooked, tender, sweet but not too much.
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| Finally!!amazing pork. |
We were too stuffed to have dessert though, so maybe next time.
