It's a kind of fishy tale...

Years back I stayed and worked in Bela-Bela. I still can't remember why. I started off by working in a bakery and ended up in a nightclub - I know, it sounds super dodgy.  It's that time in a person's life where you have no direction and no money but you live like a rich man!  I did meet a few weird and wonderful creatures along the way and one of them is Martin Diener. I chatted to him on Facebook today and this big fish in a small pond opened a very cool seafood restaurant called  De zee meeuw huis in Bela-Bela. All I needed was a very short answer on the name, look and vibe of the place and this is what he wrote back;

"It's a kind of 'fishy' tale.......... there once was a man and his wife who loved the sea, but further away they couldn't be. They decided to work on a master plan, and just about then they met another young man. This savvy fellow shared the dream. So they continued the journey as a team, to bring you the fish some cooked some shelled all the way to the bushveld. But it wasn't easy as I'm sure you can tell. They needed the help of another good pal. He showed then the way to a special place, which is now known as De zee meeuw huis. Where family and friends can come and a see, why gulls would be sitting in a kameeldoring tree..."

I literally drooled when he told me that they have a live oystertank! I told him that I would throw tons of Tabasco sauce, lemonjuice and pepper in there, get in and leave my tablemanners at home! Gremlin-style!

Soooo....if you are ever in that area, go and have some feeeeeesh!Kapeeesh?

De Zee Meeuw Huis: 082 872 9984
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