The Honest Jonny | BLOG

So there I was a middle class Gauteng resident born in Durban by the sea. Who needs a beach break when you hail from Durban with its golden mile. Well Durban's Golden mile has in my opinion lost much of its old gold shine and the white sands of Dinarobin in Mauritius are pure platinum.

In any event I am digressing. Arriving at the airport in Mauritius and transferring to the stunning Dinarobin resort on the South West Side of the island, you are constantly reminded by the road signs that you are on an island steeped in French tradition. When reaching our dream resort we are greeted by friendly French speaking staff who hurry about making sure your every whim is predicted and over satisfied. But hey we're all hungry, so what a great idea to go to the new Ill Gusto restaurant for a three course meal while your senses get overloaded by this paradise island.

The gentle breeze on your face, scent of the sea, peaceful lapping of ocean and the scenery that you only have ever dreamed of before. By this time the sensual French accent has captured my soul and as I look at the menu, I am greeted with things like hors - d'oeuvre ( appetiser, or starter), a' la carte ( off the menu), potage ( soup), menu d la mer ( seafood menu) so I think to myself that a nice parrot fillet would go down just well with my locally brewed Phoenix beer. My French translation meant to me that I would be getting a fillet ( pronounced fillay) steak with a parrot pronounce (parrow) sauce. What the sauce was would be any body's guess but I figured it could only be great and proceeded to order my parrow fillay.

Being a middle class citizen and not au fait with all the fanciful things in life, I was not going to ask what kind of sauce it was but waited to be pleasantly surprised. I sat back swigging on my Phoenix draft while waiting for my steak. Not long after that, the food arrived. A fantastic fillet of parrot fish!!!!!! But is that what I ordered ??. I ate it back hungrily knowing that nobody else would possibly know my fau' par and was pleasantly surprised by the really great dish that I had ordered. This was the start of a great beach break filled with many more unexpected and fantastic surprises at Beachcomber's Dinarobin resort.

Dreamcatcher's frog (A.K.A Rod)