Buffet Lunch at Crown Plaza, then Lamb on the Spit for Dinner.

Looking back over the pools toward the resort, the restaurant is on the same level as the Palm Trees, and overlooks the reflection pools and canal. The Golf Clubhouse is the building on the right of the picture. Unfortunately, too far away for me to capture, there were 3 kangaroos sunning themselves further down on the green in front of the clubhouse.

We were invited by youngest son to try the new Buffet Lunch and were most impressed, the service is excellent and the food was wonderful and plentiful, every dish had a faint addition of herbs or spice for extra flavour, almost unnoticeable and not readily identifiable, very cleverly done.
We started with thin slices of roast beef with a Pommery mustard rub served with a red wine jus, carved for us by Chef Michael, then on to the ever so tender roast loin of pork and crackling with caramelised apple rings and apple sauce. The hot vegetables were tiny new potatoes, roasted pumpkin and sweet potato, braised asian greens with just the tiniest hint of chilli. The salads were a light fluffy cous cous with moroccan spices and yoghurt dressing, a lovely wild rocket with finely shaved fuji apple, a tomato and parmesan salad and a potato salad with a light creamy wholegrain mustard dressing, there were beautiful breads, fresh rolls straight from the oven, fresh fruits and lovely torts and cheesecakes. All in all, more than you could try in one sitting.

The view from the edge of the restaurant out over the reflection pools to the canal with its abundance of water fowl and on to some very expensive real estate.

On the way home we got a call from the Support Team (middle son) inviting us to dinner. He was roasting a leg of lamb on the B.B.Q, well that's a treat we wouldn't want to say no to. The lamb was meltingly tender with just the right amount of pink and a wonderful flavour. He did a red wine marinade that he used to continually baste the lamb while it turned over the flames. The remainder of the marinade made a very nice red wine gravy.

A large platter of roasted vegetables to go with the lamb, crisped and fluffy potatoes, onions, zucchini, carrots and pumpkin and a dish of cauliflower and brocolli cheese, nicely browned around the edges. Yummo.
So in all we had 3 separate meals with our 3 sons this weekend. Surely a record for us and very enjoyable. Guess who's on a diet next week? .....again.