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Thank you to my lovely husband for all the years we have spent together…Happy Anniversary!
In the morning I went to get my hair cut at Marcello’s. He’s a lovely fella and very entertaining. He now tells me that the episode he was in, on “Come Dine with Me” is number 4 in their top 30! I have been going to his salon for about 18 years, not only a good hairdresser but a very amusing person. He now has a Cuban wife and two lovely daughters.
As forecast, the weather started to go downhill, temperatures dipping and very windy. We decided to go out for a meal in the evening to celebrate our anniversary and thought we would try Phileas Fogg in Broadstairs because as the name suggests they serve dishes from around the world.
We parked the car in Broadstairs and as we got out, the rain poured down and being so near the sea, we were nearly blown away, my umbrella turning instantly inside out, didn’t do much for my hairdo either. We walked to the restaurant only to discover it has closed down! We looked at other restaurants (in the pouring rain) but didn’t really want Greek, Turkish(will be having enough of that when we get back to Cyprus) or Indian or Thai. So a decision was made to drive to Birchington where I had heard of a Caribbean Restaurant that was fairly new.
As soon as we arrived at Carbeez Restaurant, such a lovely welcome from the owner Richie and first he showed us all round the place. There are settees all around the place. This really is a place to “chill”. Drinks first and Mal chose one of his “Hot Shots”, which is a combination of White rum,dark rum, spiced brandy, Scots Bonnet and Honey!! It nearly knocked his head off. I was offered rum punch but as always, I was driving and won’t drink alcohol, so he made me a non alcoholic punch.
He suggested the “Super 6 Special” as we couldn’t decide what to eat and also suggested what we should choose the beef, curried goat and jerk chicken accompanied by Rice and peaz, basmati and vegetables. He couldn’t have made a better choice for us. So tasty! For desert Mal had cheesecake, sultana and rum and he offered me some Caribbean Christmas cake,(not on the menu) made with sultanas and carrots and frequently infused with more alcohol. It was delicious. It’s a lovely reastuarant, obviously fairly new and sadly even for a Friday night, there was only another table of 7 in there. Having said that on our drive around we noticed how many restaurants were empty and also a couple of pubs that have closed down. And they say the Uk is coming out of recession?! We had a long chat with Richie and he gave me a bottle of his home made rum punch to take home with me!
If you are ever in Thanet, do try this place, they make you so welcome and the prices are so reasonable for the quality of the food. We will be going back!
Thought for the Day – “I love Caribbean food. It’s a great melting pot of so many cultures including the Native Americans.” ~ Bob Greene