on a business trip to adelaide during a 38 degree heatwave, once i checked into the oaks on pier in glenelg i had absolutely no intention of wandering further than the hotel for dinner. considering it was still about 34 degrees at 7pm there was no way i could stomach anything apart from a salad so i plonked myself in a little corner at cafe blu, one of the hotel’s dining options.
i decided on two entrees, starting with a sweet potato salad with danish fetta, rocket, cherry tomatoes with extra virgin olive oil and sweet balsamic dressing.
it was a huge serve as you can see! this went down an absolute treat. the sweet potato was cooked to perfection and the combination of ingredients was pretty awesome. totally using sweet potato and fetta together in summer!
i also ordered the crispy fried squid with lemon pepper, cucumber, fresh mint and spanish onion salad with preserved lemon aioli.
would have preferred the squid grilled and there were only 3 slivers of onion, but apart from that it was pretty good!
can’t say i’ll be heading back to adelaide in a hurry anytime soon but if you are i’d totally recommend the hotel and cafe blu.
