September 08 – 19, 2012
Aside from the restaurant above the marina (we never did learn the name of it) and (we admit it) Mc Donald’s, we had some other choices for food.
Our very favorite restaurant was Paddles, which luckily was just down the street from the marina or else we may never have tried it. It’s owned by an Italian-Samoan family and would be right at home in a foodie place like San Francisco or New York. Even with the favorable exchange rate it was rather expensive; so we only went a couple of times, but we sure enjoyed it when we were there. (As I’m writing this blog in Tonga, I can now say that this is our choice for the best restaurant in Polynesia.)
We did have a pizza place in town, and it was pretty good, but it was just a little too hot out to have a comfortable lunch there so we only went once. We did discover, the day we left, a seafood chowder house place across the street from the marina that was really good! (I don’t know why we didn’t try it sooner.)
Then there was the Apia Yacht Club. I wish I could say we ate there, but it was 2 or 3 miles from the marina and too far to walk in the heat. We finally visited it after we rented a car, but alas it was only open for dinner. The menu looked great, and it looked like it would be a fun place to eat. -Cyndi
