Great things always seem to happen to me. I just dropped Scott Fee off at his weekend retreat here in South Africa. I'm spending a few days by myself in Hermanus - a fantastically gorgeous community on the south edge of South Africa - the best spot in the world for watching whales from the shore.

I stumbled into a small cafe - Fusion - and sat for a quick beer. I soon met Petri - the owner - and started to talk about the world, travel and the Internet. I met his beautiful girlfriend Lizel. She had just returned form working on cruise ships in the Caribbean - and we shared stories of Belize and Cancun.

Petri convinced me to stay for the special - a wonderful Fillet. After 2 days of airport and airline food, it didn't take much to convince me.

The first course was served on a wooden artist pallet - a small bread herb infused bread - home baked, on a pallet of Friend beet root, puffed rice noodles and sweet potato. KLM economy seating eat your heart out.

The main was a perfectly done BIG fillet, on a bed of risotto and Bearnaise sauce. Puffed rice noodles and greens finished the plate.

Petri sent over a bottle of Manor House 2006 Shiraz - the perfect compliment.

See? Good things do happen to wary travellers. Live music here this weekend - I'm sure to come back.