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    Feb 2014 · Kate Thomas

    Cohler, Dona Ana's signature restaurant, is a smart affair decked out in red and white. It's no wonder that couples...

    Cohler, Dona Ana’s signature restaurant, is a smart affair decked out in red and white. It’s no wonder that couples flock here for Valentine’s specials, preceded by a poolside drink at the stylish Caju hotel bar. On hot summer evenings, the restaurant can feel a little stuffy, but you can eat outside on the terrace, where the food is of equal excellence and the service friendly and swift. This is certainly one of the finer places to dine in Vilanculos; there’s even a maitre d’.

    The restaurants styles itself as serving Afro-Portuguese fusion cuisine, and while we’re into that idea, we’d describe it more as coastal cooking. That’s to say, influences from the Portuguese coast, the Indian Ocean, and the South African coastline. We pondered the menu for a long time, deciding what to order from the vast selection of healthy options, including salads, fish with vegetables, Portuguese specials such as the salted bacalau cod plate, and crab. In the end, we went for a prawn curry — rich in flavor and heat. It was beautifully presented and came with fluffy rice, a crispy hot poppadum, and a cooling salsa to ramp down the heat.

    Breakfast the next morning was a gorgeous affair, and we wished we weren’t in such a rush. Hotel breakfast buffets can be a little samey in these parts, but the Cohler restaurant (which is open to non-guests for breakfast as well as for dinner) delivers. Options were laid out along long counters; we were won over by the fresh fruit, the mason jars brimming with muesli, and the savory scones. Those with more of a sugary tooth might want to order American pancakes or cinnamon muffins.

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