Lunch with the sharks!!!

Lunch with the Sharks - Nikon D50 digital photograph during lunch at uShaka Sea World, Durban, South Africa.
South Africa
February 6, 2007 1:54pm CST
I just wanted to share this experience with MyLotters. I recently had the most amazing lunch experience... I visited friends in Durban South Africa and we went for lunch at uShaka Sea World. The restaurant was inside a stranded ship, and we sat next to a shark tank enjoying lunch. It was quite a weird experience, eating your steak while the shark swims by and looks at what is on your plate!Have you ever experienced something like this?
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@smacksman (6053)
6 Feb 07
Not quite, but I have eaten shark caught by spear fishing further up the coast in Mocambique for lunch! Absolutely delicious - like white steak. Recipe:- Cut off a chunk, add seasoning, wrap in tin foil and chuck on camp fire for 15 mins. Unwrap and eat! Great place RSA.
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• South Africa
6 Feb 07
Thanks for the recipe...but I would never eat a shark steak in a restaurant like that...hehehe...it just feels WRONG!!! What if they get mad and start attacking the glass wall...hehehe!
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@smacksman (6053)
6 Feb 07
Haha - yes, it depends who is on who's menu!! Sharks are really awesome to hunt in their own environment. They are so beautifully efficient creatures.
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@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
7 Feb 07
There is a restaurant down in Disneyworld where you can have very good food while looking at the sharks and other sea creatures swimming around. It is a fascinating experience and love it very much. I would only be worried if the shark tried to break through the glass. LOL It sounds like you had a nice and fun experience.
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• South Africa
7 Feb 07
Yes I did indeed, thanks for the info on DisneyWorld, thats one of the places I still wanna visit before I'm too old!
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@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
13 Mar 07
Tiger Shark - Tiger Shark at UShaka Sea World
South Africa
This must have been an awesome experience! I don't know how much of an appetite I would have if I had sharks staring me down during lunch! I visited the site for UShaka Sea World, and it looks like an amazing place. I'll have to put it on my list of "must see" places for when I am able to travel to South Africa. I would love to see that part of the world. http://www.seaworld.org.za/
• United States
6 Feb 07
What a wonderful experience, Lucky you!. I've never even had anthing close to that.
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• South Africa
6 Feb 07
It was indeed an awesome experience...my food never tasted better...must be the high levels of adrenaline in ones blood while sitting so close to a shark! Hehe
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@Anniedup (3651)
• Richards Bay, South Africa
1 Apr 07
I am from Richards Bay and we go there often, and every time I'm amazed. (we are about 210 km away from Durban) I see you've got an actual picture of the restaurant.
@fub21a (194)
• Australia
14 Feb 07
No I have honestly never done this before it sounds amazing.. I have heard of one in the phillipines I think I seen somewhere.. Thanks for the great post.. I wish Australia had something like that :)
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• Estonia
12 Mar 07
Wow, this might have been amazing. I have seen sharks once in my life, but htey were quite small ones and I didnt have to eat next to them. But it was a bit spooky to look at them allready then. But to sit and to eat next to them..although it looks kind of scary as well, I would like to do it also.