Slow Boat V - Fasnia

Stopped in this Cafe for a smoothie and fruit juice whilst out shopping in Parque Santiago 3. Underground reached by stairs or escalator. Plastic seating with round tables. Plenty of waiters/waitresses but not friendly. 8 euros for a milk shake and freshly squeezed fruit juice. The milk shake didn't have any ice cream in it as purchased waiter pretended not to understand we tried to mention it to another who didn't listen. Upside to this cafe? music, entertainment at night and peanuts on the table to eat.

Slow Boat 5 is nicely situated on the seafront, on a corner just behind a kids' play park. They advertise as Asian cuisine but it's basically Chinese with some Thai dishes. The prices looked decent and the place looked very nice so we gave it a go. There was a nice view out of the window along the seafront and also a good few highchairs available. After being seated there was a bit of a longer wait than normal for the drinks to arrive. There was a pretty decent array of dishes available. Our standard method is to get a few dishes, stick them in the middle and have a bit of each. We ordered crispy shredded chilli beef, beef in chilli sauce, chicken in satay sauce, sweet and sour chicken and a chicken chow mein also ordering a chicken fried rice from the kids menu. Noticing the good size of the rice portions, we went for two boiled rice between the other four of us. Another family came in and were seated by the one waitress on her own. It took a bit of time to get her attention to get more drinks as three of us had emptied our glasses. To be fair, she had taken a couple of phone calls as well but just seemed to be away a lot of the time. We eventually got some prawn crackers on the house with a sweet and sour dip which my daughters swiftly took care of. There was still a fair wait for the main courses to arrive but when they did, they were worth it! We'd heard the woks sizzling away and were itching to be fed. Firstly, the kids meal arrived a few minutes before. This was good because it meant getting some grub down our one year old before the rest of us tucked in. The kids chicken fried rice was really enough to feed an adult and it was lovely too... well, it's not as if a one-year old was gonna finish it! The portions were all decent. Not overly huge but definitely enough for everyone. All of the dishes were very, very tasty indeed. I've had a lot of Chinese meals in my time (my wife would say too many) but not had many better than this. We all ate our fill but there was still some left, despite me taking it as a personal challenge to clear every plate. The plates were cleared away fairly promptly after finishing but unfortunately, I didn't request the bill at this moment. It was a while before a guy appeared at the bar and I asked him for the bill. I had to ask him for it again five minutes later. After that the waitress popped round with the liqueur bottle! The meal in all came to around €70. I'd happily go back there again, maybe with some roller skates for the staff!

A reasonable meal, the special menu was 9 euros per adult for a starter, main and side. Nothing special but we needed a cheap meal and this was more than adequate. Kids menu ok. 2 of mine liked the plain chicken and noodles. Staff were accomodating. Has a view of the beach and harbour.