The Defence Club on Fridays
All the private clubs in Suva have a kitchen, the last remaining holdout was the Defence Club. With the demise of "Khana Kao" that used to be in the basement (selling something called "Indo-fijian cuisine"), the Defence Club has been without food for a couple of years (cheese, tamarind chutney, and breakfast crackers don't count).
Now the club is getting back into the lunch scene with a Friday cafeteria style offering. Usually only one or two options are offered, and the price ranges from $10 to $12. A lady named Joanna is in charge and apparently you can call her for orders as well (call the club at 3305037 and ask for her - Friday only).
The day we investigated the Seafood lunch was on offer and this menu included:
- Dalo
- Fried Fish in Lolo
- Ota
- Baked Kai
- Lumi
- Nama
- Fruits ( watermelon / pineapple)
Overall a stunning success - slightly over our $10 per head policy, but we can justify it by saying that its a Friday only treat. Its a large meal, and when coupled with the $1.60 beers that one will be tempted to wash down the lolo with, your afternoon productivity will be severely impacted. You are probably better off telling the boss that you won't be "out in the field" for the rest of the day.
Make sure you eat your fruits. The fibre will help you shit later, and god knows that you'll be needing to shit after such a serve.The menu changes every week. Typical offerings include Lovo (pork, chicken, palusami, wacipoki) and Curry (lamb, bhindi, pumpkin, chutney, rice). Ask them to put you on the mailing list and they will tell you whats for lunch via email.
In Summary
- Defence Club Friday Lunch
- 57 Gordon St
- Phone: 3305037
- Opening Hours:
- 1200 - 1430 - Friday only
- Spend:
- $15 per person (assuming two beers)
- Rating:
- Thumbs-up
4 comments so far:
hi,
is there any chance of letting non-fiji readers know what some of those ingredients are? Dalo = taro?
Fried Fish in Lolo = coconut?
Ota?
Baked Kai?
Lumi
Nama?
also, you should do some Nadi reviews- i had a great mutton curry with dahl/rice and roti at a gas station near the airport -
cost $5 and it was excellent.
there's also a place a few doors down from the bounty bar - had a great chicken curry there. cheap too.
anyway- this blog's made me want to go to suva for my next fiji trip. just to eat!
thanks.
1st of all, if you don't know what Dalo, lolo, ota, kai, and lumi are then you're fucking moron and don't want you reading this blog. Fuck off and take your ignorance elsewhere.
2ndly - are you illiterate or just a fuckwit? The name of the blog is Lunch in Suva. If it covered Nadi then it would be called Lunch in Nadi.
As someone wanting to visit fiji and reading the reviews, I was offended by the rude language of the reviewer,how can you get away with using the F word so much, even when answering someone's very legitimate question about food, that is not acceptable, if you were writing reviews here in N America, that would not be allowed, now I don't know how old you are, your gender, or even if you are a " local," but that kind of language comes across as if it is being written by someone who is totally immature or totally illiterate. go figure.
You know what they say about that , when you have to use the F word so much, it is because you are lacking enough vocabulary to use the proper words, besides I have never ever read a food review with such foul language, I suggest you go and find yourself a real job now, instead of eating all day.
You are doing a disservice to regular hardworking food reviewers, and also you are not doing any favours to the Tourism industry in FIji either, Kania TIko needs to learn some manners and proper language etiquette when writing reviews.
thank you and have a nice day.!
Listen up you anonymous cowardly piece of shit, and listen up good:
As someone wanting to visit fiji ...
Please stay the fuck away from my country. If my words have discouraged a twit like you from coming here, then I would consider my patriotic duty fulfilled.
... and reading the reviews, I was offended by the rude language of the reviewer,how can you get away with using the F word so much,
Very easily, it's my fucking blog and if you don't like it, you can stick a rusty iron rod up your arse.
... even when answering someone's very legitimate question about food, that is not acceptable
Again, my fucking blog - I'll be the judge of what is acceptable around here - not some prissy fascist cunt like yourself.
... if you were writing reviews here in N America, that would not be allowed
So you live in North America but you haven't heard of the 1st Amendment or Section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? Are you a fuckwit as well as fascist?
... now I don't know how old you are, your gender, or even if you are a " local," but that kind of language comes across as if it is being written by someone who is totally immature or totally illiterate.
You have some of the most fucked up punctuation and capitalisation of anyone who has ever commented here ever, and you want to call me illiterate? Honestly, please go and fuck yourself.
... go figure.
You know what they say about that , when you have to use the F word so much, it is because you are lacking enough vocabulary to use the proper words
Have you even read what you wrote above? I know kids in class 6 who can write better than you.
... besides I have never ever read a food review with such foul language, I suggest you go and find yourself a real job now, instead of eating all day.
Please take your suggestion, stick it on the tip of that rusty iron rod, and see if you can reach your tonsils via your arsehole with it.
You are doing a disservice to regular hardworking food reviewers
Who the fuck are these regular hardworking food reviewers? And why do I owe them or you a piece of warm shit?
... and also you are not doing any favours to the Tourism industry in FIji either
On the contrary, I'm doing my country a great service by discouraging stupid fascist trash like you from coming here.
Kania TIko needs to learn some manners and proper language etiquette when writing reviews.
My blog, my rules - please feel free to write your own blog. If this is an example of the quality of writing, argument, and logic - your blog will be a steaming pile of shit, but that's the great thing about this internet thing.
Meanwhile in the interest of manners and ettiquette, please let me humbly request that you fuck yourself with said rusty iron pipe.
thank you and have a nice day.!
You just work on fitting in that iron pipe, maybe some sphincter relaxation exercises will do the trick.
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