The food in Namibia was down right delicious. Although if you are a vegetarian, I'm not sure you would be singing the same tune, since everything was pretty much meat based. We only went to three restaurants (not connected with our hotel) while in Namibia. All three of them were fantastic but here's they're ranking.
1. Anchors at the Jetty - Walvis Bay, Namibia
Make a reservation is my first recommendation. We didn't have one so we ended up eating outside for dinner. While normally not an issue, there was a pretty good wind coming off the water so we were a little cold. Here we ordered the grilled calamari and oysters. It was hands down the best calamari I have ever eaten. It was so flavorful without being covered in a fried breaded outer layer. The oysters were also great. Interestingly they were covered in cheese and grilled.
2. Craft Cafe - Windhoek, Namibia
We did not have a reservation and it was fine. Although it was Sunday morning and the town didn't seem like it had woken up yet. We had a cured meat platter and a goat cheese and cucumber salad. Both hit the spot after an early morning flight. Also the bread here was tasty as well. Somehow it was perfectly circular. After looking on the internet and a few cookbooks of mine I have a sneaking suspicion that it may have been baked in a can. After you are finished eating, you can browse through the stalls of the craft market. More on that tomorrow.
Meat platter
Cucumber salad and perfectly round bread
3. The raft - Walvis Bay, Namibia
Please do not think that there was anything wrong with this place. It was just as delicious as the other places it's just, we liked the calamari, salad, and bread just a little more at the first two places. Here we had the trio of whitefish and the seafood platter. Both were good a more fried food then either of us had the previous six months before. This was where I tried my first Namibian oyster and I liked it! I also washed my lunch down with a Hunters Cider and Jeremy had a beer (can't remember which one though).
View from the restaurant
Seafood platter
4. Namib Naukluft Lodge
This place had the best food hands down but it is not really in place where you drop in for a meal. All meals came with our tented room. The first night the chefs were working the grill and we had pounded steak, venison, butter squash. The second night dinner was cooked in a pootje. I asked apparently we had onyx, zebra, cow, and vegetables. All of them were equally as good from the previous day. We never had a bad meal here.
Cooking in the Potjie
Feast