The menu. You too can go and enjoy this good value winter menu at Harvest restaurant on Laborie We learned about this superb winter special when we visited in February and thought it would be great to bring our wine club here for the weekend. Sadly we are informed by General Manager Zelda Oelofse-Cornthwaite that the offer is now completely sold out, so you will have to wait until next year to experience this great offer. Or just pay full price and go after September, it is so worth it. We had an amazing time starting with dinner at Harvest restaurant on Friday evening  We all assembled in the Jonkershuis for a drink and some nibbles at 6 pm. We had six bottles of the Laborie 2012 Blanc de Blanc Brut, crisp and delicious and a huge bargain at R100 a bottle from the farm. Laborie generously supplied 4 of them and some hand cut potato crisps Then to Harvest for the three course winter special menu, which was included in the price of the weekend. Drinks were for our own account. We were seated in a private room with a fireplace Everyone chatting. The Oenophiles wine club is one of the oldest in the Cape and we have all known each other for a long time. We did have four guests with us for the weekend Chicken liver pate with sticky onion and raisin chutney and toasted baguette An enormous portion of hearty goulash soup Most people chose the grass fed sirloin steak with either a mushroom and sherry or brandy and peppercorn sauce. This came with chips and a good portion of baby vegetables Lynne chose the Tempura hake goujons, quite salty with a good tartar sauce and crisp chips and a rocket salad The apple tart Tatin was very popular and had nice crisp pastry This was the traditional Cape Brandy pudding with a honey Anglaise custard RETURN TO MENU © John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2015

[Author: John, Lynne Ford]