Monthly Dinner Club

This is a blogspot which will serve as a Restaurant Review for our Monthly Dinner Club. We are based in Cape Town and have visited restaurants since January 2001. Each month, one of the Organisers selects a new restaurant with the only rule being that it is not allowed to be a venue that the Monthly Dinner Club or one of the Organisers have frequented before.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Saboroso

Venue: Saboroso

Address: 38 Victoria Road, Bakoven
http://www.dining-out.co.za/member_details-MemberID-4756.html

Tel: 021 4382727

Date: 28 December 11

Organised by: Lucy

Patrons: Lucy, Mike, Chris, Fiona, Amie, Bill, Vicky, Nadine, Ana Rita, Brendon, Linda, Karen, Linda, Shawn

Comments:

- Had the caprese salad to start - was good & decent size! Generous with the pesto.

- Prawn starter was very small & did not taste much prawn. Was quite spicy though.

- Haloumi & mushroom starter was very good, steak was ok, not great taste but well prepared.

- Waitress was rather nice as well. Well rounded dessert.

- Delicious springbok carpaccio & succulent yellowtail. superb food & company!

- Portuguese rump 2nd time round was perfectly medium rare. Delicious!

- Anon = Port rump & mash was ok, tough & cold. Hoping lindt balls will make up for it.

- Pizza was good & crispy.

- Tuna steak was nice but over cooked (asked for seared, came out medium)

- Mash with the yellowtail fish was excellent and the creme brulee was stunning:-)

- Yellowtail was stunning, awesome, fabulous. Bread & butter... lekker!

- Beautiful decor, stunning views, bread and butter pudding excellent.

- Pizza was awesome and the fried choc balls were sublime:-) Brendon

- Prawn starter was small, but nice. Portuguese steak was great and lindt balls were divine. Excellent company, as always.

- Fantastic yellowtail - lindt chocolate balls are frikkin' amazing!

- Lindt choc balls with pistachio ice cream were 'to die for'! Origin coffee was great too!

Sunday, December 04, 2011

Vanilla

Venue: Vanilla

Address: Cape Quarter

Date: 4 December 11

Organised by: Linda

Patrons: Lucy, Mike, Chris, Fiona, Linda, Shawn

Comments:

- Calebs conco... was spectacular. Ice cream with nuts promises to be good... if they can concoct it.

- Prawns were good and plump!

- Dino - the waiter - was great & interactive!

- Linda & Fiona had their funny pills:-)

- Maryland chicken was very bland chicken, even the bacon was tasteless.

- Champagne!

- Food was good, lots of laughter!