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.

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Avontuur Estate

Avontuur Estate

Address: Stellenbosch

Tel: TBA

Date: 27 September 2015 - lunch time

Organised by: Kerry


Patrons: Garth, Monique, Fiona, Chris, Amie, Niel, Kerry, Michael, Janine, Amber, Lexi

Comments: 

- Mushroom soup starter was good but chicken main was dry, very disappointing. Presentation looked good though.

- Pork steak was very tasty. Looking forward to desert - milk tarty stewed fruit thingy.

- Lovely mushroom soup starter. Beef fillet excellent. Looking forward to deep fried ice cream. Busy place. Good service. Waitress very knowledgeable & friendly.

- I once saw a man walking down a busy road, pole over the shoulder suspending a cloth  bag at the end. A man like this has very little appreciation of the nuances of gastronomy, one would assume. But as we know, assumption is not a preferred science, experience counts for much more. Hence, my experience more than my opinion is what I express. Food and wine, as opposed to revenge is best served warm to hot as company maketh the meal. Today that is what coloured the gastronomic experience, both from the waitress and the group.As for my duck, it certainly passed muster, being tender and moist within, while crisp without. Accompanied by an excellent 2011 shiraz, emblazoned with awards, how could I say any more than excellent?

- Chicken dish was incredible and very tasty - I need to come back!

- Dessert was delicious. Wine superb! The duck was crisp and tender.

- Creme brulee delicious.


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