The Werf at Diemersdal
with some of the farm buildings
The menu for the event
One of the farm workers
showing us their Argentine miniature horse,
and Big Boy the Percheron horse
People gathering for the
event outside the new farm eatery in the converted stables. It was a hot day and we needed the shade of
the umbrellas
What lovely pets for
children these miniature horses make.
We ate at a long table in
the narrow building
but there was plenty of space for serving the food.
They have kept it very
true to the original
The chef, Nic van Wyk
A happy gathering of food
and wine media
Thys Louw, the current
winemaker, tells us how the restaurant came about
The first course of tapas
on a wine barrel board, enough for two to share consisted of (from the left): A
wild rocket salad with pickled green beans and artichokes, pulled lamb shoulder
with white bean and truffle cream, sticky pork belly and prawn skewers with a
trinchado sauce, Brandade of salt fish with aioli. Everything was excellent
Amazing bread baked in the
kitchen to go with the food
The wines we drank with
lunch
Tienie Louw, the current
owner of the farm
Discussing the food and
wine with Graham Howe. You might spot another of the last Masterchef
contestants across the table, Lungile Nhlanhla. She was one of Lynne's
favourites and we were told she is now working for Drum magazine
The main course of Basque
flavoured hake, asparagus green and white with a potato salad
Chef Nic van Wyk with Anja
Smit the front-of-house-manager
There was a
small morsel of the excellent bread in these paper packets that we got to take
home Translation is: Stay calm and drink more wine
Words and photographs © John & Lynne Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2012
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