Enjoying good French food at
Societi Bistro with some well paired wines
Having had a successful 10 weeks
of Italian food and wines Societi invited us to come and try their Culinary Tour Through France -10 Weeks.
10 Regions. 10 Exceptional Wines. A different region and wine every week. Despite
a cold and miserable Saturday afternoon, we so enjoyed sampling the dishes from
the menu with many great local French style wines. Now you can too. Check out
the different 3 course menus on http://societi.co.za/france/ It's a lovely way
to enjoy eating out in winter
This
time we were inside the restaurant because of the rain
Richard
Bosman with a selection of his charcuterie was paired with the rich and spicy
Waterford Shiraz
Fleur
du Cap Chenin will be served with the Onion soup in this week's menu which is
from the Ile de France region (Paris)
Journalist
Neil Pendock discussing the terroir of the Lomond Pinot noir
Lomond's
excellent Pinot Noir being served with the Burgundy Menu main of superb rich
and tender Boeuf Bourguignon 7th to 13th September
Lots
of people waiting for the cassoulet to arrive on this stand and others enjoying
the dishes with the wines
The Marianne
Cabernet Sauvignon was showing really well on Saturday, its a lovely expression
of this grape, we need to taste more. This as served with a rich and salty
Garbure Duck soup. If you want to try it go between the 14th to 20th of September
Cassoulet, perfect winter food
This
was served with the Delaire Graff Botmaskop powerful red blend, well matched
to this substantial dish from the centre of France near Castelnaudary and Carcassonne.
Go to taste it and the cassoulet between 3rd to 9th of August. A good way to
banish winter blues
Another
good match was the Asara full fruit zesty Chardonnay with the Moules au cidre
from Normandy. These can be tasted from 17th to 23rd August
Chicken
Fricassee is not seen often nowadays, it went SO well with the Anthonij Rupert
Optima. This is the French Alpine menu being served from 31st August to 6th
September
Provence
just has to have a Rosé served with the food and this is a good salad Niçoise
on the menu from 17th to 29th September. Solms Delta provided one with good fruit but, thankfully, not sweet
Owner
Pete Weetman telling us about the menu
There
was a huge crowd of good customers, wine trade and media, enjoying the day
Profiteroles
were served as a dessert; they are on one of the menus. We think these are
exciting menus and great wines. We will go and try some
© John & Lynne
Ford, Adamastor & Bacchus 2016
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