Thursday, March 07, 2019

RMB Starlight Concert at Vergelegen - the food and drink

The Starlight Concert has other aspects! All worth a mention
We gathered on arrival in the famous Rose Garden at Vergelegen where there were canapés and an open bar
Many of us had the bubbly to start, both were Kaapse Vonkel from Simonsig

Wine merchant Wade Bales and Lynelle Hoeks enjoy a glass of Simonsig Kaapse Vonkel Brut Rosé

The organiser of the evening is Carolynne Waterhouse of RMB, here checking her guest lists
She does a fantastic job each year

Before we took our seats, we were given a cold bag hamper
and some bottles of Vergelegen wines to enjoy with the concert. There were glasses in the hampers


On offer were the Sauvignon Blanc, the Chardonnay and the red was the Cabernet Merlot

But before then snacks and then a buffet supper were served
These prawns on pipettes meant you got your cocktail sauce with the prawns

Tables groaning with cheese and pâtés and chutneys
The Buffet Supper was held in the woods alongside the concert arena

A selection of cold meats, fillet steak, ham, mushrooms and salads

Whole poached salmon topped with thick mayonnaise

Apples

There was a station with several curries, poppadoms and rice

Breads, smoked salmon, tiny crisp rosti. salads,

Halaal food for those who requested it

and a selection for vegetarians and vegans

A sushi stand


Seafood Paella

First year students from Silwood were helping out

Barbecue too

On the Mexican stand, guacamole, coleslaw, cheese and chilli to go with your tortillas and meat

One of the chefs serving. The caterers were The Culinary Company from Johannesburg
It was a feast, so different from the food hampers we have had in the past
They have also previously catered for the Starlight Concert in Johannesburg 
which will happen later this year; it is normally held in September

and, after the show, we all went back to the woods for dessert and some refreshment
The roads get rather busy after a huge concert like this and we wait till most of it has gone
We did not drive home to Sea Point, no drinking and driving for us,
so we made an overnight reservation on Booking.com in Somerset West

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