Saturday, December 11, 2021

In MENU This Week - Creation Summer menu, Lunch at Cheyne's, Caroline's Sea Point, Road Trip continued



Vineyards and Babilonstoren mountain at Creation wine estate

As the year draws to its close, we’d expect to be slowing down. Perhaps it is, but our activity level has not been at the old frenetic pace, so any liveliness seems like a buzz. So it’s been wonderful to visit some wine estates and restaurants and tell you about them. There will even be a few next week in what should be the last MENU for 2021. If you like what we’ve said, perhaps you’d like to go and see them for yourselves. Please click on the headlines or the photographs to see the full stories

New summer menu at Creation


There are some invitations you cannot refuse so, when Carolyn Martin of Creation Wines in the beautiful Hemel and Aarde valley asked us to come and sample and write about their new summer wine pairing menu, which they were about to launch, we accepted rapidly. Creation has won some very prestigious awards for their excellent wines, but also for the best experience. 2021: Most Innovative Wine Estate in South Africa and Global from Great Wine Capitals of the World and, in 2019, voted Tim Atkin's Best Cellar Door Experience.  Read on…

Birthday Lunch at Cheyne's, Hout Bay

John's birthday on the 27th of November started on the hill behind and above Hout Bay, where we visited family friends. They were holding a memorial for one of their sons who, tragically, succumbed to Covid this year. The view from their house is spectacular.

Lynne had booked a table at Cheyne's in Hout Bay for 1 pm. Chef Cheyne Morrisby is renowned for his Asian inspired food and we are great fans of good Asian food, so we wanted to sample it; this was a good time to do so, Read on…

MENU visits the Karoo and the Garden Route 16. Keurbooms River, Plettenberg Bay

On day 10 of our trip, we were packed and ready to move by 9h45 and headed towards Plettenberg Bay. We wanted to visit friends who have recently moved to Keurbooms and this was the closest accommodation we could book. It was chilly the previous night and rain was promised. We wanted to miss Port Elizabeth, so headed for Uitenhage and did some essential food shopping there. And, as we left, the rain came down like a fully turned on shower and stayed with us until Jeffrey’s Bay. Not pleasant driving, but at least the road was pretty empty for most of the way. Once we passed St Francis Bay, we were suddenly on the well named Garden Route again. Lush green meadows, flowering trees, even a wheat field. And full rivers; then the Tzitzikamma forest. Read on…

MENU visits the Karoo and the Garden Route 17. Belvidere Manor, Knysna

If there is a place where one can slow down, destress and enjoy the beautiful scenery, it has to be Knysna. We had not been for quite a long time, so it was a definite stop on our journey. And what a treat to be staying for two nights at beautiful Belvidere Manor, hosted by our friends Sue and Mike Mills. Read on…

MENU visits the Karoo and the Garden Route 19. Robertson - Marbrin Olives

Our visit in Robertson had been so kindly and efficiently organised for us by Rene at Robertson Tourism, even though she was about to go on leave. We are very thankful to her indeed. Marbrin Olive Farm is in the Klaasvoogds area. It was on our list to visit and it happened to be the first place we found on our way to check in to our overnight accommodation. It is down a rather bumpy farm road, but the main building is set in a lovely verdant garden. Read on…

Caroline’s opens in Sea Point

John first met Caroline Rillema when she organised Saturday morning wine tastings at Drop Inn in Diep River in the mid 1980s. From there, she went on to opening her own shop in Strand Street in central Cape Town, which we came to know very well when her evening tastings of Italian, French and South African wines were an important part of our studies for our Cape Wine Academy diplomas. Read on…

Our Road trip

For those who’d like to see the earlier stories about our road trip through the Karoo and the Garden Route, you’ll find them in the November list in the Archive, the Right hand column on our site at https://adamastorbacchus.blogspot.com/

11th December 2021

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