Friday, August 18, 2023

Dinner at Helena's restaurant, Coopmanhuijs

We had been invited to have dinner at Helenas Restaurant
as we were staying in the Coopmanhuis Hotel in Stellenbosch

The main dining room with its antique Yellowwood timber ceiling, chandelier and a gallery shelf
filled with an impressive collection of antique and old confit pots and flocked wallpaper

We sat near the front door

Good ciabatta bread, some small sweet baguette rolls, good black olives and a small dish of what tasted like dripping

Lynne ordered as a starter Duck liver pâté, glazed with a thin layer of Chenin Blanc jelly,
sprinkled pistachio nuts, a confit of a black vegetable (not sure what it was), and lots of toasted brioche
It is a very large and generous portion

John ordered the Homemade almond and potato gnocchi, lamb ragu and roasted cherry tomatoes
with apple and pear chutney as his starter

A small palate refresher of some granadilla sorbet before the main course

A lovely rose on the table

Lynne ordered the soup as her main, thinking it would be a small portion
It was an enormous lake of excellent thick curry in coconut milk seafood flavoured soup
with lots of fish and some prawns which quite defeated her

John had the Chalmar beef ribeye steak with mashed potato, tenderstem broccoli and aniseed glazed carrots
We had no room for dessert and went to bed fully sated

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