Dr Helen Robinson at Buitenverwachting

Up to the minute, informative and enjoyable.

. Well known Cape Town authoress and local historian

Dr Helen Robinson will be our guest speaker

Where              Buitenverwachting Restaurant

When               Thursday 28 August 2014

Time                12 noon for 12h30

Speaker           Dr Helen Robinson

It is a privilege to host Dr Helen Robinson at the first luncheon after the winter break of the  Buitenverwachting Restaurant team.  .

Dr Helen Robinson began her professional life as a theatre practitioner and a lecturer in drama and communication.  She settled in Wynberg 35 years ago and has pursued her interest in its multicultural heritage since that time. She did post-graduate studies in Social Anthropology and Psychology while lecturing at the University of Cape Town and received her MA in 1985 for a study on forced removals in Greyton in the Overburg. She then proceeded to a PhD in the History Department where she presented her research on Wynberg. Her thesis was published in 1998 with the title – Beyond the City Limits – People and Property at Wynberg.  Since then she has written many books on the Cape.

Her latest book Constantia and its Neighbours was launched earlier in August.  Dr Robinson is an erudite and enjoyable speaker, You will enjoy every minute of her talk. There will be a question time.

The book is the story of the people of Constantia, free men and women, slaves and their descendants, immigrants and exiles all who have contributed to the international reputation of Constantia wines today.  They were neighbours and frequently related by marriage, which created a complex pattern of cooperation and obligation, but also gave rise to competition, as the wine estates developed and newcomers entered the Valley.

The book will be on sale at a special price of R200 at this luncheon.

Menu 

Amuse Bouche

Creamy Kohlrabi Soup topped with Bisque

& Seafood Spring Roll

Starter

Homemade Aubergine Gnocchi

with red Pepper, Rocket & Pesto

Main

Springbok Fillet ‘Three Ways” with Port Wine Sauce,

Crème Fraiche-Almond Potato, Cabbage, creamy Balsamico Vegetable Lentils

Filter Coffee & Friandise

Accompanied by Buitenverwachting’s superb wines 

Telephone Sandy on 021 685 8016 or email sandybailey@telkomsa.net for more information or to book.

Tickets are R270 per person this includes the delicious lunch and elegant wines made by Buitenverwachting’s excellent winemakers.

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Peter James at Steenberg

Up to the minute, informative and enjoyable.

Relax with a delicious luncheon at a top restaurant.

A great speaker is the cherry on top’.

South African Launch

The latest in the Roy Grace Serie

Where:                Catharina's Restaurant at Steenberg

When:                 Tuesday 5th August

Time:                   12h00 for 12h30 (starts promptly)

Speaker:             Peter James

 

 Pan Macmillan is thrilled to announce that Peter James, international best-selling author, will be coming to South Africa on an author tour to launch his thrilling new crime novel, Want You Dead from the Roy Grace Series.

Peter is a brilliant and peerless speaker. He is one of the UKs most treasured crime and thriller novelists and  has also produced numerous films including The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes.   

As popular internationally as he is in the UK, he won the US Barry Award for the Best British Crime Novel for Dead Man’s Grip in 2012.

Catharina's restaurant serves up contemporary comfort food, making guests feel welcomed as they revel in the abundance of fresh produce, cooked simply and presented beautifully by Executive Chef Garth Almazan.

The menu follows:

Starter

Cream of Cauliflower Soup

Sauté Baby Mushrooms, White Truffle Oil, Chives

Mains

Braised Karoo Lamb Shank

Spring Onion Pomme Puree, Sauté Spinach, Borlotti Bean,

Lemon & Parsley Salsa, Red Wine Jus

or

Vegetarian Option

Potato Gnocchi

Exotic Mushrooms, Gorgonzola, Walnuts, Apple Puree,

Ciabatta Crumbs & Parsley Oil

Filter Coffee or Tea

The lunch will be accompanied by Steenberg’s superb wines.  From vine to bottle, Steenberg's wines are primed to produce an experience that evokes the unique terroir of the estate.

 

The price per person is R275 fully inclusive.

Phone Sandy on 021 685 8016 or email sandybailey@telkomsa.net  for more info or to book. 

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Meet Best Selling Author Lauren Beukes at Catharina's

Launching Lauren Beukes’ Broken Monsters at Catharina’s

In the city that’s become a symbol for the death of the

American dream, a nightmare killer is unravelling reality.

Date                            Thursday 3 July 2014

Time                            12 noon for 12h30

Venue                          Catharina’s at Steenberg Hotel

Guest Speaker             Lauren Beukes

 Catharina’s – Conveying contemporary, understated elegance

Guest speaker Lauren Beukes is the author of Zoo City, a black-magic noir set in Johannesburg that won the Arthur C Clarke Award and was long-listed for the Dublin Impac Prize; Moxyland, a corporate apartheid thriller; Maverick: Extraordinary Women From South Africa’s Past; and the international hit The Shining Girls.

 

          • Lauren Beukes is a global literary superstar

          • This book follows the runaway success of The Shining Girls, an international bestseller

          • Broken Monsters will be released in the UK, the USA and Australia

Broken Monsters is a dark and gripping thriller about the death of the American Dream, online fame, creativity, compromise and the undercurrents of the world we live in right now.

Inventive and talented Executive Chef Garth Almazan’s menu epitomizes sophisticated contemporary South African cuisine.

Char grilled Chalmar Beef Sirloin

Roast garlic potato gratin, sauté green vegetables,

slow baked Rosa tomatoes, sweet pepper aioli, beef jus

Chocolate Marquise

Rooibos ice cream, grapefruit puree, vanilla pod anglaise

Vegetarian Option

Spinach and Goats Feta Risotto

Garden peas, slow baked tomatoes, shemiji mushrooms,

ciabatta crumbs, parsley oil

Accompanied by Steenberg Vineyards excellent Klein Steenberg Sauvignon Blanc and Klein Steenberg Cabernet Sauvignon.

The price per person is R275 fully inclusive.

Phone Sandy on 021 685 8016 or return email for more info or to book.  

Lunch with Clem Sunter at Buitenverwachting

 21st Century Megatrends - how a fox sees them.

What's ahead for the rest of this century?

Date                         Tuesday 10 June 2014

Time                        12 noon for 12h30

Venue                     Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Guest Speaker       Clem Sunter

Join us for lunch with renowned business strategist Clem Sunter. 

Clem says, now that we are entering the fifteenth year of the current century, some of the megatrends shaping this century have become evident. As 21st century foxes, these megatrends will apply for all global economic and political scenarios. In other words, they are universal rules of the game, not variables that may or may not come into play depending on which scenario you choose. Moreover, you have to adapt to them because they are all beyond your control.

" ... Decide on appropriate action or have a contingency plan. That is what a fox would do - logically not fearfully, with a sense of purpose not despair." Clem Sunter.

A Gourmet lunch accompanied by Buitenverwachting's elegant wines will cost you R250 per person fully inclusive.

Phone Sandy on 021 685 8016 or email sandybailey@telkomsa.net for more info or to book. 

Book launch - Luncheon at Buitenverwachting

Launching The Diving by popular columnist, Helen Walne.

It tells of her tortuous relationship with her brother, Richard, who couldn’t resist the lure of death.

Date                      Thursday 8 May

Time                      12 Noon for 12:30

Venue                  Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Helen Walne was born in England and has lived in South Africa, Argentina and Scotland. An award-winning columnist and writer now based in Cape Town, Helen’s work has appeared in various magazines and newspapers such as The Sunday Times, The Mail & Guardian and Fair Lady, as well as in The Bed Book of Short Stories, published in 2010. You may have enjoyed her regular column in the Cape Argus…  

  

Helen’s book is one you won’t want to put down.  Most of us have had to deal with the death of a loved one, the book is a warm and beautifully written account of her experience.

Beautifully told, it is an achingly personal account of the inner turmoil of those who are left behind after a loved one’s suicide, and of dealing with grief, fear, isolation and depression. But it also tells of hope, recovery and learning to live without the person who has left them. The Diving demystifies the taboos surrounding a topic that little is spoken, let alone written, about.

 This moving, sometimes amusing book is the story of letting go of the hand wilfully sliding beneath the surface.

‘An extraordinary exploration of loss and resilience, and a vital read.’

Henrietta Rose-Innes

More holidays on the way and then the election the day before the lunch! I am sure we will need some light relief! Join us for some of that!

Phone Sandy on 021 685 8016 or email sandybailey@telkomsa.net

R250 per person fully inclusive. Superb menu accompanied by Buitenverwachting's elegant wines...

Amuse Bouche

Poached Norwegian Salmon Terrine backed in Puff Pastry

with Sauce Hollandaise

Main Course

Wiener Tafelspitz

with its rational garnishes

Dessert

Yoghurt, Chocolate, Mango & Raspberry Toertchen

with its own Coulis

Friandise & Filter Coffee

Note from Chef Patron Edgar Osojnik

What is Wiener Tafelspitz?

"This was Emperor (in the German Language Kaiser) Franz Josef’s favourite meal.

Wiener means Viennese

Tafelspitz is: boiled Beef Rump Tails

Traditional garnishes:

Roasted potatoes, creamed spinach, carrots, celeriac, bone marrow

prepared a special way -  horse radish sauce & chive sauce

Served in a soup bowl Sauces with little of its own Bouillon, roast potatoes & sauces will be served separately."

Meet Justin Fox at Buitenverwachting

Justin Fox’s long-awaited fiction debut

A sensitive, authentic exploration of African piracy

enhanced by the author’s extensive travel on the continent.

Where:                 Buitenverwachting Restaurant

When:                  Thursday 27 March 2014

Time:                    12 noon for 12h30

Speaker:               Justin Fox

Justin Fox is a travel writer, novelist and photographer based in Cape Town, South Africa. He is a former editor at large of Getaway travel magazine and editor of Getaway International magazine. He was a Rhodes Scholar and received a doctorate in English literature from Oxford University after which he was a research fellow at the University of Cape Town, where he now teaches part time. 

Justin Fox

His articles and photographs have appeared internationally in a number of publications and on a wide range of topics, while his short stories and poems have appeared in various anthologies. He has written scripts and directed award-winning documentaries and is a two-time Mondi journalism award winner (1999 and 2004). His most recent books include Cape Town Calling (Tafelberg, 2007), Under the Sway (Umuzi, 2007),  Africa Lens (Jacana, 2009) and The Marginal Safari (Umuzi, 2010). The latter was long listed for the 2011 Alan Paton Award for non-fiction.

J.M. Coetzee said of Whoever Fears the Sea “An engagingly romantic, fast-paced tale of sailing-ship adventures off the myth-laden East African coast, with plenty of sex and action, plus a serious revisionist message regarding modern-day Somali piracy.”

Jennifer de Klerk said:  “This is the first novel from South African travel writer Justin Fox, a well-written, fast-paced read, lyrical in its descriptions and thought-provoking in its theme.

Paul Waterson, a journalist and scriptwriter, heads into Kenya to research a documentary on the Swahili maritime culture and, hopefully, get over the American girl who dumped him.” 

Fabulous Menu from Chef/Patron Edgar Osojnik’s :

Amuse Bouche

Poached Norwegian Salmon Terrine with Sauce Verde

Main Course

Filled, braised Rump Beef Roulade, its own Sauce

Crème Fraiche Potato & an assortment of Vegetables

(Filled with Bacon, Carrots, Celeriac & Gherkins)

Dessert

Mousse aux Chocolat,

Speculaas Cookie garnished with Fruits

Friandise & Filter Coffee

Accompanied by Buitenverwachting Wines

The price per person is R250 fully inclusive payable at the Restaurant on the day.

Please telephone on 021 685 8016 or email sandybailey@telkomsa.net for more information or to book.

Africa's Finest - Luncheon - Buitenverwachting Restaurant

The most sustainable and responsible Safari destinations

In sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands

       

Where:                 Buitenverwachting Restaurant

When:                  Thursday 27 February

Time:                    12h00 for 12h30 (starts promptly)

    

Guest speaker Colin Bell will address us on Where to - Africa'' Wildlife? - The high road or the low road: Rhinos, Elephants… and how tourism can be the chief destroyer of the environment or its only saviour.    

The book Africa's Finest was launched in September 2013, it is a thought provoking and controversial book and also very beautiful, co-authored by Colin Bell and nature writer, environmental scientist and adventure traveller David Bristow. Great stories; great pictures!

  

Brendan Seery wrote in a review in The Star “Colin Bell is too young to be a fatalistic pessimist. For many of his 58 years, he has been deeply involved in this frustrating, fantastic, forgiving continent which we call home… and he has seen the capacity for healing and growth that lies within Africa.”

      

"To me, there is no more uplifting, inspirational, or educational form of travel than a safari," said Colin Bell, founder of Wilderness Safaris, at the National Geographic World Legacy Awards in Washington DC in 2004.

   

The menu created by Chef/Patron Edgar Osojnik :

 Breads & Spreads on the Table

Amuse Bouche

Duck Liver Parfait

set on Brioche with Butternut - Apricot Chutney

Starter

Phyllo Tartlet filled with

Rocket, marinated Aubergines, baby Marrows, roasted Peppers, Tomatoes topped with

creamy Feta, served with Olive tapenades & Basil Pesto

Main Course

Pan-fried Chalmar Rib Eye

with Red Wine Jus, Pommes Lyonnais & Vegetables

Dessert

Valrohna Fondant with soft Center,

with Orange Parfait & Citrus Fruits

Friandise & Filter Coffee

Accompanied by elegant Buitenverwachting wines.

Please state any special dietary requirements.

   

The price per person is R250 fully inclusive. Payment can be made on the day at the Restaurant.

 

To book please  email sandybailey@telkomsa.net or telephone 021 685 8016.  If you cancel with less than 24 hours' notice we will try to fill your place, but if not successful, you will be liable to pay.

 

Some reviews of Africa's Finest

 

For a very long time I haven't seen an incredible Book like this.

AFRICA FINEST is a masterpiece and everyone loving Africa should get a copy!

 

Big CONGRATULATIONS to a fantastic, massive book! A “bible” and a guide for any serious Conservation-led Travel Designer, and a blueprint for all safari suppliers! I have read it, cover to cover… The research and work put into this book is incredibly impressive, the layout beautiful, the images stunning and the facts easily accessible!

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