{"id":3779,"date":"2009-08-29T00:06:49","date_gmt":"2009-08-28T22:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2009-08-29T00:06:49","modified_gmt":"2009-08-28T22:06:49","slug":"salt-of-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/salt-of-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Salt of the earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Salt restaurant at The Ambassador Hotel has a most apt name, with its close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean in Bantry Bay.\u00a0\u00a0 Earlier this week\u00a0the restaurant\u00a0hosted a most successful food and wine pairing gourmet\u00a0evening, in conjunction with Dalla Cia wines and grappa.<\/p>\n

The Dalla Cia Sauvignon Blanc 2008\u00a0was served on arrival, followed by the Dalla Cia Chardonnay 2008 to accompany a most delicious goats’ cheese and butternut rotolo.\u00a0\u00a0 The Dalla Cia Giorgio 2006 accompanied a roast quail, served with mushroom polenta.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The main course was an excellent\u00a0springbok pie in a fine two-coloured pastry, served with Dalla Cia Cabernet Sauvignon 2006.\u00a0 The pannacotta included grappa, and was served with the Dalla Cia Grappa.\u00a0\u00a0 The wine offering was generous, with a top-up served per variety, and the evening was good value at R 350 per head.<\/p>\n

The nicest part of such an evening is the wonderful company one is lucky enough to enjoy.\u00a0 George Dalla Cia, and his charming Italian wife Elena, was a gracious host, and his distributor Mark McCarthy, and partner Tanja Schuermann, exchanged interesting information about new restaurant openings, and wine news.\u00a0\u00a0 Lauren Newhouse, from the hotel’s PR company, was an entertaining and bubbly table companion.<\/p>\n

Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Salt restaurant at The Ambassador Hotel has a most apt name, with its close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean in Bantry Bay.\u00a0\u00a0 Earlier this week\u00a0the restaurant\u00a0hosted a most successful food and wine pairing gourmet\u00a0evening, in conjunction with Dalla Cia wines and grappa. The Dalla Cia Sauvignon Blanc 2008\u00a0was served on arrival, followed by the Dalla […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,20,21,19],"tags":[115,847,1239,1971,1978,1976,1977,1979,1975,1972,1974,1973,1980,1403,1981,32373],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t