Date: Wednesday 10 December 2014
Time: 7:00 start for seating at 7:30pm
Venue: 25 Kent Terrace, Mt Victoria 6011 – Directions
Cost: Members & guests $50
December Dinner at Strawberry Fare and your committee are turning it on with some bubbles to get those attending into the appropriate festive mood.
We will also be providing some of Clearview Estate’s Sea Red as a dessert wine, seeing as we are going to be at Strawberry Fare.
Numbers are looking OK and we are hoping to be able to arrange two long tables with 20-21 on each table.
We are looking forward to an enjoyable and convivial evening.
Starter
Breads and spreads
Mains
Lamb Shank
With a rich puttanesca sauce, potato mash and honey glazed carrots (gf)
Porterhouse Steak
Served medium rare with potato rosti, Portobello mushroom, blue cheese, horseradish cream and port jus (gf)
Chicken Breast
Pan seared then roasted served with sweet corn puree, potato gnocchi and toasted grana padano
Manuka Smoked Salmon Fillet
Served with a salad of gourmet potato, fennel, green apple and mayonnaise accompanied by a fire roasted capsicum sauce (gf)
Potato Gnocchi
In a Portobello mushroom cream sauce with grana padano
Desserts
Your choice from Strawberry Fare’s amazing selection of desserts
Dinner review
Wow what a night.
On arrival we were provided with a refreshing glass of Cloudy Bay sparkling wine. This gave us time to chat and get reacquainted with fellow members before sitting down to breads and spreads. The salmon spread was obviously the most popular; blink and you miss out. Not to worry, pesto became my favourite.
The time between courses allowed members to share each others fine wines and do what we usually don’t have time for in our normal tastings – relax and talk.
The mains were great – flavoursome, well presented, and filling. We needed the time between courses to make room for dessert.
Impressive was an understatement of dessert. Whether your taste was for berry, chocolate, sorbets, fruit, nuts, citrus, ice cream or cheese, there was something for everyone; mouth-watering and beautifully presented.
Strawberry Fare has changed very little since I was last there more than 10 years ago. It’s a place where you can sit and have a real conversation without needing to talk over others to be heard with very friendly and extremely attentive staff. It won’t take me another 10 years before I’ll be back.
Well done guys and gals.
Cheers Steve