Cape Town - There are many reasons I can give you to have a meal at Terroir – award-winning chef Michael Broughton’s spectacular sauces, the sourdough bread named Sandy, an overall high standard of food, delicious wines – but I will tell you this: you must go for the roast potatoes.
Yes, indeed.
These are the best I’ve had outside home. Crisp and golden on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside, you just can’t get enough of them. The roasties are served with one of the Winter Plate specials, namely the dry-aged sirloin with maitre d’hotel butter, with which you get a glass of Kleine Zalze wine for R195.
If you prefer white to red, the other special is line fish with lemon beurre blanc, fennel and grape salad.
Because Broughton changes his menus according to the best available ingredients, the finer details of these dishes can differ.
“The Winter Plate is a hearty meal in itself, but it may just as easily form part of a two- or three-course meal simply by choosing extra courses from the à la carte menu. It really depends on the occasion, or how hungry you are,” said Broughton.
Besides the Winter Plates, the chalkboard menu at Terroir is being kept tight this season, with three or four starters (yes, the prawn risotto is still there and hopefully always will be), a further two mains, two desserts, and a cheese plate.
“This allows us to change the menu more often – even daily – depending on the best available produce, the weather and what we feel like cooking,” said Broughton.
The Winter Plates are available until September 30, and can be supplemented with starters and desserts from the chalkboard menu.
The special is available to tables or groups of nine or more.
To reserve a table, call 021 880 8167 or e-mail [email protected].
A stay-over package at Kleine Zalze Lodge, which has 47 rooms and suites, starts from R650 a person sharing per night. It includes one night’s accommodation (bed and breakfast) in a standard room, a Winter Plate at Terroir Restaurant including a glass of Kleine Zalze wine, a complimentary wine tasting at the Kleine Zalze cellar door, and a complimentary bottle of wine on arrival. This offer is valid until the end of September.
l For booking inquiries, call 021 880 0740 or e-mail [email protected]
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