New Year's Eve at GOLD Restaurant

Enjoy the last night of 2008 with music from all over Africa coupled with opulent feasting in a mystical African setting of tents and trees

A typical evening at GOLD Restaurant starts off with the beat of the djembe drum and an interactive drum circle offers you the opportunity to join in and learn how to play.

After pounding the skins of the drums, your hands will be soothed in a traditional hand-washing ceremony as you are led into the ancient courtyards.

Tall, graceful Mali Puppets will captivate you as they dance, jump to the beat of the drum and swirl with the dancers while magnificently adorned staff will bring your banquet in baskets perched on their heads.

For New Year’s Eve, GOLD’s entertainment will include their regular in-house entertainment – Pulse of Mali – followed by Abavuki, who will play you into the New Year with their exciting blend of marimba and brass and even a bit of opera!!

This year’s New Year’s Eve menu at GOLD Restaurant:

On arrival: Cocktails, local wines, beers and mineral water.

To Start:

Butterbean Mash on Puri crisps with Dukka: Crisp Cape Malay flatbreads, Butter bean mash, served with Egyptian Dukka (a mix of ground roasted nuts and seeds); Smoked Fish Frikkadels with Apple & Mint Relish; Spiced Sweet Potato Wedges with Peanut Satay Sauce: Oven-roasted sweet potato rubbed with an evocative Indian masala and served with Peanut Satay Sauce – a refreshing dip made with fresh ginger, garlic, coriander and roasted peanuts; Peri-Peri prawns with oranges and chicken pie.

Mains :

Lamb Tomato Bredie, Yellow Rice, Emily's Ginger and Coconut Vegetable Stir Fry: a selection of seasonal fresh vegetables mixed with fresh ginger and evocative spices blended with coconut cream Morog With Coconut & Peanuts: Wild spinach with coconut and creamy nut sauce Stampkoring with Onion & Tomato: Pounded corn with onions and tomatoes, turmeric, chopped parsley and mint.

To End:

Fresh Fruit and Boeber: this luscious, comforting Cape-Malay milk pudding is prepared with sago, vermicelli, sultanas and roasted almonds and flavoured with cardamom, cinnamon and vanilla

Local bubbly at midnight.

New Year’s Eve Dinner at GOLD Restaurant:

Date: 31 December 2008
Venue: GOLD Restaurant
Location: 96 Strand Street | Cape Town
Price: R1000 per person

Please contact GOLD Restaurant for more information and reservations on: +27(0)21 421 4653

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