New Year's Eve Dinner at Beluga

Beluga restaurant in Green Point invites you to dress to impress for a once-in-a-lifetime dining experience and join them in celebrating the beginning of the New Year!

Beluga is a stylish eatery located in the Foundry, a wonderful 100-year-old red-brick building that is now converted into a modern interior design and office centre, just around the corner from the V&A Waterfront.

Voted as one of the world’s top 60 restaurants by Conde’Nast Traveller, Beluga has had its tables graced by the likes of President Bill Clinton and actor Samuel L Jackson.

The restaurant consists of a 160-seater dining area and offers the best of new cooking – plenty of robust flavours, interesting ingredients and generous portions and great new age sushi , all supported by impeccable, seamless and friendly service.

At Beluga you will find it all: tantalizing foods, interesting wines, great cocktails and aperitifs, fine ports and cigars and the warmest welcome – a great dining experience for locals and visitors alike!

This year’s New Year’s Eve Dinner menu at Beluga:

On arrival: A flow of welcome cocktails, mojito’s, brut rosé, kir royals and martinis.

Amuse-Bouche: Lemongrass Scallop Brochette - A decadent treat with a touch of caviar and a cheeky shot of Bloody Mary.

Second Course: Norwegian Salmon Rillettes - Confited with basil and lemon, potted and served with crème fraiche, sun blushed tomatoes, herbed baguette, rocket and caper berry salad OR Smoked Ostrich Carpaccio with a petite goat’s feta salad, confit of cherry tomatoes, bean sprouts and salsa verde OR Tarte Tatin - Baby beetroot and shallot tarte, topped with goat’s feta, toasted seeds and beetroot and a aged balsamic glaze OR Beluga’s Fashion Sushi - A selection of gourmet sushi- sesame and coriander tuna bean curd nigiri and salmon roses OR Tom Ka Kai - A fragrant, coconut-scented Thai broth.

Third Course: Oysters - Fresh, succulent, West Coast oysters served natural with a lightly spiced mirin and sake vinaigrette OR Duck Liver Roulade with a summer berry compote, micro greens and a sesame cracker OR Beef Carpaccio served with biltong shavings, poached baby pears, gorgonzola, walnuts and a watercress salad OR Sushi-Gourmard - Peking scented tuna california and a seven spice salmon California OR Beluga Summer Salad served with citrus segments, mozzarella cheese melon, toasted seeds, assorted crispy leaves and herb vinaigrette.

Fourth Course: Ponzu Glazed Salmon Medalion on potato fondant with a watercress salad, beetroot tatziki, and salmon caviar OR Double Best End of Lamb - Oven-roasted and served with pomme William, haricots verts, confit of cherry tomatoes and rosemary jus OR A Taste of Seafood - One giant tiger prawn, three langoustines and salt-fried calamari with rocket salad, chilli and lime salsa, lemon beurre blanc and basmati rice OR Salmon Wellington -

Three paupiettes of salmon wrapped in puff pastry, topped with béarnaise sauce, asparagus, pakchoi and salmon ‘caviar’ OR Herb Crusted Fillet of Beet - A succulent cut, pan-fried to perfection and presented with pomme neuf, confit of rosa tomato, roasted baby onions and a trio of mustard jus OR The Showstopper -

A succulent cut of prime beef fillet, pan-fried to perfection and presented on truffle mash with roasted baby onions, cherry tomato confit, bone marrow and a bordelaise jus OR Asian-scented Duck Ballontine – Rich medallion of duck with a Peking glaze on wok-fried bahmi gorreng rice noodles, sesame Chinese cabbage samoosa and hot and sour sauce.

Fifth Course: Vanilla and Rum Panacotta with fresh berries and mint syrup OR Caramalised Banana & White Chocolate Springrolls with a cinnamon infused dipping sauce OR Belgium Chocolate Truffle Cake served with almond tuille and vanilla bean ice-cream OR Beluga Summer Fruit Symphony with a champagne sorbet OR White Chocolate Martini.

Coffee or Tea with Beluga truffles.

New Year’s Eve Dinner at Beluga Restaurant in Cape Town:

Date: 31 December 08
Venue: Beluga
Location: The Foundary, Prestwich Street, Green Point
Price: R1350 per person (excluding gratuity and welcome cocktails)

Please contact Beluga Restaurant for more information and reservations on: +27(0)21 418 2948

Have a read through our overview of New Year’s Eve parties in Cape Town as well as our selection of New Year’s Eve dinners in Cape Town for more great ideas for New Year’s Eve 2008/2009 in Cape Town.

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