Beluga New Year's Eve Dinner

Enjoy a glamorous New Year's Eve at Beluga in Green Point, Cape Town

The theme for Beluga’s New Year’s Eve dinner is Red Carpet Glamour.
There will be a live band (Denay Willie Band) and small dance floor.
A Bedouin tent is planned for the evening and a gorgeous open air fantasia style courtyard feel should set the tone for outside.
The Beluga New Year’s Eve Dinner Menu:
A flow of welcome cocktails, mojito’s, brut rosé, kir royals and martinis on arrival.
As per tradition a delicious five course meal will be served:
Amuse-Bouche:
Scallop Cocktail - A decadent treat with a touch of ‘caviar’.
Second Course:

• Crayfish and Avocado Tian - served with watercress salad, crayfish vinaigrette and lemongrass aïoli.
  

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• Smoked Springbok Carpaccio - freshly cut and prepared with caponata salad and a harrisa and verdé emulsion.
  
• Tart Tatin - a mouth-watering confit of plum tomato tart tatin, with goat’s feta, rocket leaves and balsamic syrup.

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• Beluga’s Fashion Sushi - a selection of flash-seared tuna sashimi and salmon roses.

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• Tom Ka Kai - a fragrant, coconut-scented Thai broth.

Third Course:

• Oysters - fresh, succulent, West Coast oysters served natural with lightly spiced a la greque salsa.

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• Duck Liver Crème Brûlée - fantastically decadent and served with spiced, poached baby pear and petite salad.

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• Beef Carpaccio - biltong crusted carpaccio, with soured new potato salad and caper berries.

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• Five-flavoured Sashimi - two types of fish, artfully presented with five different tastes.

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• Beluga Summer Salad - perfect for a warm summer night. Served with citrus segments, goat’s cheese, toasted seeds, assorted crispy leaves and herb vinaigrette.
• Champagne Sorbet

Fourth Course:

• Salmon - chilli, lime and basil-glazed Scottish salmon on melted butter pomme purée with cherry tomato compote and vanilla beurre blanc.

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• Veal Saltimbocca - oven-roasted and served with pomme croquette, fresh green asparagus and rosemary jus.

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• A taste of Seafood - one tiger giant, two langostines and salt-fried calamari with rocket salad, chilli and lime salsa, lemon beurre blanc and basmati rice.

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• Beluga Platinum Sushi Plate - a selection of the best prime sushi Beluga has to offer.

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• Fillet of Beef - a succulent cut, pan-fried to perfection and presented with pomme neuf, confit of rosa tomato and a trio of mustard jus.

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• Asian-Scented Duck Breast - rich duck breast with Peking glaze on wok-fried bahmi gorreng rice noodles and hot and sour sauce.

Fifth Course:

• Vanilla Panacotta - with fresh raspberry jellies and basil syrup.

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• Belgium Chocolate Truffle Cake - served with almond tuille and vanilla bean ice-cream.

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• Beluga Summer Fruit Symphony - with a mixed berry sorbet.

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• White Chocolate Martini - be Beluga-licious.
• Coffee or Tea - with Beluga Bar-One springrolls.
  

Price:
R1100 per person.
To avoid disappointment, booking is essential for Beluga’s New Year’s Eve Dinner: +27 021 418 2948
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