March Newsletter 2012

What happened in February….

The month of love was celebrated with good wine, food and conversation at Ke-Monate. Our Valentines evening was a great success and we would like to thank everyone for their support and the lovely emails we received afterwards.

Some other news, we are happy to welcome Rebecca Coetzer to our management team. She will be assisting our floor manager, Line de Wit in making sure that your will be taken care of when dining at Ke-Monate. Marianne Fick will be responsible to take care of your function and conferencing requirements – if you have any questions in this regard, you can contact her at email address: functions@ke-monate.co.za or telephone 021 976 7343

Chef Natalia has been busy with a sensational range of new summer dishes! Come and try our Prickly Pear Camembert Venison Steak….. Tempura Sushi chicken roll…..Big Boy Breakfast Croissant …..and many other delightful dishes! They are available on our weekly blackboard – ask you waiter for more information.

Ke-Monate Wine Cellar

We are happy to announce that our wine cellar is open to the public on Friday’s and Saturday’s from 10:00 to 17:00. Marianne will assist you, so pop in and taste some of our delicious Boutique Durbanville wines.

Wine tasting is R20 to taste 5 wines. For any information regarding the wine cellar, you can email Marianne at cellardoor@ke-monate.co.za

Ke-Monate Vibes!!!

This is for all our guests – many of you have spent countless hours at Ke-Monate, creating special memories, hopefully capturing some of it on your cell phones and camera’s.

We are creating a page on Facebook as well as revamping our website and would like you to share some of those special memories with all of us.

To get the ball rolling we will select the three best pictures received from all of our guests by the 30 April 2012. Our criteria will simply be the picture that we believe best captures the vibe here at Ke-Monate. The winners will be announced in the May news letter and will each receive a presentation pack (one bottle of Signal Gun Sauvignon Blanc 2011 and one bottle of Signal Gun Shiraz 2009) as well as a R100 voucher to use at your next visit to Ke-Monate.

So please send those pictures of your Ke-Monate memories to us at marianne@ke-monate.co.za . Please no more than two pictures per entry. We cannot wait to receive your entries.

Wine-ing down Fridays

After a week’s hard work, stop at our restaurant and come have a sip-down of our lovely Signal Gun Sauvignon Blanc 2009. Receive with the first glass of Signal Gun Sauvignon Blanc you buy a free sample of our Tempura Chicken Sushi roll with Soya to compliment the wine.

Every Friday in March from 16:00 to 19:00.

Ke-Monate Wine Bar and Bistro

Ke-Monate is a small bistro style restaurant just outside Durbanville, Cape Town. We specialise in tapas, local and international cuisine.

 

We serve breakfast from 9:00 to 12:00, lunch and dinner.

Conference and function facilities

We have a range of various function venues which include our wine cellar (max 20), covered patio (max 60) and casual room (max 12). 

Our conference facility is equipped with a data projector, screen and flipchart with pen and paper. We can accommodate 8 to 25 delegates (U-shape) or up to 60 delegates (cinema style).

You can contact Marianne Fick, the function and conference manager at the following address: functions@ke-monate.co.za

Boutique wine cellar – Home of Signal Gun wines

MJ de Wit, our wine maker, started making our wines in 2006 as a hobby, over the years it developed into an ever growing business. He and his wife, Estani decided that they needed a launch pad for their lovely Shiraz and Sauvignon Blanc wines, so they started with project Ke-monate. In 2010 this beautiful restaurant with its wine tasting centre, was opened during the month of October. 

The Signal Gun wines form part of the Boutique Wine Association of Durbanville's list of exclusive wines. When we opened our wine tasting centre we decided to invite the other boutique wine makers of the Durbanville Valley. This meant that we can offer you, our guest a wider range exclusive boutique wines at Ke-monate. We host the great wines of Klein Roosboom, Eureka, Westerdale, Hermit on the Hill, Welbeloond and Nomada. 

Our wine cellar is open on Fridays, Saturdays (10:00 to 17:00) and Sundays (10:00 to 15:00)