Art & Shiraz Celebration - 25 & 26 May

This is going to be a very exciting weekend!

We have 60 tickets for the Friday and 60 tickets for the Saturday evening only. We will be exhibiting 5 or more local artists work. 

The event starts at 18:30/19:00. On arrival you will receive a glass of our delicious Signal Gun Shiraz or sparkling grape juice. While you walk around, enjoying the art, waiters will be walking around and serving canapés. 

At 19:00, Chris Swanepoel will be starting with the live entertainment. You are welcome to order wine / drinks from our cash bar. 

The menu for the evening:

Hearty Soup and Homemade Bread
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Tomato Bredie
Green Thai Chicken Curry
Naan Bread & Sambals & Vegetables
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Malva Pudding & Custard

We’re building two huge tables on the side patio (2 x 24 seaters) and one 12 seater in the casual room. When you purchase your tickets at Ke-Monate, the floor manager will assist you, she will show you what is still available and you can then reserve your seats.

Tickets are R185.00 per person – it includes your food and entertainment but any drinks at the table are on cash bar only bases.

April News

It has been an exciting month at Ke-Monate. On the 21 March, Human rights day, we had a wonderful day. Chris du Toit one of our guests fired our cannon – and our photographer was lucky enough to catch the shot at the perfect moment.

Our Hanepoot grapes are sold out but we still have some prickly pears left. If you are interested, kindly contact Liné or Rebecca at 021 976 7343 or even better come and visit us and let us prepare them for you so that you can enjoy them while spending some time at Ke-Monate.

Wine-ing down Fridays has been an absolute blast with Chris Swanepoel entertaining us with his songs and music. We will be continuing with the wine-ing down on Fridays for the month of April – so come and join us on a Friday afternoon between 16h00 and 19h00 there will always be something to eat or drink at a special price during this time!

Wine Tasting & Dinner Evening - 24 April 2012

The next wine tasting and dinner club evening is scheduled for Tuesday the 24 April 2012. Clear your diaries and book your seat for this very interesting evening. The tasting starts at 19:00 sharp.

During this session we will taste Pinotage wines. Cape Wine Master Charl van Teijlingen, winemaker of Maison de Teijger, will guide us through the tasting. Those of us who attended the previous evenings will confirm that Charl's relaxed but very engaging way of sharing his knowledge made the evenings most enjoyable. The evening is for those of us who love wine, especially red wine.

Chef Natalia will once again spoil us with a three course meal that will complement the wine of the evening. During dinner you can order any wine off the wine list, this is however not included in the price per head of R175.00. Booking is essential as seats are limited. A 50% deposit is required to reserve your seat for this fun-filled evening. Please see below for contact details.

Starter

Roasted garlic, matured cheddar cheese and pitted olive crust less quiche

Main Course

Succulent venison steak in phyllo basket with a red wine jus, topped with onion and beetroot marmalade, served with vegetable chips

Dessert

Chocolate and pear tart, served with chantily cream

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)