Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough

[freckles_and_doubt]

I do love extended birthdays. Celebrations for mine this year started yesterday, owing to smoczek having the brilliant idea of using my birthday as an excuse to go back to Overture, which the Salty Cracker Club loved. So I was hauled out there for a birthday lunch with smoczek and maxbarners and the Evil Landlord and the friendly_shrink and her Internet Romance, now Internet Husband, and fed royally. Also wined a lot. You can do the Overture meal with wine by the course, and they give you a large glass of wine with each dish, impeccably tuned to the food, and fill it up if you ask. (Jo asked. Naturally). They are also remarkably understanding if you turn down the aforementioned impeccably chosen pairing, as I did, on the grounds that you can't stand muscadel and would rather have port, which they cheerfully supply.

The food was wonderful. The food is always wonderful. The waiter's mastery of the lifted eyebrow when Jo ordered pork belly for dessert was commendable. The company was perfect. Probably the best part of it all, though, was the view.



and:



and Jo, hauntingly backlit:



Memo to self: take mother there while she's visiting. It's the perfect excuse.

Comments

[strawberryfrog.livejournal.com]

I must go there sometime. Will they serve vegetarians if asked?

[mac1235.livejournal.com]

Sounds like they can cook anyone.

[extemporanea.livejournal.com]

Bother, just realised I haven't replied to this. As I recollect there was precisely one vegetarian option on the menu last time, the vegetarian risotto, which was a surprisingly intense taste experience - no idea how they respond to being asked to improvise.

[rumint.livejournal.com]

A belated birthday wishings, ma'm! My 4th decade mark is looming large in September, and we're currently deciding between Devon or Skye. Life is tough ;-)

Can you give me a full url for Overture? I'm considering a another visit post-xmas.

[extemporanea.livejournal.com]

Their site is at http://www.dineatoverture.co.za/ (http://www.dineatoverture.co.za/), but they don't give a menu, probably because theirs changes daily. There's a sample one up here (http://www.dining-out.co.za/member_menu.asp?MemberID=1334).

And thank you for the wishes, they mean extra coming from a fellow Great Old One ;>.