South African culinary icon, food writer and chef Peter Veldsman is hosting an epic 62-course Indonesian Rijstafel feast at Karoo Art Hotel in Barrydale on Friday 3rd November. Tickets are selling fast at R850 pp (excluding wine) so book your place quick-sticks through reservations@karooarthotel.co.za. Only 30 places are available for the feast. Booking preference is given to hotel guests, the hotel offering a number of appealing special accommodation & meal packages for that weekend. Click here for more info Karoo Art Hotel
For the full, epic menu, click here: Karoo Art Cape Indonesian Rijstafel Menu 3 November 2018
WELCOMING DRINKS:
Rooibos, root ginger and cardamom ice tea
Buchu flavoured lemon ice tea with a hint of chilli
Honey bush tea from the Kannaland with fresh turmeric, cloves and fennel
Sugar-free Indian Tonic with rose petals
Cucumber and pineapple cocktail
The menu is as follows:
SAMBALS on the table
Iris (onion, tomato and chilli)
Brandal (oven roasted chilli paste)
Ketimum (chilli paste with cucumber)
Kacong (peanut sauce)
Mrs Ball’s peach chutney
Mrs Ball’s devilled chutney
Mango atjar
Grated pineapple with apple mint
Pineapple, apple and celery salsa
Raita
NUT NIBBLES (customary)
Savoury almonds
Sugared nuts
Chilli flavoured peanuts
Cashew nuts dusted with curry powder
SMALL BITES
Corn fritters with peri-peri
Pumpkin fritters
Banana fritters
Fish puffs with nuts
Poppadoms
Puffed Rice Crackers (Kroepoek)
Steamed rice cakes
Mock Caviar prepared from black seaweed with hot smoked fish
Spice Island salad dressing
Duck eggs partnered by quail eggs
Samoosas
Sun dried apricots marinated in a tamarind and sour fig concentrate
Mango salad
Gado-gado (Indonisian salad)
Ostrich egg with tofu and white bumbu spices
Jakarta Springrolls
Rujak Manis
Pangsit
Water chestnuts
MAIN MEAL
Soto ayampedas (Spicy chicken broth, served with canai)
Saté Lilet (Mackerel rissole on shrimp sauce)
Bonnet basmati jasmine rice
Fried rice
Coconut rice
Yellow rice with raisons
Gado-gado (sautéed vegetables)
Saté babi (slow roasted pork flank with cinnamon)
Oven roasted pork ribs
Saté kambing (kebabs)
Saté of chicken wings
Beef Pendang
Bobotie
Kari Ayam (Chicken curry)
SWEETS
Coconut ice
Sago pudding
“Forbidden Rice” with coconut and hemp kulfi
Fruit Salad
Dutch-Indonesian Spice cake
Kalahari toffees (dates)
Menu compiled by Peter Veldsman, Alicia GilioMee ( Executive chef, Karoo Art Hotel – Alicia and her team are also in charge of preparation of all dishes) and Dylan van Eijkeren.
It’s a once-off, not-to-be-missed event, made even more special by the presence of the great Peter Veldsman himself, who devised the menu. His co-hosts are Dutch author Dylan van Eijkeren , food and travel writer from Amsterdam, who has written extensively about the tradition of rijstafels in Amsterdam. He is a specialist Rijsttafel consultant, and will also be in attendance on the night of the Karoo Art Rijsttafel feast. They are joined by KAH executive chef Alicia Giliomee, who has previously worked in kitchens at Laborie, Vergelegen, Rhebokskloof and other 5-star establishments.
Karoo Art Hotel hotel offers 15 en suite rooms, all completely individual in character, offering classic Karoo accommodation with a creative twist.
| Room Type | Klein Karoo en suite rooms |
| Our standard rooms, most have twin beds. All of these rooms have TV’s with selected DSTV satellite TV channels. | |
| Nightly Rate | R2 572.00 per person sharing, inclusive of 2 nights’ accommodation, 2 x breakfasts, Friday night dinner, Rijsttafel on Saturday night and VAT. |
| Room Type | Groot Karoo en suite rooms |
| These rooms are far more spacious. They have a few extra comforts and all offer king size beds (twin options available). Some have private balconies with views over Barrydale. (Balconies can’t be guaranteed and preference will be given to those booking for two nights or more). All of these rooms have TV’s with selected DSTV satellite TV channels. | |
| Nightly Rate | R2980.00 per person sharing, inclusive of 2 nights’ accommodation, 2 x breakfasts, Friday night dinner, Rijsttafel on Saturday night and VAT. |
Whichever room you choose, you get the extra luxuries that count: top quality mattresses, soft percale linen, piping hot showers. With the exception of the Garden Suite, all rooms are located on the first floor, some with views from balconies overlooking the village or garden. Note that access to the first floor is by staircase only.
