Kicking it off right for charity!
| 13 January 2010
The Kick Off Event
After meeting Ntsiki this summer in Stellenbosch, South Africa (story featured here) we explored the possibilities of her joining me in Dallas for some dinners and wine pairings. Through some emails and conversation Ntsiki was on her way after only 4 short months later! We planned this particular weekend with the creator of BTK B. Bussey of Left Right Now Marketing.
Ben was with me in Africa and shared the same passions for her wines and built some bridges for Stellekaya with the Dallas Safari Club. To kick off the weekends festivities we started with a charity event for the women’s Genesis Shelter. It was a wine and food tasting hosted by Favors Special Events, Dallas’s premier event planners space in Snyder Plaza.
The night was the coldest it had been in 12 years in N.Texas- so needless to say Ntsiki (summer in S.Africa now) was a bit on the chilly side, until the night warmed up when guests began sipping on her hand crafted wines.
The menu for the night consisted of :
Braised pork belly with sunny side up quail egg
Curry Fruit wrapped in phyllo
Asian Pumpkin Soup with cinnamon Chantilly and fried sage
Fruit Sliders (passion fruit curd, dried apricots and cranberries, mint, rosewater foam)
Seafood Lollipops with citrus aioli
Sous Vide Beef Tenderloin with coriander “mealy meal” or “pupp” (as they call it in South Africa)
Rooibus Tea Gele with coconut and banana
In attendance were some very special people to Beyond the Kitchen.
Creator and Marketing guru- B.Bussey
“The Epicurean”-from on assignment
Organic Farmer-Marie Tedei
Author and master home gourmet from Seabird Food Blog- C.Bird (in photo below)
(Of course a candid photo... shown is the fruit slider)
And of course family and many friends!
